One quick note on the Heil Handi Mic. You can order it with any of
the standard Heil elements. It doesn't have a permanently attached
cord. You can order a variety of cords for different radios. So I
ordered the Icom element with the Kenwood cord. Adding the resistor
to the Kenwood style connector worked fine without having to change
the Elecraft header. The Handi Mic is a little smaller than the
regular mike, but it still seems like a substantial unit and works
great. I wanted to take it 'on the road' and the compact size is an advantage.
Bernie
W1AZ
At 10:17 AM 2/15/2007, Don Wilhelm wrote:
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]
>
>
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