ICOM SM-50 DESK MICROPHONE

Awesome mic - Great audio reports

This is a very-well-made desk microphone that is wire for the Icom brand of radio transceivers. I get good reports on its sound from others on the air. It has a PTT push switch and a PTT lock-on switch. It also has a button to activate its low-cut filter, and two buttons for shifting up and down the radio's frequency setting.It is spendy, but most assuredly worth it!Highly recommended !

I wanted a new microphone to go with my new IC-7300. I had been using my IC-SM6 that came with my IC-745 from many years ago. The SM-50 works wonderfully. I had to turn down the mic gain on the radio and even the compression. Also, I adjusted the TX treble higher and the bass lower, since I was getting reports of it sounding a little bassy. All reports so far are that it is very, clean and intelligible, which was my desire. And I love that the price is a significant discount from those I found on the typical retailers.

This microphone has gotten me more unsolicited comments about my outstanding audio than any other I've used. On the 7100 I have the preamp just barely opened. The settings on the rig are 15% compression with the gain set to 16 on SSB. On FM I have the gain set to 14.My ALC is in the perfect range and it drives my Alpha 76a perfectly. With these settings on 20m I use 50w of power and output just above a kilowatt.Also for whatever reason Amazon has this microphone for half the price of anywhere else. For example DX Engineering sells it for $335.00.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Great sound quality. Everyone says that they can hear me very clearly and “it sounds just like you.”. I really like using the desk mic over the handheld mics.

This microphone is ridiculous! All my previous radios have been Yaesu. Well, after buying an IC-7610, I figured I should have this microphone to go with it, and I am not at all disappointed. The audio quality is absolutely amazing. AM sounds like you're in a broadcast studio, and with the right settings on the radio, this thing cuts through to reach the DX and in contests like nobody's business. I consistently (no joke 90% of the time) receive unsolicited audio reports with how great my radio sounds. One contact recently in New York (I'm in California) said I sounded louder than the locals, that if he didn't know, I could have been sitting right next to him in his shack.

Excellent desk mic! Base is weighted just right, high quality goose neck, and PTT with freq up down convenient on the base. Making plenty of QSO's with good reports but hard to objectively measure my audio. Overall I feel this was a very good value for my station.

Exellent desk mic