Yes, your Proset-K2 assumptions are correct. The PTT footswitch / handswitch should have a 1/4" mono phone plug to fit the adapter if you want to use the K3 front panel Foster (8-pin) connector. The Heil FS-1 Footswitch (no longer sold by Heil) footswitch and Heil Hand Switch have a 1/4" mono phono plug. The current Heil FS-2 footswitch has both a 1/4" mono phono plug and an RCA plug (and some sequencing for rig/amp combinations so that the contacts on one plug close before the other). There are other footswitches available, use your favorite internet search engine to find lots.
If you disconnect the adapter from the Proset-K2, you can plug the microphone and headphone connectors into the back of the K3. Then you'd want a PTT footswitch with an RCA connector to match the RCA PTT IN connector on the back of the K3. This keeps the front panel of the K3 "clean" and you don't have connectors lying on the desk in front of the radio. The "normal" situation, with rigs that only have a front-panel microphone & headphone connector, is to have a 6" dongle plugged into the 8-pin Foster connector on the front of the radio coming straight out from the front panel, the headphones plugged into the front of the radio, and at the end of the dongle are a 1/8" plug/jack combination for the microphone connector and a 1/4" plug/jack combination for the footswitch. These can get into the way. They're thought by some to be unsightly. Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of KB1PXD Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 8:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 headset question Ok, so correct me if I'm mistaken. If I order the proset-K2 through Elecraft for my K3, I'll have all necessary connections to operate the headset? However, I'm assuming that I'll be limited to VOX and no PTT until I pickup a pedal, etc., which I assume will attach the existing headset? Thanks, - Bill KB1PXD wrote: > > Greetings, > My K3 will be shipped out any day now! (woo-hoo) > I've decided to pickup a Heil headset, but I'm not sure if I should > go with the Elecraft proset-k2, or just run out to HRO and grab > a proset-4, etc. Questions: > > 1.) If I decide to pick one up at at HRO, can I just pickup the adapter > that's pinned out for Kenwood radios? (8-pin) > > 2.) Does the Elecraft proset-k2 come already wired for the K3 with > no soldering required? > > ** I'm trying to avoid any soldering if possible. > > Any pros/cons of either of these choices? > > Thanks! > > Bill > kb1pxd > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-headset-question-tp18270557p18282094.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
