OK, then I'll reply with what I wrote him direct. I pleaded with him NOT to put
another HC-4 on the air. I have stopped responding to operators using them
because (in my opinion) they are the worst sounding audio on the bands. I find
them, especially when combined with the usual over-processing heard during
contests and pileups, to be terrific noise generators. I find them much more
difficult to copy than more normally-tailored microphone response curves. The
HC-5 works very well for me, although, as we've seen mentioned here in the past,
it doesn't have enough output to drive the VOX very well. So, in my opinion,
HC-5 = YES, and HC-4 = NO!!
73, Duane AC5AA
Duane A. Calvin
Server Systems Test Engineer
Dept. 76TS RS/6000 - SP Nodes
IBM Austin, TX >O< Tie: 793-3368
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