RE: [Elecraft] electronic product standards

2008-02-13 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Bill, NY9H wrote: a $1.59 electret mic element from radio shack works GREAT with all my icoms and my K2s and K3. --- Yes, those Radio Shack electret elements are excellent. I have one mounted in an scavenged hand-held mic housing that works FB. The element has a

Re: [Elecraft] electronic product standards

2008-02-13 Thread Bill NY9H
holy cow,,, a $1.59 electret mic element from radio shack works GREAT with all my icoms and my K2s and K3. And where do the kenwood & Icom and Yaesu Mics ( & bob's ) come from from companies that actually make microphones like Primo, panasonic & Foster in JA land. In EU Sennheiser...

Re: [Elecraft] electronic product standards

2008-02-13 Thread N2EY
In a message dated 2/13/08 5:45:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There was a time when a 4 pin mic plug had pin one as mic and 2 as ptt and > 3 as gnd. Johnson, Heath, and all the other xmitter makers AGREED. > When was that? I've had Johnson transmitters that used t

Re: [Elecraft] electronic product standards

2008-02-13 Thread Bill Coleman N2BC
Mic 'standard' - never happen - at least I hope it never happens. They started out with one pin for audio and could end up with one pin for everything as more and more 'brains' are moved into the microphone and the connection to the radio turns into a one-wire serial link. This could give us

[Elecraft] electronic product standards

2008-02-13 Thread Charles Harpole
No, Ian, the mess of conflicting plug standards has not always been the case. There was a time when a 4 pin mic plug had pin one as mic and 2 as ptt and 3 as gnd. Johnson, Heath, and all the other xmitter makers AGREED. There was a time ... still somewhat with us... when the 6 pin Molex was th