RE: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
Thanks guys for the info. As a pseudo-semi-pro musician, I have some audio processing gear to put between the mic and the rig. Mixing board, full parametric EQ, compressor. Using the EQ, I can dial in the amount of bandwidth I want but it is for naught if the rig is filtering it out. I prefer a wide open rig (2.8 KHz or so) which allows me to widen the signal for strong signal rag chews and narrow it for DX, Contests, QRP, etc. It's funny, really, the gear for the audio path is larger than the rig itself :-) 73! - Keith - -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 6:20 PM To: Darwin, Keith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice Keith, The current production K2s have a SSB filter bandwidth of 2.4 kHz - that can be easily changed to a 2.6 kHz width by changing the capacitor values (most easily done before the crystals are mounted) - Elecraft has a kit with the proper value capacitors. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
RE: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
Don W3FPR wrote: As an aside, I can recall when the Collins 1.8 kHz SSB mechanical filter was the thing to be desired by the SSB crowd with adequate bucks to buy the filter - it gave great communications intelligibility (albiet at the expense of fidelity) - I just shake my head in wonder about how expectations have changed over the years. -- They were greatly prized by what many ops called the "Donald Duck set", as AM phone operators often called the SSB stations when both modes were quite popular. (The "Donald Duck" moniker came from what SSB sounded like when not properly tuned in). For A.M rigs, good "communications quality" A.M. had a bandwidth of about 3 kHz (at the -3dB points) and was often wider. The bandwidth was limited only by the coupling circuits between audio stages with no filters as such, so the roll off outside the 3 kHz range was very, very gradual compared to a filter SSB rig. Very few people operate AM these days but many operators long for the more "natural sounding" audio with a somewhat wider bandwidth. Of course, there are those who go to absurd extremes seeking "broadcast quality" audio that uses excessive bandwidth, but they're not representative of the bulk of Hams. Ron AC7AC ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
RE: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
Darwin, The current production K2s have a SSB filter bandwidth of 2.4 kHz - that can be easily changed to a 2.6 kHz width by changing the capacitor values (most easily done before the crystals are mounted) - Elecraft has a kit with the proper value capacitors. Proper alignment of the filter passband in the audio spectrum will also go a long way toward obtaining a 'natural sounding' audio response. In addition, those K2s that do not have proper dial calibration may sound a bit 'wimpy' on an SSB roundtable net if one just tunes it to the designated frequency and does no more fine tuning of the rest of the folks in the roundtable - the K2 dial may not read correctly unless it is properly calibrated after setting the 4 MHz reference oscillator. If you want details on how to accomplish this task, check out the K2 Dial Calibration article on my website http://w3fpr.qrpradio.com . The older KSB2 did have a 2.1 kHz filter width which gave more SSB power when QRP. Yes, it did not give great 'broadcast sounding audio', but it is quite effective. As an aside, I can recall when the Collins 1.8 kHz SSB mechanical filter was the thing to be desired by the SSB crowd with adequate bucks to buy the filter - it gave great communications intelligibility (albiet at the expense of fidelity) - I just shake my head in wonder about how expectations have changed over the years. 73, Don W3FPR > -Original Message- > > I haven't used or worked a K2 on SSB but I get the impression it is not > the best audio. Seems to me the issue is not the mic, but the 2.0 KHz > SSB filter. That's pretty narrow and won't give good hi-fi (or mid-fi) > SSB. > > How hard would it be to increase the bandwidth of the SSB board's filter > to 2.6 KHz or so? I'd love that. If I want the bandwidth limited I can > do it with an outboard parametric EQ. > > - Keith KD1E - > ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
RE: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
