[TenTec] Heil HC-4 and Orion

[Bill Miner]

Bill,

I am using the HC-5 element with my ORION and it seems to work pretty
well. Audio reports are favorable from people that know my voice. Even
the HC-5 does not have a lot of bass response but you can adjust the
audio equalizer in the ORION to taylor the audio to your own voice and
preferences.  Also, it is necessary  to run the audio gain a bit higher
than most mics. Mine is set to a gain of between 60 and 70 for good ALC
action.  I generally do not use the speech processor unless I'm trying
to break through a DX pile up.  I have not tried an HC-4 yet.

73,
Bill - K6WLM

Bill Tippett wrote:
> 
>         Has anyone been able to successfully use the
> HC-4 with Orion?  I've tried two different elements and
> many MIC and SP different settings but cannot seem
> to find any combination which is not clipping the audio.
> Walt W0CP (an audio expert I respect) suggested the
> HC-5 element may work better with Orion, but I thought
> I would ask here first.  Please reply directly and I would
> appreciate hearing ONLY from actual Orion users who
> have gotten good audio reports with the Heil HC-4.  I'll
> summarize comments for all later.
> 
>                         TU & 73,  Bill  W4ZV
> 
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