I just looked at the manual for that microphone, and found it is an electret (condenser) type - which means it needs bias to operate.
Problem is that the listing on mic pins shows +8 volts separately - which means that the voltage required to bias the mic element is likely wired to the pin designated as +8 volts rather than being derived from a voltage on the AF input. Bottom line - in this case, the Kenwood adapter will not work because it expects the +8 volts to be on pin 5, but the Elecraft mic pinout puts +8 volts on pin 6. You may be able to use that mic if you are willing to alter the wiring of the Kenwood adapter to swap the wires to pins 5 and 6 in the adapter. 73, Don W3FPR [email protected] wrote: > I am getting ready to order a K3. Not much of a phone operator. I use an MFJ > 297 desk mike because they offered different cables that matched > Kenwood,Icom & Yaesu. I think the Kenwood might match the K3. Anyone tell > me if this > is correct? Rather put new microphone $$$ toward another CW filter. > K9IL > > _______________________________________________ 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
