I am using a Heil Proset with my K3 and it definitely does require a Kenwood pigtail adaptor. The Yaesu adaptor will not work. If Bob Heil said otherwise I think he is wrong.
Bruce - W8FU -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Howard Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:28 PM To: 'Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM'; 'n4lq' Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 Heil Adapter, which one? I'm using their Kenwood adapter with my Heil Goldline and it works perfectly. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:33 AM To: n4lq Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Heil Adapter, which one? I don't know what Heil is taking about, but if I compare the pinout described in the K3 manual to the Kenwood one at: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rg4wpw/date.html#kenwood the stuff that matters (mic audio, PTT and grounds for each) seems to line up properly, where the Yaesu pinout is completely different. ~Iain n4lq wrote on 08/06/08 09:42: > I was thinking about ordering a Heil headset and had a question about > which adapter to order. I though it would turn out to be the Kenwood > adpt. According to Bob Heil himself....It's the Yaesu adapter. The > confusion never ends. Yaesu had several ways of configuring their 8 pin > mic jack. I read about some difference in Kenwood vs. the K3's pinout > and now this. See Bob's replay to my query below. So who is confused? I > sure am. > > Hi Steve > Thanks for your note. Yes, there IS confusion because Elecraft began as a > kit primarily. They suggested you follow Kenwood pin out but as you built > it that was so nice and easy to change. > > They went to a Yaesu configuration with the K3. There is no confusion > here. > Yaesu. Never was anything else that I knew of. That works well. Ten > Tec is > using this same pin out and several of the QRP kits are following that so > this is all good Steve. > > As far as our products - ANY of the dynamic elements work so for the > headset, you use the AD-1Y (Yaesu) adapter and the headset using our HC 5 > element. This is a terrific combination. The AD-1Y adapter has a 1/4" > female output for the HS 2 or FS 2 PTT control. > > For microphones I would look at the PR 781 or GOLDLINE GM 5. Cable is the > CC-1Y and again that has output for the PTT control of our handswitch of > footswitch. > > Hope this helps. Let me know how best I can help form here, Steve. > Steve Ellington > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.10/1586 - Release Date: 8/1/2008 6:59 PM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com