Dave, The stock K2 works best with a high output mic. The previously available Elecraft MH2 and MD2 were high output electret mics (the ProSet-K2 was also). Unfortunately, the MH2 and MD2 are not currently available. The folks at Elecraft are trying to find suitable replacements, but so far no announcements about that.
In the absence of actual Elecraft microphones, the Icom mics are the ones that use the electret type element, and a line of those mics is available from Heil - unfortunately, the Heil "iC" microphones have the Icom pinout, so the easiest route is to just use the mic as-is and set the K2 mic configuration header for Icom. For those who want an electret mic at a more economical price, take a look at the Ten Tec 701 mic priced at $28. It comes with a 4 pin plug that must be changed to an 8 pin, but the advantage is that you can wire it for the Elecraft mic pinout, so that when Elecraft finds a good supplier for their own line of mics, users can just plug in the new mics. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > Just curious of why the focus on the ICOM mikes? When I looked at the > drawing for the pins on the front panel, it looked like the Kenwood was > the least complicated to wire. > > A bit off topic, the Heil website does not show the hand mikes anymore. > Well not a 'real' hand mike that sits and your hand as something > rugged. They have these little microphone mikes. Not something that > I'm interested in connecting to any of my radios. If I want a hands > free setup, I'll use a headset and boom. Bar that, if I want to talk on > a mike and listen via the speaker, I want a substantial mike that feels > like I have something in my hand. > > My current plan is to wire my K2 up for the Kenwood microphone. My > other radio is a TS-570. The assumption on my part, is that I will then > be able to use my Heil headset on both the Kenwood and the K2. Is this > a valid assumption? > > David Wilburn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/686 - Release Date: 2/14/2007 7:54 AM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
