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Re: RES: Yamaha CM500

AD4C2009
Ok,then because you don't like and I love it,do you want to sell it to me ?
 
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From: ab2tc <[hidden email]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RES: Yamaha CM500
To: [hidden email]
Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 8:38 PM



Hello again,

I am not talking about anything above 2700Hz at all. With my receive
bandpass set to 300-2700Hz the CM-500 sound definitely muffled compared to
any other headphones I have. Yes, I could compensate with the EQ, but then
it would be unuseable with any other headphones I have since there is no
macro support to quickly change the RX EQ settings quickly. Until that
happens the CM-500 stays shelved in my shack.

AB2TC - Knut


AD4C2009 wrote:

>
> Lack of highs? Not mine,besides,does any ham transmit today with more than
> 4000Hz at the high end? answer is NO,most of them are below 3000Hz,at that
> freq ANY headset will response well.Also I injected an audio generator to
> my CM-500 from 20 to 5000Hz and I heard the tone from 60(my ears) all the
> way up to 5000Hz with same level,I don't see why they has "lack of
> highs".Besides the K3 has an excellent RX EQ and you can tailor the
> received audio to your personal taste so If you think it has too much
> lows,then cut them up with it.
> I have been using those Yamaha for more than a year and for me they sound
> as well as ANY other headset. Maybe some users feel bad because they are
> "cheap" compared with Heil, Senhisser,and others.
>  
> AD4C
> <snip>
>

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Re: unequal power output per tone in FSK

Kok Chen
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On Jan 10, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> The effect on transmission bandwidth is  negligible, and it's also extremely unlikely to affect copy.


Hank W6SX had written to ask me for a rough guess of transmission bandwidth when there is a 1 dB difference in level between mark and space carriers.

A rough guess turned out to be relatively easy and the bottom line is that the far off QRM is only about 10 dB down from a phase NON-continuous case of FSK generation, if the mark and space signals are different by 1 dB.  Basically, about 10 dB down from the first plot in this web page:

http://homepage.mac.com/chen/Technical/FSK/Sidebands/sidebands.html

The ideal FSK phase continuous signal should look like the second plot on that page.

So, forget about phase noise!  Your FSK keying sidebands are going to be a much bigger problem for your nearby neighbors :-).

I think that a judicious choice of tone pairs could help, but it is a band-aid, not a technical solution.

73
Chen, W7AY

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Re: RES: Yamaha CM500

Gary Gregory
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Hector,

I too love my CM-500 but then I set the RX EQ to suit and I don't have
a 'collection' of headsets...certainly would not waste money on Heil
gear...too rich for my blood and they are not real robust.

Also found with the Heil stuff you have to do some serious adjustment
on the TX EQ which would make microphone changes cumbersome.

I have settings now that enable me to use an old Turner +3 on the
front panel and CM-500 on the rear. I am told there is little to no
difference in audio from those who know my rather terrible voice. I
was not blessed with broadcast quality vocal chords...:-)

Now my XYL (this is strange) has a great voice for HF and everyone who
chats with her comments on the audio and tell her she sounds better
than the OM...:-(...now that does suck!!!

The settings you sent me way back when Hector work great for me, well
done with your testing back in the early days..My CM-500 is a definite
keeper.

Thanks again Hector for your posts on the reflector, always fun to
read and I often learn just a little bit more.

73's

Gary & Jennie (VK4JLG)

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Hector Padron <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Ok,then because you don't like and I love it,do you want to sell it to me ?
>
> AD4C
>
>
>
> "If freedom means something,it is the right to tell others what they don't want to hear" –George Orwell
>
> --- On Mon, 1/10/11, ab2tc <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
> From: ab2tc <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RES: Yamaha CM500
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 8:38 PM
>
>
>
> Hello again,
>
> I am not talking about anything above 2700Hz at all. With my receive
> bandpass set to 300-2700Hz the CM-500 sound definitely muffled compared to
> any other headphones I have. Yes, I could compensate with the EQ, but then
> it would be unuseable with any other headphones I have since there is no
> macro support to quickly change the RX EQ settings quickly. Until that
> happens the CM-500 stays shelved in my shack.
>
> AB2TC - Knut
>
>
> AD4C2009 wrote:
>>
>> Lack of highs? Not mine,besides,does any ham transmit today with more than
>> 4000Hz at the high end? answer is NO,most of them are below 3000Hz,at that
>> freq ANY headset will response well.Also I injected an audio generator to
>> my CM-500 from 20 to 5000Hz and I heard the tone from 60(my ears) all the
>> way up to 5000Hz with same level,I don't see why they has "lack of
>> highs".Besides the K3 has an excellent RX EQ and you can tailor the
>> received audio to your personal taste so If you think it has too much
>> lows,then cut them up with it.
>> I have been using those Yamaha for more than a year and for me they sound
>> as well as ANY other headset. Maybe some users feel bad because they are
>> "cheap" compared with Heil, Senhisser,and others.
>>
>> AD4C
>> <snip>
>>
>
> --
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Re: RES: Yamaha CM500

