Hello, I was given a K2 qrp rig with the SSB option over the weekend. I got a chance to play with it a little bit with a K40 mag mount antenna and I am verry impressed with the receiver in this little raido. Now I want to get it on the air but unfortunatly it didn't come with a mic as the previous owner used it for PSK-31. I rummaged around the shack and came up with a couple of options. 1) Turner Plus 3 amplified desk mic 2) Kenwood MC-50 3) Motorola Mactrac compact palm mic HMN1056D 4) Midland cb hand mic. 5) Drake 1525EM hand mic from a Kenwood TR-7500. Now I know the Turner and Kenwood mics should work just fine once I wire up an adapter cable from thier 4 pin config to the 8 pin on the K2 but I would like a handheld mic for portable use. Witch one of the hand mics I have listed would be best suited for SSB on the K2? I am looking seriously at the Drake as I can use the same adaptor cable as the MC-50. Also will I need to add the DC bias resistor to the audio line for these two mics? When I build the adaptor cable I will have to add a switch to cut this dc bias out for using the Turner as it has its own 9v supply. Thanks Kerry KE5OFO _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
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