One of the keys to getting the best out of digital voice over HF using FreeDV is having a good quality microphone fairly close to the speaker. Stephen, VK2BLQ, drew my attention to a "Streaming" microphone branded Anko and for sale in kmart and Target for AU$19.
It has a wire grill with a foam pop filter underneath it. There's a rather weird RGB led lighting effect that can be controlled by pushing the knob. The quality of the audio is surprisingly good! Until I looked closely at it I didn't realise it's also a USB output audio device with a 3.5mm socket under the main body.
USB Microphone:
Location ID: 0x02122000
Connection Type: Removable
Manufacturer: USB Microphone
Serial Number: Not Provided
Link Speed: 12 Mb/s
USB Vendor ID: 0x434c
USB Product ID: 0x4155
USB Product Version: 0x0100
The vendor ID isn't listed in the databases I could find and the main chip has it's numbers blanked out.
Inside it shows a nice large condenser microphone.
If you're looking for a USB microphone for very little money, I can recommend this one. I wish the mount at the bottom had the standard thread but otherwise I have no complaints.
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