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K0MD
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 7, 2007 18:18
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Best Sound/$ Value for Icom rigs
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have used this microphone for many years with my Icom rigs - 775, 751, 756 Pro 2 and 756 Pro 3. It works well with my two current Icom rigs and drove the other rigs equally well when I had them. I always receive excellent audio quality reports on the air with this microphone and I enjoy the occasional question - "what mike are you using, it sounds great!"
It is easy to use when you need to adjust the gain and tone settings and I think the audio I hear (via the monitor function) sounds very natural.
It has been one of the most durable micrphones I have owned and for the dollars invested the best value of a microphone I have owned. I like all of my Heil mikes - 781, Pro Set Plus IC and ICM. For the older Icom rigs like my 775dsp, the ICM is the one mike I could not do without.
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N4JTE
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Rating: 4/5
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Oct 8, 2007 11:04
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buy a foot switch
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have used the ICM since it was first available for my 751A and always receive excellent unsolicitated audio reports. But I am now on my fourth ICM, the hand switch has failed on everyone so far, gave away 2 to fellow hams with footswitches, destroyed one trying to fix it and my newest one, about one year old, is showing the same problem.
Bob N4JTE
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K6SDW
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Rating: 4/5
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Sep 17, 2007 06:10
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Good, not great....
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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Read the reviews and made me own decision to buy one. Comparing it to the stock ICOM SM6, not much difference according to my 75-mtr phone group which includes to broadcast engineers.... all agreed it sounded better than the stock hand mic, but could hardly tell the difference between it and the SM6
You decide.........Cheers all
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KI9A
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 16, 2007 15:09
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excellent!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Have this in a proset, works FB with the 746. Been a ham since 1978, and can make my own decision about what is good, and what isn't. This is a good piece.
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K3MOV
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 16, 2007 12:33
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The best mic I've used with my ICOMs
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I tried the SM 20 with my Pro I and Pro II. Audio was great, but physically it took up too much room. I then went through a variety of Heil mics, none of which really produced satisfactory results. When the IC 7800 came out, I read that several of the reviewers for that rig were using the Heil ICM with good results, even though it was intended for older Icom rigs. I thought I would give it a try with my Pro II. It has produced the best audio reports I have received since using the SM 20. To me it is not only a good mic, but a good value for the price.
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KB3NGA
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Rating: 0/5
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Sep 16, 2007 11:38
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Not Even Worthy For A Paperweight
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have had this mic for over a year an a half and i am not impressed with the cheap element heil used inside of the mic case for 90 bucks u get a nice looking stock mic I replaced mine with a Marshall MXL 2006 For around the same price and the differnce is like light years away for the same price what is wrong with you ham folks do you guys get sold over anything anyone says
Marshall mics are condenser studio and there awesome and cheaper than about any heil pos mic on the market but they will blow most 600+ mics out or be on par de kb3nga
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KN4LF
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 6, 2007 13:39
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Excellent
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I'm mostly a QRP CW and digital modes operator with an Icom IC-718. On occassion when I operated phone in rag chews with friends the SM-6 desk mic always got reports of to many high's.
I took a look at the Icom SM-20 desk mic and didn't like the spec's or appearance and especially not the price! I had purchased HC-5 and HC-4 microphone elements around 11 years ago and was happy with their performance. So I decided to check out the Heil website and stumbled across the Icom iCM desk microphone. I emailed Chip Margelli, K7JA with some questions and he responded very quickly and politely.
I went ahead and placed an order for the iCM through HRO in Atlanta and darned if they didn't get it in the UPS system on the same day. When the microphone arrived I was pleased to see that Heil included the mic clip and wind sock.
The mic looks good and appears to be well built.
I immediately made some local 80 and 160 meter QSO's with friends and received much better audio reports than with the SM-6.
Fairly recently I pulled the IC-718 stock 2.1 kc SSB ceramic filter and replaced it with a Collins 2.4 kc SSB mechanical filter from W4RT and I'm sure that that also assisted in improving transmitted audio response.
Bottom line is that I'm very happy with the product and customer service and will do business with Bob Heil again! By the way I was also impressed with the service I received from HRO in Atlanta.
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W5KAM
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Rating: 5/5
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May 31, 2007 07:00
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Great Audio/Great Support
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I have purchased a Heil ICM microphone and have good audio reports from it. I have it connected to an Icom 756 pro III. You can go out to Heil web site and they have a starting setting that you can use for your radio and mic. I followed these setting and found they did a good job. With a little tweaking the ICM has preformed well for me.
When I purchased my base for the ICM,it was missing the jumper cable. I contacted Heil by e-mail and with in two days I had the cable in the mail. (GREAT SUPPORT)
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KI4LHA
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Rating: 5/5
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May 31, 2007 00:31
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Is there any thing else for a IC718
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I bought this mike on reading some reviews, wanting the dual element HM-10 but people said this was the one I needed. Well they were right. Great audio reports, I have been acussed of running commerical equipment, all from my little 718. Thanks Bob.
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K5VY
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 30, 2007 02:38
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Great Tx audio for the Icom IC-910H
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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What an improvement over the Icom desk mic! Great reports on both the FM and SSB audio on 2 meters!! Really worth the money.
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