Forgive me for being dense about this! The RS element has a red wire that is the V+ for the element. The other wire is the shielded audio output wire. Because the K# has switchable voltage available at pin 1 and from what Lyle posted I assume a coupling capacitor (which allows both V+ and audio to coexist?) in that line my understanding was that the red V+ wire and the audio output wire both go to pin 1 and the shield to pin 7. If I connect the audio output to pin 1 and the shield to pin 7 where do I connect the red V+ wire to get the voltage needed to power the element?
Don Wilhelm-4 wrote: > > Are you saying that you connected 2 wires to pin 1? There normally > should only be one wire to pin 1, and that is the AF line which should > connect the other end direct to the + side of the electret element. The > other side of the electret element must connect to ground (pin 7 or pin > 8). > Turn bias ON in the FP mic menu and likely with an electret, you can use > the L setting. In other words, the MIC SEL menu parameter should be > FP.L bIAS. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > NZ0T wrote: >> I tried a RS electret element I have here and the audio is distorted and >> weak >> - do I have a bad element or am I doing something wrong? I wired the >> element directly to the mic wires bypassing the transformer in the mic >> with >> no cap or resistor. The red wire and audio to pin 1 and the ground to >> pin >> 7. Guess I'm clueless when it comes to electret mics! >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Microphone-question---K3-tp1686616p1690050.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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
