An amusing aside to this thread, when I built the SSB board for my K2, the only mic I had on hand was one from an old Tempo VHF-1 2 meter rig. This microphone is identical to many of the older CB microphones, and has a 600 ohm, unamplified, dynamic cartridge. I hooked up the MIC hot & ground, PTT hot & ground to an 8 pin connector according to the Kenwood MIC pinout, and just used little computer jumpers to short the pins straight across on the K2's control board. In the initial tests, everyone that I talked with said it sounded great and not to change a thing. Later I borrowed an MH2 and was able to run comparisons. I was astounded when, in 10 QSO's on SSB, ALL of them told me the old Tempo VHF-1 microphone sounded better. The MH2 had plenty of punch and all, but the audio quality of the CB style microphone was better on my voice. It just goes to show that the K2 doesn't need a fancy, expensive microphone to sound good on the air. Pick up a $2.00 CB hand mic at a hamfest, wire it to fit and operate. Quit arguing over which microphone sounds better, you are losing valuable operating time!
Jim Sheldon, W0EB > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Huffman > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Replacement Hand Microphone > > > > What is the hand Mic of choice > > amongst this august group? Any suggestions are most > > welcome. > > Best Regards, Bob K7HBG > > > > Bob - > > I was making an adapter to use my MD2 desk mike with both my > K2 and my Pegasus. An email to Bob Heil confirmed my > suspicion that the MD2 was the same as Heil's "iC" amplified > mikes for Icom rigs. Thus, any Heil mike with the "iC" > suffix would be a functional equivalent to the Elecraft MH2 > or MD2. > > A visit to Heil's web site doesn't show any hand mikes, > which may explain why the MH2 was discontinued. But, there > is the little Handi Mic HM-"iC" that looks like a good > alternative. > > 73 de NA8M > John > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > 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 > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