Bob K6UJ
O.K. you guys, now you've done it.  I have to try the C-500 phones too.  :)

Bob
K6UJ


On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:18 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:

> Hector,
>
> I too love my CM-500 but then I set the RX EQ to suit and I don't have
> a 'collection' of headsets...certainly would not waste money on Heil
> gear...too rich for my blood and they are not real robust.
>
> Also found with the Heil stuff you have to do some serious adjustment
> on the TX EQ which would make microphone changes cumbersome.
>
> I have settings now that enable me to use an old Turner +3 on the
> front panel and CM-500 on the rear. I am told there is little to no
> difference in audio from those who know my rather terrible voice. I
> was not blessed with broadcast quality vocal chords...:-)
>
> Now my XYL (this is strange) has a great voice for HF and everyone who
> chats with her comments on the audio and tell her she sounds better
> than the OM...:-(...now that does suck!!!
>
> The settings you sent me way back when Hector work great for me, well
> done with your testing back in the early days..My CM-500 is a definite
> keeper.
>
> Thanks again Hector for your posts on the reflector, always fun to
> read and I often learn just a little bit more.
>
> 73's
>
> Gary & Jennie (VK4JLG)
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Hector Padron <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Ok,then because you don't like and I love it,do you want to sell it to me ?
>>
>> AD4C
>>
>>
>>
>> "If freedom means something,it is the right to tell others what they don't want to hear" –George Orwell
>>
>> --- On Mon, 1/10/11, ab2tc <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: ab2tc <[hidden email]>
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RES: Yamaha CM500
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 8:38 PM
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello again,
>>
>> I am not talking about anything above 2700Hz at all. With my receive
>> bandpass set to 300-2700Hz the CM-500 sound definitely muffled compared to
>> any other headphones I have. Yes, I could compensate with the EQ, but then
>> it would be unuseable with any other headphones I have since there is no
>> macro support to quickly change the RX EQ settings quickly. Until that
>> happens the CM-500 stays shelved in my shack.
>>
>> AB2TC - Knut
>>
>>
>> AD4C2009 wrote:
>>>
>>> Lack of highs? Not mine,besides,does any ham transmit today with more than
>>> 4000Hz at the high end? answer is NO,most of them are below 3000Hz,at that
>>> freq ANY headset will response well.Also I injected an audio generator to
>>> my CM-500 from 20 to 5000Hz and I heard the tone from 60(my ears) all the
>>> way up to 5000Hz with same level,I don't see why they has "lack of
>>> highs".Besides the K3 has an excellent RX EQ and you can tailor the
>>> received audio to your personal taste so If you think it has too much
>>> lows,then cut them up with it.
>>> I have been using those Yamaha for more than a year and for me they sound
>>> as well as ANY other headset. Maybe some users feel bad because they are
>>> "cheap" compared with Heil, Senhisser,and others.
>>>
>>> AD4C
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Yamaha-CM500-tp5750572p5908494.html
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Re: RES: Yamaha CM500

k.igor
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I use CM500 for few months now. I don't hear difference between Heil proset and CM500. Microphone is a bit different and TX EQ needed to be adjusted and mic gain reduced significantly. But the main CM500 advantage, aside from being 3 times cheaper than the Heil, they are much more comfortable, I can wear them for more than 10 hours straight during contest, while Heil would kill my ears after 3-4 hours.

73,

Igor, N1YX
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RES: Yamaha CM500

O.K. you guys, now you've done it.  I have to try the C-500 phones too.  :)

Bob
K6UJ


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Re: unequal power output per tone in FSK

Alan Bloom
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The effect of the skew (difference in amplitude of the mark and space
tones) is to cause an undesired amplitude modulation in addition to the
desired frequency modulation of the FSK.  If the skew is due to a
constant slope in the frequency response, then the shape of the
modulation is the same for the AM and the FM.