Keith, KD1E asked: I haven't used or worked a K2 on SSB but I get the impression it is not the best audio. Seems to me the issue is not the mic, but the 2.0 KHz SSB filter. That's pretty narrow and won't give good hi-fi (or mid-fi) SSB. How hard would it be to increase the bandwidth of the SSB board's filter to 2.6 KHz or so? I'd love that. If I want the bandwidth limited I can do it with an outboard parametric EQ. - Elecraft provides kits of capacitors to change the SSB filter bandwidth, widening it to 2.2 or 2.6 kHz. Order SSBCAPKT. The original SSB filter was made narrow to provide more "talk power" or "punch" for QRP signals. It's a tradeoff between the narrowest possible bandwidth, which provides the loudest signal at the other end, and audio quality. I opened up the filter in my K2 to 2.6 KHz and it receives 'standard broadcast' A.M. signals with the same fidelity as most small AM receivers. (With the 160 meter option installed, the K2 receives the upper part of the North American A.M. broadcast band). The wider bandwidth also allows you more flexibility in setting the passband for test transmit audio (remember, FL1 is *always* the one used on xmit, no matter which filter you have selected for receive). With my somewhat gravelly voice I find better to raise the low frequency cutoff up above 300 Hz and make use of some of the higher frequency response to balance the audio. Ron AC7AC ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
RE: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
I haven't used or worked a K2 on SSB but I get the impression it is not the best audio. Seems to me the issue is not the mic, but the 2.0 KHz SSB filter. That's pretty narrow and won't give good hi-fi (or mid-fi) SSB. How hard would it be to increase the bandwidth of the SSB board's filter to 2.6 KHz or so? I'd love that. If I want the bandwidth limited I can do it with an outboard parametric EQ. - Keith KD1E - ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
Hi The electret elements used in these mikes need to have a small bias voltage applied to the mike usually 5-10 volts through a resister usually a few kilo ohms. The 701 has the resistor built into the microphone case but the Elecraft mikes do not so the resister needs to be added on the back of the microphone connector on the front panel board. The resistor connects from the +5 volt to the audio out pin and Elecraft recommends 5.6K for their mikes. The 701 mike will work fine with or without this resistor as it would just be in parallel with the internal resistor and the value is not very critical although it does need the +5 volt supply connected for it to work. Don Brown KD5NDB - Original Message - From: "John Huffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; "Don Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice > What's the purpose of the 5.6k resistor? > > I use a Ten Tec 701 hand microphone with no resistor with good audio. I > use a > Ten Tec 706 desk microphone with no resistor but it loses some of it's > lows. > Tried substituting a 9v battery fo0r the bias voltage, but it made no > difference > in the audio. The MD2 and MH2 tend to overdrive my particular KSB2. > > 73 de NA8M > John > > > > I use a TenTec 701 hand mike. It is a little smaller than the MH2 and > > comes > > with a 4 pin connector so you will need to go to Radio Shack and get an > > 8 pin > > connector and install it in place of the 4 pin. The interface is the > > same as > > the MH2 with the 5.6k resistor for bias required. Works good and is > > inexpensive ($28) > > > > Don Brown > > KD5NDB > > ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
What's the purpose of the 5.6k resistor? I use a Ten Tec 701 hand microphone with no resistor with good audio. I use a Ten Tec 706 desk microphone with no resistor but it loses some of it's lows. Tried substituting a 9v battery fo0r the bias voltage, but it made no difference in the audio. The MD2 and MH2 tend to overdrive my particular KSB2. 73 de NA8M John I use a TenTec 701 hand mike. It is a little smaller than the MH2 and comes with a 4 pin connector so you will need to go to Radio Shack and get an 8 pin connector and install it in place of the 4 pin. The interface is the same as the MH2 with the 5.6k resistor for bias required. Works good and is inexpensive ($28) Don Brown KD5NDB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
RE: [TenTec] [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice]
Rich & Don- I am told that the Heil HM-IC has the same element as the MH-2. the HM-IC coupled with the Kenwood cable is plug and play ( with the jumpers and the 5.6k resistor as specified in the Elecraft instructions for the KSB-2). It works fine in my K2/100 Ed Findley N5LDY K2 #1073 K2/100 #5278 FP #1233 SKCC #868 -Original Message- The 701 has the same type of electret capacitor element that many other mikes have including the MH2. The plastic case on the 701 is not a large or a rugged as the MH2 was but the MH2 is not available any more and Elecraft does not have a replacement for it at the current time. Don Brown KD5NDB /28/2006 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [TenTec] [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice]
