Shouldn't Elecraft decide on a standard microphone connection and stick
with it? I suspect they probably have as the K3 appears to be Kenwood 8
pin with no alternatives, if I remember correctly an earlier post from
Eric.
If anyone building their K2 wishes to use a Kenwood microphone, then
On Mon, 07 May 2007 Dave (G4AON) wrote ...
Shouldn't Elecraft decide on a standard microphone connection and stick with
it? I suspect they probably have ... use a Kenwood microphone, then ...
jumper ... the adjacent pins which avoids soldering ... on the pins. ...
the Kenwood MC-43S ... appears
Dave,
Lyle confirmed that the mic jack in the K3 is wired for Elecraft - just
like the K2 with all pins of the mic configuration header plugged
straight across.
That wiring is not for all Kenwood mics. Kenwood mics with an internal
preamp expect to have voltage on pin 5, and the Elecraft
Gary,
Yes, the K3 does not have a mic configuration header like the K2. The
mic jack is wired for the Elecraft pinout (per Lyle Johnson) and those
wanting to use a mic with a different wiring scheme will either have to
re-wire the mic plug or use some sort of adapter.
It certain eliminates
Shouldn't Elecraft decide on a standard microphone
connection and stick with it?
Dave,
They did. It's the same default mic configuration as the
K2, which happens to be the same as Kenwood.
73 and Tnx
Greg
AB7R
On Mon, 07 May 2007 07:32:16 +0100
Dave G4AON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have designed another Rework Eliminator(TM) K2 accessory. Our latest
offering is a K2 Remote Mic Header assembly. It consists of two tiny
four-layer PCBs which fit between the K2's Front Panel and Control circuit
boards. As with our un-module header kit, this new product also eliminates
the
Hi Bill,
Thanks for reply. If you would join our unpcbs Yahoo group (as
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