Right! I did end up buying a couple of Heil "Replacement" Foster 8 pin Plugs from DX Engineering. They, by the way, are excellent plugs. Much higher quality than the run of the mill that one finds at hamfests. And I made my own adapter.
Chuck KE9UW [email protected] Sent from my iPad > On Feb 12, 2019, at 9:43 AM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chuck, > > The solution is easy (in my mind). Just plug the TRS plug into the K3/K3S > rear panel mic jack. That jack is a stereo type, but the ring is not > connected to anything. No adapter required. > > If you want to use the front panel 8 pin Foster jack, you will have to build > you own adapter. > > All microphones that are designed for computer (gaming) use have a TRS plug - > but the tip and ring are wired together. That includes the much used CM500 > headset and many others. Yes, when used with Heil adapters, they will not > work because the ring is shorted to the shell. The Heil adapters are > designed for mono plugs normally used on the Heil headsets. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 2/12/2019 9:41 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: >> I investigated the Heil Foster adapter and the shorted ring-sleeve is inside >> the 1/8 inch phono jack. Not in the easily fixed Foster plug. So it cannot >> be fixed...reasonably. Why short it making the adapter unusable for the >> excellent and reasonably priced gamer headsets? ______________________________________________________________ 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]