Hi The 705 desk mike will work if you install the battery in the mike base or jumper the +8 volt supply to the mike connector jumper block. It works marginally on +5. The only problem is the +8 volt supply is not available on the front panel board and you will need to arrange some sort of connector so you can unplug the front panel on the K2. The 701 has the same type of electret capacitor element that many other mikes have including the MH2. The plastic case on the 701 is not a large or a rugged as the MH2 was but the MH2 is not available any more and Elecraft does not have a replacement for it at the current time. Don Brown KD5NDB - Original Message - From: "Rich McCabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [TenTec] [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice] > That is something I have yet to try on the K2. I find this tread > interesting > as I have get to get a "great" audio report on my K2. > > Right off the bat I bought a MD2 mike in a boom. I recently bought a new > Pro III and a Heil PR780 (developed for the Icom-originally) and I can > hardly make a contact without someone asking about my audio and > microphone. > The reports are outstanding. > > I moved the PR780 over to the k2 and was told he audio is much improved > over > the MD2 but its no where near the Pro III. > > I assumed this to be typical of the K2 as this is my second one (both late > serial) and both had similar audio. Not bad by any means, but no one has > said. You sound great, what are you using ! > > I have a 705 and might give it a try. If it works I would have to steal > the > element and put it in something else. I just cant stand the plastic feel > of > the TT mike ! Although for me they have worked the best on the multitude > of > TT rigs I have owned. > > Rich > > kd0zv > - Original Message - > From: "ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:07 PM > Subject: [TenTec] [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice] > > > >I thought this is really cool, that someone would make this > > recommendation on elecraft reflector. > > (and you guys complain about TT mikes, Ha!) smile > > > > Ron wb1hga > > > > message follows: > > > > Hi > > > > I use a TenTec 701 hand mike. It is a little smaller than the MH2 > > and comes > > with a 4 pin connector so you will need to go to Radio Shack and get > > an 8 > > pin connector and install it in place of the 4 pin. The interface is > > the > > same as the MH2 with the 5.6k resistor for bias required. Works good > > and is > > inexpensive ($28) > > > > Don Brown > > KD5NDB > > ___ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > 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: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
RE: [TenTec] [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice]
Rich, I also have the PRO3 and K2/MD2. Have a Heil PR40 but didn't put it on the K2. Have it on the PRO3 and KWM2A. When you have a K2 solution, let me know because no matter how well it is adjusted, it sucks on SSB. I rarely use the K2 on SSB, but if I take it on vacation, would like it to sound good. Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com 727-944-3226 800-395-7795 pin 02 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT #30210 W9DVM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich McCabe Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:24 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [TenTec] [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice] That is something I have yet to try on the K2. I find this tread interesting as I have get to get a "great" audio report on my K2. Right off the bat I bought a MD2 mike in a boom. I recently bought a new Pro III and a Heil PR780 (developed for the Icom-originally) and I can hardly make a contact without someone asking about my audio and microphone. The reports are outstanding. I moved the PR780 over to the k2 and was told he audio is much improved over the MD2 but its no where near the Pro III. I assumed this to be typical of the K2 as this is my second one (both late serial) and both had similar audio. Not bad by any means, but no one has said. You sound great, what are you using ! I have a 705 and might give it a try. If it works I would have to steal the element and put it in something else. I just cant stand the plastic feel of the TT mike ! Although for me they have worked the best on the multitude of TT rigs I have owned. Rich kd0zv - Original Message - From: "ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:07 PM Subject: [TenTec] [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice] >I thought this is really cool, that someone would make this > recommendation on elecraft reflector. > (and you guys complain about TT mikes, Ha!) smile > > Ron wb1hga > > message follows: > > Hi > > I use a TenTec 701 hand mike. It is a little smaller than the MH2 > and comes > with a 4 pin connector so you will need to go to Radio Shack and get > an 8 > pin connector and install it in place of the 4 pin. The interface is > the > same as the MH2 with the 5.6k resistor for bias required. Works good > and is > inexpensive ($28) > > Don Brown > KD5NDB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [TenTec] [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice]
