[Elecraft] The old mic question for the NEW KX3 owner..Sorry

2014-03-30 Thread John Lawrence
First of all, the KX3 is a sweet radio and have it running quickly with only small adaptations using my old 70 yo memory bank from 5 years with the K3 and K2. Now that I've read all the historical material debating the alternatives to the MH3 hand mic I'm still not sure how to get my

Re: [Elecraft] The old mic question for the NEW KX3 owner..Sorry

2014-03-30 Thread David Shoaf
Hi John, This should get you going: MENU Set ups for the older Heil versions of the MH3 with dynamic mic elements: - MENU: MIC BTN = PTT (not PTT up dn) - MENU: MIC BIAS = OFF Wiring: On KX3, use a 1/8 (3.5mm) plug. Don't worry about the 2nd ring on the picture shown in the KX3 Owner's

Re: [Elecraft] The old mic question for the NEW KX3 owner..Sorry

2014-03-30 Thread Nr4c
I think is try one of two ideas. 1 amazon has available a 3 or 4 foot cable that has a rt angle TRRS plug on one end and a straight TRRS plug on the other. Cut one end off and connect the cable to an XLR 4 pin plug to plug into mic. 2 use above TRRS cable and just cut off the rt angle plug

Re: [Elecraft] The old mic question for the NEW KX3 owner..Sorry

2014-03-30 Thread John Lawrence
Bill Thank you for your information. These TRRS plugs and cables are often hard to work with due to the fine wire used on the computer interconnect business. I'm going to explore the XLR 4 and TRSS with plug sources. Up here outside Southern Maine it's all about over the Internet