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KPAX2
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Rating: 0/5
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Feb 19, 2008 11:41
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REAL TRUTH
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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The cartridge used is the same as the 270-092 $2.99 Radio Shack Electret Cartridge Element. The only thing HEIL did was change the design of the case and now the ICm is the replacement.
The Frequency Response is even better on the Radio Shack Element, and the Voice enhance rise is identical to the HEIL Mic.!!
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W5OP
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Rating: 1/5
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Jul 19, 2007 13:46
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Sent It Back
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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A friend sent me his HM-i to use on my new 746PRO. A very nice looking microphone on the outside. The inside, however, is a different story. The element is stuck on a rubber plug and the plug is held into the body with some greasy goo. The goo doesen't hold the plug in and it keeps riding up in the body untill the element hits the foam shield. The audio is very soft and has some distortion. The narrow position is useless, as the audio is very muddy and contains only lows. Might be OK for Minnie Mouse. After many mike swaps during QSO's all agree the stock hand microphone is better
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G4HAK
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 15, 2007 15:43
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great with 756pro
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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This Just works a storm on the 756pro. Connected it up on the first day and the complements flood in! If you have an Icim try this oldie but goodie!
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KF0X
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 3, 2006 21:28
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ICOM 718 Miracle
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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After you read this, you will think Bob Heil is paying me off. He is not, I am just being truthful. I have an ICOM 718 and have been using my old ICOM SM-8 desk mic. I bought it back in 1992 for my former rig, the ICOM 728. It has always been a good, solid mic. After reading reviews here and on a couple other sites, I decided to purchase the Heil ICM. Several reviewers were using the mic with my same rig, the 718. So, I felt pretty good about buying it. Ham Radio Outlet in Phoenix send one down to me and WOW!!!! What a MONSTER DIFFERENCE! I am "punching" through the noise much better. I have received unsolicited reports of my "great audio." In all the time I used the SM-8, I never had anyone compliment my audio like that. It never had bad audio, but it was nothing special. Seriously, my FIRST contact on the new Heil ICM got me that wonderful audio report. I had a fellow ham from across town record me on 75, 40 and 10 (10 was a bit rough copy) and he emailed mp3's to me. When I listen to them, I was blown away! It is full, rich and pleasing. Well, let's just say my SM-8 just sold on eBay for $147.00. Not bad for a 15+ year old mic. My new Heil was under $95. I'd say that was a nice transaction.
Way to go Bob Heil!
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N6AJR
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Rating: 5/5
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May 27, 2005 17:36
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good stuff
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Bob Heil makes a great microiphone for icoms but also go to his site and look at the icom info on how to set it up.. the best..
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K9NYO
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Rating: 5/5
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May 27, 2005 16:00
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Great mic
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I bought one of these a couple of years ago from R&L Electronics at Dayton. Larry had a couple left and wanted to get rid of them, so I got the mic for a good price. My friend Roger, AC9Y, had just gotten a Heil Goldline with his new Kenwood TS-2000, and I wanted one like it for my Icom--with the same Wide-Narrow switch. This is that microphone.
I've got mine shock-mounted on a short boom in the shack, and I receive excellent audio reports. In fact, last year at Dayton I found a guy in the flea market selling a Heil hand mic for the Icom and I snatched that up so I'd have a similar mic when I took the Icom portable for Field Day.
The Wide-Narrow switch allows you to opt for a Rag-chewing element or a DX element. The new Heil ICM doesn't do that, and that's why I like this older series mic. If you can find one and you use an Icom rig, this is a great mic.
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K9ZF
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 16, 2004 18:20
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Finally found a mic that's a keeper!
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I've owned an Icom 746 for about 3 years now, and I must have gone through a dozen mics.
Some were terrible, some were OK, and some were good, but it's difficult to find a good match for some '746's. [some are different...]
I tried an HM10, but it didn't have quite enough drive. And I didn't want to bother with a preamp.
I tried a D104 with good results.
I even tried a few "computer" mics, that worked OK. Some were even pretty good.
But recently I ran accross a good buy on a used HMi so I decided to give it a try, and I'm glad I did! I think I have finally found "THE" mic for my rig. I have recieved many glowing audio reports, most unsolicited. It's a keeper.
73
Dan
Dan Evans K9ZF
Scottsburg, IN 47170
{EM78}
K9ZF /R no budget Rover
ex-N9RLA
Check out the Rover Resource Page at:
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M0HDX
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Rating: 1/5
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Jan 28, 2004 05:23
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HEIL hm-i / 765 ICOM
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Time owned: months
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I tried the HM-I hooked up to my icom 765 and i was very unhappy at the audio reports i recieved with this combination and one station told me i sounded dreadful until i changed to the stock mic. i changed settings to the mic tone control on the 765 and also the compression but audio reports were awful (tinny)I took the HM-I off and put the standard stock microphone back on the 765 and this transformed my radio from a frog using the HM-I to a prince using the stock mic.
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N8YV
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 18, 2004 00:20
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Top Performer!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have owned three Heil microphones, this is the best one of all. "Fits" my IC-746 like a hand to a glove. It is not a microphone for some newer ICOM rigs, but on my 718 and 746, it has proven unbeatable! I have had the best audio reports all round, using this mic. If your rig has a transmit tone control like the 746, set it fairly high.
Also, it is important NOT to operate the mic in the "narrow" switch position (this advice comes straight from Bob Heil during a phone conversation I had with him). I operate my 746 at a gain setting around "11 o'clock" on the control potentiometer, running just a bit of carefully adjusted audio compression. When used with my IC-718, I have excellent reports on that rig, as well.
I tried the Gold Line at first, but its performance on either rig was not up to par. ICOM's unique microphone circuitry on its older rigs, apparently doesn't get along well with the Gold Line. THIS microphone definitely DOES get the job done! My thanks to Bob for all his help back in 2001.
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KD5KJD
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 25, 2003 12:37
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Excellent Microphone
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Hello again Friends,
Yes, I have an HM-i. I got this gem from a guy who hated it because he tried to use it with another brand of radio. Well... Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I took him up on his offer of 45 dollars for this mic! I made out like a bandit! I've used this mic for VHF contesting, ragchewing, emcomms, and even on HF (where the "real big boys" hang out). I've used it on FM, AM, SSB in 'open' and compressed audio formats and have had nothing but the most glowing of UNSOLICITED audio reports. I've used the mic on the following radios with far more than excellent results: ICOM 746, 746PRO, 756, 756PRO, 756PRO II, 910, 706 MKII-G, 2800, and even the 207H!
Not only do I love the audio going out, I love the look, fit, finish and 'feel' of this mic. I feel like a radio or audio professional when using this bad boy. I love this mic so very much I bought another one just like it (with the BIG element in the head) only to have it stolen by vandals when they broke into my truck. Goodbye Heil Mic and Par Antennas. Anywaaayy.... I like to use my mics from 1"-2" distance from my mouth as I work a contest or a ragchew. Once 'dialed in' for your particular radio, leave it alone and enjoy the fact that others like your audio... I understand the new Heil ICM is just as good... I'll just have to go out and get one and do my own comparison!
Until then; 73!
Luis KD5KJD
P.S. I have several Heil Products and have reviewed all of them elsewhere on this site.
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