That is something I have yet to try on the K2. I find this tread interesting as I have get to get a "great" audio report on my K2. Right off the bat I bought a MD2 mike in a boom. I recently bought a new Pro III and a Heil PR780 (developed for the Icom-originally) and I can hardly make a contact without someone asking about my audio and microphone. The reports are outstanding. I moved the PR780 over to the k2 and was told he audio is much improved over the MD2 but its no where near the Pro III. I assumed this to be typical of the K2 as this is my second one (both late serial) and both had similar audio. Not bad by any means, but no one has said. You sound great, what are you using ! I have a 705 and might give it a try. If it works I would have to steal the element and put it in something else. I just cant stand the plastic feel of the TT mike ! Although for me they have worked the best on the multitude of TT rigs I have owned. Rich kd0zv - Original Message - From: "ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:07 PM Subject: [TenTec] [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice] I thought this is really cool, that someone would make this recommendation on elecraft reflector. (and you guys complain about TT mikes, Ha!) smile Ron wb1hga message follows: Hi I use a TenTec 701 hand mike. It is a little smaller than the MH2 and comes with a 4 pin connector so you will need to go to Radio Shack and get an 8 pin connector and install it in place of the 4 pin. The interface is the same as the MH2 with the 5.6k resistor for bias required. Works good and is inexpensive ($28) Don Brown KD5NDB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
Hi I use a TenTec 701 hand mike. It is a little smaller than the MH2 and comes with a 4 pin connector so you will need to go to Radio Shack and get an 8 pin connector and install it in place of the 4 pin. The interface is the same as the MH2 with the 5.6k resistor for bias required. Works good and is inexpensive ($28) Don Brown KD5NDB - Original Message - From: "H. Cary III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:25 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice I need some help/advice. I have completed K2 #5266 and want to use it on SSB, as well as cw. The MH2 hand mike offered by Elecraft/Heil is no longer available and I don't want to use a head mounted mike with earphones which is the only other alternative through Elecraft/Heil. I admit I'm probably spoiled by the "plug 'n play" hand mikes I've used with previous Kenwood/Icom rigs and I'd really like something like that to use with my K2. If the Elecraft/Heil MH2 were still available I wouldn't be asking for help but it's not. What do others of you use? Also, does it need to be a mike with any special features? The guys in Elecraft support have been great to work with but I thought I'd start here since its after 5pm on the west coast. 73, Cary, K4TM K2 #5266 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
Hi Cary, Congrats on #5266. You are asking one of the perennial questions that pop up on the reflector. Doug, VE3MCF, has carefully compiled advice from the reflector by topic. There is good advice on microphones in his archive as well as advice on many, many other questions. (Thanks Doug!) There are a couple ways to get to his archive from the Elecraft web site. One way is to click on "eMail Discussion List" in the left pane, and then on "Elecraft email list emails, organized by topic". Find the K2 area, and then the two pages with microphone stuff. Also if you go to the "Elecraft Forum Daily List archives" page on the Elecraft site, you can search through all the reflector posts. After doing the research myself I got a Kenwood MC-43S, based on favorable reports on the reflector. I don't have the KSB2 finished yet so I can't tell you how well it works though. 73, - Rob W7GH K2 #5004 On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:25:49 -0800, H. Cary III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I need some help/advice. I have completed K2 #5266 and want to use it on SSB, as well as cw. The MH2 hand mike offered by Elecraft/Heil is no longer available and I don't want to use a head mounted mike with earphones which is the only other alternative through Elecraft/Heil. I admit I'm probably spoiled by the "plug 'n play" hand mikes I've used with previous Kenwood/Icom rigs and I'd really like something like that to use with my K2. If the Elecraft/Heil MH2 were still available I wouldn't be asking for help but it's not. What do others of you use? Also, does it need to be a mike with any special features? The guys in Elecraft support have been great to work with but I thought I'd start here since its after 5pm on the west coast. 73, Cary, K4TM K2 #5266 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
