TimmerFett

Mine is my my chest piece, held in by an elastic strap. I also have my wireless receiver and iPod in there for TK loop sounds. I'm not remotely skinny and I have plenty of room.

Hi Tony, I've been reading through many of your excellent posts. Particularly, anything regarding the USB power packs. I'm only going to be powering a few 5v fans in a TK bucket. Have you pretty much determined that the Antigravity Mini doesn't have the annoying minimum draw requirement? Thanks for any insight, Tim

I have a round piece of foam cover the speaker grill. It;s still plenty loud enough, but takes a little high end off go the sound and helps with cutting feedback a little bit. As mentioned above, it's about volume, but also resonance. Your voice resonates in your bucket, and you also get the reflection off of your armor, which the mic picks up, causing the feedback. I keep mi mic right on my lips so I don;'t need to crank the volume. I can generate feedback if I make an "O" shape with my mouth ( I know what you're thinking, but don't go there ) so I try to speak almost like a ventriloquist. I'm sure there are many methods that work when it comes to avoiding feedback, this is what works for me. I cut apart a headset mic so that I only have a 4" or 5" piece velcroed in my bucket. It goes to a transmitter in my forehead area, to a receiver in my chest, with the amp and iPod for troop chatter. Take time to find a balance in volume if you have an iPod hooked up to the same amp. Have someone assist after you put your helmet on. I never think I can be heard because I only here my voice in the helmet. Ash someone to "spot you" for the volume and you should find a happy balance.

I have my Aker in my chest pointing toward the armor. I also have a round piece of foam covering the speaker. It cuts down the feedback a little and takes some tinniness out of the audio. It's still loud enough. I've not had a problem with moisture and I've used it for a few years now.

I do the same thing with my Fett, and have had the same issue finding appropriate BT stuff for my TK. I can never find Tx's and Rx's that are compatible, but I know they exist. A few years ago I found a site by an amateur videographer who had found nice, cheap, BT gear for use during interviews. I have not been able to find what he used, but it's out there. Very frustrating. I use a memorex wireless in my TK. a Tx in my forehead, an Rx in my chest along with my amp, and my iPod for troop chatter.

I also use a memorex, from the same source as our Aker amps. The transmitter goes in the forehead area, with a little foam pad for comfort, and it helps to keep my bucket from wobbling. The receiver, my amp, and an iPod go in my chest armor. The iPod plays trooper chatter.

My Memorex transmitter is velcroed into my buckets forehead area, with a piece of foam to cushion my head. It fits perfectly.

I had used this a while back but wasn't satisfied. I currently have the Aker mic, cut so that I have only a small amount of the mice boom arm to deal with. It is velcroed in place in my bucket. In my forehead are, I have a wireless transmitter, which fits very well, and with the addition of some foam, is a nice way to keep my bucket stable. The transmitter then sends the signal to the receiver, which is in the left side of my chest armor, held in place by elastic. This way the sound still sounds like it coming from my head to some degree as my Aker amp is in the right side of my chest. It's positions so that I ca sort of reach the volume control. I also place my iPhone in the chest with the Stormtrooper loop or Death Star loop playing. At one time I had used the Hovi's with the speakers in them but was never able to get decent volume out of them. Also, they were so close to the mic, feedback was an issue. With my current setup, I do encounter some feedback, but I had large fans in my bucket, and the mic was too enclosed. If you place your hand around a mic, you can create feedback, same idea. I am placing smaller fans in my bucket, so I'm hoping I'll have more room around the mic, lessening the feedback. The main problem that the wireless system solved was that it was impossible for me to get my bucket on with a headset.