Hi Jeff, Do you really want a desk mike? I've been a ham for 29 years and found they look nice but are a pain to use. You have to lean over to talk into it or hold it up, and they can get heavy. I've always kept a hand mike handy for PTT use. The most comfortable method for me has been a mike on a boom and use either VOX(the easiest) or a foot switch to key the rig. When I finished my K2 in November I looked around and found an old Lafayette dynamic hand mike. I just used computer jumpers on the microphone configuration header and wired it as a Kenwood mike. Works great. Then I decided to try my boom mike. This is a Radio Shack studio mike I bought for $5 at closeout years ago (again a 600 ohm dynamic mike). It is mounted on the boom from a cheap (but not real cheap) magnifying lamp. I had to take a spring off to get it to stay where I put it, but it works fine on the K2. I used this lash up for over 10 years on my Yaesu FT-990. I received QSL cards from shortwave listeners in Europe and South America complementing me on my audio. So I would say wire it for a dynamic mike and try a boom. Or you can get a desk top base. You can get an inexpensive mike at radio shack and if you don't like it you can take it back. I am just saying this because I have found that most desk mikes are pretty but very expensive and don't always work the best. 73 de Bob K3YT _______________________________________________ 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
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