Paul, The K3 has a full array of controls for using most any microphone element. There is a wide range mic level control with both high and low ranges, and you may select to have bias turned on or off as the mic requires. In addition, you may use either the front (8 pin) microphone jack, or the rear panel 3.5mm stereo jack (the microphone is monaural, but use a stereo plug anyway - the jack is stereo.
The only limitation is that for the front panel jack, the plug must conform to the Elecraft pinout - it is Kenwood compatible - which says that most, but all Kenwood wired mics will work, the exception being that those who depend on +8 volts at pin 5 will have trouble, Elecraft places +8 volts on pin 6 instead of pin 5. So bottom line is that you can use most any microphone sucessfully with the K3 as long as the mic plug is wired correctly. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/16/2011 7:31 PM, Paul Urie wrote: > Are there any problems with using the Heil Pro Micro headset with the HC-6 > element with the K3? Is the Heil Traveler a better option? > > 73, > Paul N7QOC > K3 #5563, P3 #1391, KPA500 #102 > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
