[Elecraft] Microphone connections for K3 #1540
Hello K3 gurus! I received my factory built K3 this past week, and yesterday received my K2 Heil Pro-set and some Anderson Powerpole connectors... Last night I wired up a serial line splitter so I could connect my K3's serial port to the same serial cable that goes to my sequencer (that will switch any of my XMTRS into XMIT)and CIV level converter (for my IC746). So it looks like I am getting close to being able to make some noise with it ;-) Currently, I run my Heil #5 boom mic (along with the LINE OUTPUT from my computer) through a W2IHY Audio Equalizer and Noise Gate (and then through interrupt relays) before they go to the Mic input of the IC746. With the K2 Pro-set from Elecraft, I received a resistor and a bunch of jumper connectors with an instruction sheet on modifications I need to make to the K3 so it will be able to work with the K2 Pro-set. My question is this: If I use the current microphone/audio in arrangement, do I still have to modify the K3 for the K2? If I install all the jumpers and resistor into the K3, will I be prevented from using the W2IHY Audio Equalizer and Noise Gate in front of the K3? Will I harm anything by just trying different setups the way the K3 came from the factory? MNI TNX for any guidance or suggestions you may be able to provide. VY 73, Lance -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834 USA QTH: DN27UB TEL: (406) 626-5728 URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Microphone connections for K3 #1540
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:32:58 +, LANCE COLLISTER wrote: will I be prevented from using the W2IHY Audio Equalizer and Noise Gate in front of the K3? Why would you want to? Sell it on EBay! The K3 includes an EXCELLENT audio equalizer that does everything you need and is quite easy to adjust. 73, Jim Brown K9YC ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Microphone connections for K3 #1540
Hi Lance, The resistor and jumper blocks included with the headset are only for the K2. The K3 requires no mods to use the Proset-K2 (or the MH2.) Just turn on the miic bias in the K3 menu and you are good to go. 73, Eric WA6HHQ _..._ -Original Message- From: LANCE COLLISTER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 7:32 am Subject: [Elecraft] Microphone connections for K3 #1540 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Hello K3 gurus! I received my factory built K3 this past week, and yesterday received my K2 Heil Pro-set and some Anderson Powerpole connectors... Last night I wired up a serial line splitter so I could connect my K3's serial port to the same serial cable that goes to my sequencer (that will switch any of my XMTRS into XMIT)and CIV level converter (for my IC746). So it looks like I am getting close to being able to make some noise with it ;-) Currently, I run my Heil #5 boom mic (along with the LINE OUTPUT from my computer) through a W2IHY Audio Equalizer and Noise Gate (and then through interrupt relays) before they go to the Mic input of the IC746. With the K2 Pro-set from Elecraft, I received a resistor and a bunch of jumper connectors with an instruction sheet on modifications I need to make to the K3 so it will be able to work with the K2 Pro-set. My question is this: If I use the current microphone/audio in arrangement, do I still have to modify the K3 for the K2? If I install all the jumpers and resistor into the K3, will I be prevented from using the W2IHY Audio Equalizer and Noise Gate in front of the K3? Will I harm anything by just trying different setups the way the K3 came from the factory? MNI TNX for any guidance or suggestions you may be able to provide. VY 73, Lance -- Lance Collister, W7GJ ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Microphone connections for K3 #1540
Jim Brown wrote: On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:32:58 +, LANCE COLLISTER wrote: will I be prevented from using the W2IHY Audio Equalizer and Noise Gate in front of the K3? Why would you want to? Sell it on EBay! The K3 includes an EXCELLENT audio equalizer that does everything you need and is quite easy to adjust. 73, Jim Brown K9YC ___ 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 TNX for the clarification from everyone about the K2 Pro-Set and the K3! I hope to try it out this evening after my 6m moonbounce activities today. In answer to Jim's question, the reason for the W2IHY Audio Equalizer and Noise Gate is because I still can't get rid of my IC746, since the K3 does not work on 2m :-( Furthermore, just because I have a K3 doesn't mean I only operate QRPmy homebrew amplifiers here sound like a jet plane taking off, and the Noise Gate prevents that annoying loud background noise from being sent out over the air when I am on SSB. Hm.come to think of it, that might be something for Elecraft to think about adding into a future firmware updateI'll bet they could easily incorporate it into the audio circuit controls just like they do for VOX ;-) GL and VY 73, Lance -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834 USA QTH: DN27UB TEL: (406) 626-5728 URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Microphone connections for K3 #1540
Lance, Those jumpers and the resistor that you received with your Elecraft ProSet K2 are to be used with the *K2*, not with the K3! No modificaions are needed for your K3 - just the proper menu settings. For the K3, take your pick of plugging the mic and headphone plugs into the rear panel connectors or use the 8 pin adapter and plug into the K3 front panel. Whichever you use (front panel or rear panel) enter the K3 menu and set the MIC SEL to either FP or RP, set the level to Low, and set the bias ON. Adjust the mic gain to somewhere between 35 and 40 and give it a try - you may have to adjust the mic gain a bit, but it should work just fine. I don't know how the equalizers and other equipment interface - that is something for you to take up with the manufacturer of each piece of equipment - if they support the K3 and the Elecraft ProSet K2. Notice that referring to that mic and headset as a *Heil* will lead to confusion. The ProSet K2 has an electret element and needs a bias supply, the Heil ProSet (not the K2) uses a dynamic element and should not have bias applied (it sounds 'funny' if bias is turned on). The similarity of the names coupled with the fact that the Elecraft ProSet K2 also has the Heil name on it usually leads to much confusion when questions are asked about a ProSet without clarifying which one it is. 73, Don W3FPR LANCE COLLISTER wrote: Hello K3 gurus! I received my factory built K3 this past week, and yesterday received my K2 Heil Pro-set and some Anderson Powerpole connectors... Last night I wired up a serial line splitter so I could connect my K3's serial port to the same serial cable that goes to my sequencer (that will switch any of my XMTRS into XMIT)and CIV level converter (for my IC746). So it looks like I am getting close to being able to make some noise with it ;-) Currently, I run my Heil #5 boom mic (along with the LINE OUTPUT from my computer) through a W2IHY Audio Equalizer and Noise Gate (and then through interrupt relays) before they go to the Mic input of the IC746. With the K2 Pro-set from Elecraft, I received a resistor and a bunch of jumper connectors with an instruction sheet on modifications I need to make to the K3 so it will be able to work with the K2 Pro-set. My question is this: If I use the current microphone/audio in arrangement, do I still have to modify the K3 for the K2? If I install all the jumpers and resistor into the K3, will I be prevented from using the W2IHY Audio Equalizer and Noise Gate in front of the K3? Will I harm anything by just trying different setups the way the K3 came from the factory? MNI TNX for any guidance or suggestions you may be able to provide. VY 73, Lance No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.14/1643 - Release Date: 8/30/2008 5:18 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
