holy cow,,,
a $1.59 electret mic element from radio shack works GREAT with
all my icoms and my K2s and K3.
And where do the kenwood & Icom and Yaesu Mics ( & bob's ) come from....
from companies that actually make microphones.... like Primo,
panasonic & Foster in JA land. In EU Sennheiser...&
AKG etc.....just look in mouser & digikey.
Ham radio is too small a market to make mic elements....Ham companies
can assemble them; "design" them , and MARKET THEM TO HAMS YES...
Even Elecraft acknowledges this reality..... they get them made, the
way they want...and are entitled to mark them up so they can "design"
& advertise, maintain inventory and MAKE HAMS HAPPY who want a
matching...esthetically pleasing solution. O Yes THEY HAVE THE
MATCHING CONNECTOR... which is called a "foster" connector ( the mic
company that supplies all those mics).
back to cw
K3 ASSEMBLY PIX @
http://picasaweb.google.com/Bill.SteffeySr/K3
NY9H STATION PIX @
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=1771119&a=13683578&p=75658236&f=0
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