Hi, Kate. You have two choices for this. One, as you have already figured, plug the mic into the MIC on the back, Phones into the PHONES on the back, and get an adapter to adapt the 1/4 inch PTT plug on the headset to the RCA plug on the back of the K3.
The other approach is to get a Kenwood headset adapter from Heil, and use it with the front panel 8-pin connector, and the phones jack on the front panel (with maybe the appropriate adapter 1/8 stereo to 1/4 inch stereo). Note that K3 headphones AND speaker out is STEREO. Do NOT plug a MONO plug into the SPEAKER OUT jack on the rear of the K3. Don't ask me how I know this. FYI: The K3 is designed to accommodate a built-in Sub-Receiver and normally places main receiver audio mostly in the left ear. And, when you add the second receiver, you hear the audio in the right ear. Works very well. I hope you enjoy your K3 as much as I've enjoyed mine. Good luck.... ,.,.,bill nr4c On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:49:54 -0700, Kate Hutton wrote: > My new K3 works great on CW - love the way it sounds & the > intuitively > logical controls - but I'm trying to figure out what part I need if > any to > connect my Heil Pro headset, with a PTT hand trigger. I see a larger > stereo > plug coming from the PTT switch & a small one coming from the heaset > (1 > wire), which currently go to a Yaesu adapter to my old rig. The > other two > wires to the headset appear to be for the earphones (small stereo > plug). > > Can I use "PTT IN", "STEREO PHONES" & "MIC" on the back & just ignore > the > 8-pin connector on the front? > > Sorry if it is a dumb question. > > 73 Kate K6HTN > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