1 dB of skew is equivalent to about 10% AM modulation.  I haven't
calculated the Bessel functions, but it seems clear that the sidebands
from 10% AM modulation are much weaker than the sidebands of the 170-Hz
deviation FSK (which is a modulation index much greater than 1 for
45-baud RTTY).

> A rough guess turned out to be relatively easy and the bottom line is
> that the far off QRM is only about 10 dB down from a phase
> NON-continuous case of FSK generation, if the mark and space signals
> are different by 1 dB.

That sounds about right.  If the FSK signal is unfiltered (instantaneous
transitions between mark and space) then so will be the AM modulation.
If you slow down the FSK transitions, then the AM transitions will slow
down by the same amount.  For any wave shape the AM sidebands are always
much less than the FM sidebands.

I don't believe 1 dB of skew would cause any significant additional QRM
to nearby channels.

As for affecting the received bit error rate, 1 dB of skew should be no
worse than reducing power by 1 dB.  Less than that if the transmitter is
tuned for constant average power rather than constant peak power.

Still, it would be worthwhile to eliminate the skew.  I understand Wayne
has that on his list.

Alan N1AL


On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 21:44 -0800, Kok Chen wrote:

> On Jan 10, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>
> > The effect on transmission bandwidth is  negligible, and it's also
> extremely unlikely to affect copy.
>
>
> Hank W6SX had written to ask me for a rough guess of transmission
> bandwidth when there is a 1 dB difference in level between mark and
> space carriers.
>
> A rough guess turned out to be relatively easy and the bottom line is
> that the far off QRM is only about 10 dB down from a phase
> NON-continuous case of FSK generation, if the mark and space signals
> are different by 1 dB.  Basically, about 10 dB down from the first
> plot in this web page:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/chen/Technical/FSK/Sidebands/sidebands.html
>
> The ideal FSK phase continuous signal should look like the second plot
> on that page.
>
> So, forget about phase noise!  Your FSK keying sidebands are going to
> be a much bigger problem for your nearby neighbors :-).
>
> I think that a judicious choice of tone pairs could help, but it is a
> band-aid, not a technical solution.
>
> 73
> Chen, W7AY
>
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Yamaha CM500 in stock at Sam Ash for $45 inc shipping

Mark n2qt
after the 62nd recommendation for this headset I have finally ordered one.  

http://www.samash.com/p/Yamaha_CM500-Headphones-with-Microphone_-49969751

Mark n2qt


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Re: Yamaha CM500 in stock at Sam Ash for $45 inc shipping

Bob K6UJ
Thanks for the info Mark,  good price and no shipping cost!

I also have succumbed to the many recommendations and realized that
I was hopelessly induced to buy the headphones.  :)

Bob
K6UJ


   


On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Mark n2qt wrote:

> after the 62nd recommendation for this headset I have finally ordered one.  
>
> http://www.samash.com/p/Yamaha_CM500-Headphones-with-Microphone_-49969751
>
> Mark n2qt
>
>
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Re: RES: Yamaha CM500

Jim Brown-10
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On 1/10/2011 5:42 AM, py5eg wrote:
> Has someone tested for yaesu rigs? What are the results?

Yes. A few months ago, I made a simple adapter to connect a CM500 to an
FT1000MP for use at PJ4A. I checked it out with the MP that's still on
my shelf (and for sale), and got critical on the air reports from a
nearby super contester.

The CM500 works just fine with the Yaesu, and sounds great.  No
adjustments needed for headphones. For the mic, you will need to set the
mic gain VERY LOW to avoid overdriving the Yaesu's mic input. This does
NOT imply anything bad about either the mic or the rig -- it's just that
the mic is "hot" and the MP has plenty of available gain to accommodate
mics that have very low output.  And, as with any mic and the MP (or
it's descendents), you need to carefully select the TX DSP that does the
least damage to the audio. But if you DON'T turn the mic gain way down,
or if you don't select the right DSP, the audio will sound just awful
(like far too many SSB contesters). :)

73, Jim K9YC
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Re: Yamaha CM500 in stock at Sam Ash for $45 inc shipping

AD4C2009
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Coincidently I ordered my second pair this morning at that same site,they charged me $47 shiped to Florida.They said also they have a strore in Tampa here so I should have them in two days.
 
