Don, it also seems obvious that the 1/8” TRS female, use by Heil on their adapter, with the ring shorted to the sleeve serves only one purpose. That would be to prevent using less costly, higher quality gaming headsets with their adapters.
73 - Mike - K9JRI > On Feb 12, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > Chuck, > > The solution is easy (in my mind). Just plug the TRS plug into the K3/K3S > rear panel mic jack. That jack is a stereo type, but the ring is not > connected to anything. No adapter required. > > If you want to use the front panel 8 pin Foster jack, you will have to build > you own adapter. > > All microphones that are designed for computer (gaming) use have a TRS plug - > but the tip and ring are wired together. That includes the much used CM500 > headset and many others. Yes, when used with Heil adapters, they will not > work because the ring is shorted to the shell. The Heil adapters are > designed for mono plugs normally used on the Heil headsets. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 2/12/2019 9:41 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: >> I investigated the Heil Foster adapter and the shorted ring-sleeve is inside >> the 1/8 inch phono jack. Not in the easily fixed Foster plug. So it cannot >> be fixed...reasonably. Why short it making the adapter unusable for the >> excellent and reasonably priced gamer headsets? > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to k9...@mac.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