Hi Phil. There is a new item from MFJ you might want to look at. I think its an MFJ-655 microphone equilizer/conditioner that will adapt almost any mic with either a round plug or modular to any radio. It has jumpers that can be arranged to accomodate any mic and radio configuration. Go to the MFJ web site and read about it. It does a lot more with a mic than what I've just described too. Harvey KN6VP - Original Message - From: "Phil Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:25:49 -0500, H. Cary III wrote: I admit I'm probably spoiled by the "plug 'n play" hand mikes I've used with previous Kenwood/Icom rigs and I'd really like something like that to use with my K2. If the Elecraft/Heil MH2 were still available I wouldn't be asking for help but it's not. What do others of you use? Also, does it need to be a mike with any special features? Has anyone adapted a mike with an 8-pin modular plug for use with the K2? My station desk mike is an Adonis (Japanese) that is supposed to have an adapter cable for a Kenwood 8-pin round connector, but the word that I get from the importer is that Adonis is no longer servicing the US market - maybe he can get it, maybe not. If not, my adapter cable for the ICOM 9-pin modular socket is what I got. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 3/1/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 3/1/2006 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:25:49 -0500, H. Cary III wrote: >I admit I'm probably spoiled by the "plug 'n play" hand mikes I've >used with previous Kenwood/Icom rigs and I'd really like something >like that to use with my K2. If the Elecraft/Heil MH2 were still >available I wouldn't be asking for help but it's not. > What do others of you use? Also, does it need to be a mike with any >special features? Has anyone adapted a mike with an 8-pin modular plug for use with the K2? My station desk mike is an Adonis (Japanese) that is supposed to have an adapter cable for a Kenwood 8-pin round connector, but the word that I get from the importer is that Adonis is no longer servicing the US market - maybe he can get it, maybe not. If not, my adapter cable for the ICOM 9-pin modular socket is what I got. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice
Hi Cary, I strapped my mike header straight across like for an Elecraft or Kenwood mike using computer jumpers. No voltage hooked up though (through a resistor or otherwise. First I tried an old Lafayette hand mike from an old CB. It is a 600 ohm dynamic mike. Worked great. I still had my boom and studio mike that I had used with my FT-990. I wired it for Elecraft/Kenwood, and hooked up my footswitch to the key jack (I put a 1/8" stereo siamese adapter on it so I can have my paddle hooked up and the footswitch at the same time). It works even better, fuller audio. This mike was one I bought at radio shack on close out 10 years ago for $5. A friend just built his K2 so I gave him a bunch of jumpers and the Lafayette mike. It sounds fine, but left me without a hand mike. So I wired up a Midland mike I had laying around and it works fine too. I also have one of the $25 Radio Shack dynamic hand mikes but have not tried it yet. Other guys have used them and they work fine also. All these mikes worked fine and had plenty of output to drive the K2 to full power on SSB. I have been a ham for 29 years and got a lot of stuff, so I had these mikes here. But the Radio Shack 21-1172 is only $25 and works fine. Why pay all that money for a name? 73 de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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] K2 microphone advice
I need some help/advice. I have completed K2 #5266 and want to use it on SSB, as well as cw. The MH2 hand mike offered by Elecraft/Heil is no longer available and I don't want to use a head mounted mike with earphones which is the only other alternative through Elecraft/Heil. I admit I'm probably spoiled by the "plug 'n play" hand mikes I've used with previous Kenwood/Icom rigs and I'd really like something like that to use with my K2. If the Elecraft/Heil MH2 were still available I wouldn't be asking for help but it's not. What do others of you use? Also, does it need to be a mike with any special features? The guys in Elecraft support have been great to work with but I thought I'd start here since its after 5pm on the west coast. 73, Cary, K4TM K2 #5266 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
