Joe. He is using the rear panel MIC input. It is unbalanced. Bob, K4TAX
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 6, 2017, at 7:50 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <li...@subich.com> wrote: > > > > Pin #1 & #3 to ground > > Pins 1 and 3 should *never be tied together*. If your transceiver has > a balanced input *or* a *separate* case/chassis connection, connect > pin 1 (shield/mic case) to the case/chassis connection (ideally to the > *shell* of a Foster mic jack that is bolted securely to the metal case > of the transceiver). > > If your transceiver does not have a separate case/chassis connection > (the K3/K3S rear mic jack *does not*) leave pin 1 disconnected > (floating). > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > >> On 10/5/2017 9:30 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: >> No preamp required. Set the Mike gain via the menu to high. Easy to wire >> the mike XLR to an unbalanced circuit. Pin #1 & #3 to ground and Pin #2 to >> MIC high. See page 55 of the manual [MIC SEL] for details. >> If you close talk the mike it will be bottom end heavy. Typically no closer >> than 4" will be OK. Move in closer and the bottom end comes up, back away >> and the bottom end falls off. This is due to the proximity effect of they >> type dynamic mike. >> Otherwise, they sound quite good/. >> 73 >> Bob, K4TAX >>> On 10/3/2017 1:50 PM, Stewart wrote: >>> Is anyone using a Shure SM58 mic with their K3s? If so are you using a >>> preamp? My O'scope shows that the mic and cable are good but level is >>> pretty low. >>> >>> I don't get anything with the mic connected to the rear mic jack. Config is >>> set to rp l , bias off. I tried mic gain from 0 - 100. >>> >>> K3s is new so I may be missing some menu item. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Stew ke4yh >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >>> http://www.avg.com >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to rmcg...@blomand.net >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to li...@subich.com > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rmcg...@blomand.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
