Thanks, Bonnie. While I'm sure that would solve the problem with the hand-held, it only addresses half the issue. When the XYL is in the shack (her computer desk is 90 degrees and 4 feet away from mine) I use the headset mic so as to cause as little QRM to her while she works (she works from home). I guess unless someone tells me that a rotary wafer switch won't do the trick for me, I'm going to try to build one.
Tnx es 73 Dave KB3MOW expeditionradio wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > Many transceivers have automatic > muting of the microphone whenever the rear > panel accessory jack PTT is in use... > and they do not require external switching > or modification. > > However, some Icom transceivers and other > brands do not have internal muting of the > microphone muting when the rear panel > audio/PTT is enabled. > > A simple modification of the Icom HM-36 microphone > results in the muting of the microphone > whenever the microphone's PTT button is > not being pushed. It enables the computer > to interface via the transceiver's > rear panel data accessory jack, without > ambient audio entering via the hot microphone > during computer audio transmissions. > > CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MOD: > http://hflink.com/icom/microphone/hm36/ > <http://hflink.com/icom/microphone/hm36/> > > This mod provides an easy viable solution > that does not require modification of the > transceiver itself. > > The principles used in this modification > may be applied to other brands of transceivers > and microphones. > > 73 Bonnie VR2/KQ6XA > > > Dave KB3MOW wrote: > > I'm using the ACC jack on the rear of my IC-746 for > > digital mode audio from my computer. Convenient, > > but the downside is that the microphone > > picks up audio from the room and that also gets > > transmitted. > > ... might there be a simpler way to kill the > > audio from the microphone without going through all this? > >