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after the 62nd recommendation for this headset I have finally ordered one. 

http://www.samash.com/p/Yamaha_CM500-Headphones-with-Microphone_-49969751

Mark n2qt


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Re: Yamaha CM500 in stock at Sam Ash for $45 inc shipping

AD4C2009
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"no shipping cost"
 
Not exactly truth,they told me there is no free shiping for the state of FL although it was just few bucks.
 
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Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 11:10 PM


Thanks for the info Mark,  good price and no shipping cost!

I also have succumbed to the many recommendations and realized that
I was hopelessly induced to buy the headphones.  :)

Bob
K6UJ


   


On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Mark n2qt wrote:

> after the 62nd recommendation for this headset I have finally ordered one. 
>
> http://www.samash.com/p/Yamaha_CM500-Headphones-with-Microphone_-49969751
>
> Mark n2qt
>
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Re: unequal power output per tone in FSK

Alan Bloom-2
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I decided that rather than depend on a hand-waving argument I would go
ahead and do a Mathcad simulation to calculate the effect of 1 dB of
tone skew (unequal mark and space tone amplitudes) on the transmitted
FSK spectrum.  Basically, I found that it made no significant
difference.

A PDF of the Mathcad file is at:

ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/tmp/FSK_tone_skew.pdf

The equations are on the first page and the spectrum graphs are on the
second.  (On my browser I have to copy the part of the above URL after
the "ftp://" part and paste it into the browser window to get FTP to
work.)

Alan N1AL



On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 13:10 -0800, Alan Bloom wrote:

> The effect of the skew (difference in amplitude of the mark and space
> tones) is to cause an undesired amplitude modulation in addition to the
> desired frequency modulation of the FSK.  If the skew is due to a
> constant slope in the frequency response, then the shape of the
> modulation is the same for the AM and the FM.
>
> 1 dB of skew is equivalent to about 10% AM modulation.  I haven't
> calculated the Bessel functions, but it seems clear that the sidebands
> from 10% AM modulation are much weaker than the sidebands of the 170-Hz
> deviation FSK (which is a modulation index much greater than 1 for
> 45-baud RTTY).
>
> > A rough guess turned out to be relatively easy and the bottom line is
> > that the far off QRM is only about 10 dB down from a phase
> > NON-continuous case of FSK generation, if the mark and space signals
> > are different by 1 dB.
>
> That sounds about right.  If the FSK signal is unfiltered (instantaneous
> transitions between mark and space) then so will be the AM modulation.
> If you slow down the FSK transitions, then the AM transitions will slow
> down by the same amount.  For any wave shape the AM sidebands are always
> much less than the FM sidebands.
>
> I don't believe 1 dB of skew would cause any significant additional QRM
> to nearby channels.
>
> As for affecting the received bit error rate, 1 dB of skew should be no
> worse than reducing power by 1 dB.  Less than that if the transmitter is
> tuned for constant average power rather than constant peak power.
>
> Still, it would be worthwhile to eliminate the skew.  I understand Wayne
> has that on his list.
>
> Alan N1AL
>
>
> On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 21:44 -0800, Kok Chen wrote:
> > On Jan 10, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> >
> > > The effect on transmission bandwidth is  negligible, and it's also
> > extremely unlikely to affect copy.
> >
> >
> > Hank W6SX had written to ask me for a rough guess of transmission
> > bandwidth when there is a 1 dB difference in level between mark and
> > space carriers.
> >
> > A rough guess turned out to be relatively easy and the bottom line is
> > that the far off QRM is only about 10 dB down from a phase
> > NON-continuous case of FSK generation, if the mark and space signals
> > are different by 1 dB.  Basically, about 10 dB down from the first
> > plot in this web page:
> >
> > http://homepage.mac.com/chen/Technical/FSK/Sidebands/sidebands.html
> >
> > The ideal FSK phase continuous signal should look like the second plot
> > on that page.
> >
> > So, forget about phase noise!  Your FSK keying sidebands are going to
> > be a much bigger problem for your nearby neighbors :-).
> >
> > I think that a judicious choice of tone pairs could help, but it is a
> > band-aid, not a technical solution.
> >
> > 73
> > Chen, W7AY
> >

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Re: unequal power output per tone in FSK

Kok Chen
I did a simulation also this evening (after off line discussion with N1AL) and can confirm what Alan has said.

A 1 dB amplitude modulation only increases the keyclick noise floor by 0.5 dB 2 kHz away from the signal.  It took a 6 dB difference in amplitude to raise the keyclicks 2 kHz away by 5 dB.

73
Chen, W7AY

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