Hi Juliean - Welcome to the hobby. You're starting off with the best. Yes, you can use your computer headset. The K3s has an 8-band equalizer for both receive and transmit, so with a bit of tinkering, you can get excellent sound.
My headset came with 1/8 plugs for both mic and phones. I plug them into the jacks on the back panel. No adapters needed. And I'm not continually bumping them. A foot switch plugs into the 1/4" jack labeled "PTT In" on the back panel. 73, Mike NF4L > On Dec 18, 2015, at 2:58 PM, Juliean Galak <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm a new ham, just licensed a few months ago, and am planning on a K3S as > my first HF radio. To that end, I'm a bit confused by the issue of > headphones/microphones. Specifically, what kind of plugs do I need to use? > > For example, I have an excellent, high-quality, computer headset with > mike. Can I use it? It has the standard PC 1/8" jacks, so I assume I'd > need some sort of adapters. For headphones, that's likely just a 1/8" > stereo to 1/4" stereo adapter, right? But what about for the mike? And > how do I add a PTT pedal or switch? > > Thanks, > > -- > Juliean Galak > [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
