Hi Cary, I strapped my mike header straight across like for an Elecraft or Kenwood mike using computer jumpers. No voltage hooked up though (through a resistor or otherwise. First I tried an old Lafayette hand mike from an old CB. It is a 600 ohm dynamic mike. Worked great. I still had my boom and studio mike that I had used with my FT-990. I wired it for Elecraft/Kenwood, and hooked up my footswitch to the key jack (I put a 1/8" stereo siamese adapter on it so I can have my paddle hooked up and the footswitch at the same time). It works even better, fuller audio. This mike was one I bought at radio shack on close out 10 years ago for $5. A friend just built his K2 so I gave him a bunch of jumpers and the Lafayette mike. It sounds fine, but left me without a hand mike. So I wired up a Midland mike I had laying around and it works fine too. I also have one of the $25 Radio Shack dynamic hand mikes but have not tried it yet. Other guys have used them and they work fine also. All these mikes worked fine and had plenty of output to drive the K2 to full power on SSB. I have been a ham for 29 years and got a lot of stuff, so I had these mikes here. But the Radio Shack 21-1172 is only $25 and works fine. Why pay all that money for a name? 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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