Re: [Elecraft] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB
On Nov 16, 2007 6:49 AM, Christopher A. Kantarjiev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was inspired to try to adapt the headset I use for VOIP to the K2, since I wanted to play with SSB a little. I got the idea from something that W2ENY is selling on ebay :-) I'm writing this up so it's in the archives in case someone else has the idea (and remembers to look). How hard could this be, I figured? Well ... read on. You might have saved a bit of time if you had found this page: http://www.g4ilo.com/k2_headset.html , Chris. Mine works fine with VOX, though I'm not a big fan of phone either. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf ___ 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] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB
On Nov 16, 2007 2:52 PM, Tom Hammond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Julian: Once you get your K3, and try to silky-smooth VOX _it_ offers, you might change your mind. I'm (still) not a 'fan' of phone either, but I must admit (grudgingly) that the K3 has taken a LOT of my dislikes away... Did I just day that...? Jeri, quick... come wash my mouth out with soap!!! I never thought I'd see you say that, Tom! Actually, the headset I used has enough gain to work well even with the K2's VOX. But about the only use for VOX I can see is working in contests, and I can think of few things more mind-numbingly tedious than shouting my call over and over again into the bedlam that is an SSB contest. -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf ___ 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] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB
Hi Julian: You might have saved a bit of time if you had found this page: http://www.g4ilo.com/k2_headset.html , Chris. Mine works fine with VOX, though I'm not a big fan of phone either. Once you get your K3, and try to silky-smooth VOX _it_ offers, you might change your mind. I'm (still) not a 'fan' of phone either, but I must admit (grudgingly) that the K3 has taken a LOT of my dislikes away... Did I just day that...? Jeri, quick... come wash my mouth out with soap!!! 73, Tom N0SS ___ 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] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB
Right now, with my level of Morse, CW is more bedlam! On 16/11/07 16:31, Julian G4ILO [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: and I can think of few things more mind-numbingly tedious than shouting my call over and over again into the bedlam that is an SSB contest. -- Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that! -Lewis Carroll, mathematician and writer (1832-1898) ___ 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] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB
And the K3 will help in reading CW - I must try not to let it become a crutch On 16/11/07 17:24, David Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: In a recent message, David Ferrington, M0XDF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... Right now, with my level of Morse, CW is more bedlam! Keep practising, David ;-) Get yourself proficient in readiness for your K3 to arrive. With perseverance it won't take long. 73 -- Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, our one duty is to furnish it well. -Peter Ustinov, actor, writer and director (1921-2004) ___ 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] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB
In a recent message, David Ferrington, M0XDF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... Right now, with my level of Morse, CW is more bedlam! Keep practising, David ;-) Get yourself proficient in readiness for your K3 to arrive. With perseverance it won't take long. 73 -- David G4DMP Leeds, England, UK -- ___ 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] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB
Walking with a crutch is better than not walking at all!!! 73, doug Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:35:54 + From: David Ferrington, M0XDF [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thread-Topic: [Elecraft] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB Thread-Index: AcgodyNjYiI3eJRqEdyKZAAwZcawbA== And the K3 will help in reading CW - I must try not to let it become a crutch On 16/11/07 17:24, David Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: In a recent message, David Ferrington, M0XDF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ... Right now, with my level of Morse, CW is more bedlam! Keep practising, David ;-) Get yourself proficient in readiness for your K3 to arrive. With perseverance it won't take long. 73 -- Since we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds, our one duty is to furnish it well. -Peter Ustinov, actor, writer and director (1921-2004) ___ 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: [Elecraft] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB
Julian G4ILO wrote: You might have saved a bit of time if you had found this page: http://www.g4ilo.com/k2_headset.html , Chris. Mine works fine with It's better to connect the power feed to the ring on the jack as the arrangement on PC microphones seems to be that electret microphones have ring and tip connected and dynamic ones use mono jacks. That means the power feed is shorted out, rather than loading the microphone, if you use a dynamic microphone. I posted a longer article some weeks ago. VOX, though I'm not a big fan of phone either. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work. ___ 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] computer headset for K2/K3 SSB
I was inspired to try to adapt the headset I use for VOIP to the K2, since I wanted to play with SSB a little. I got the idea from something that W2ENY is selling on ebay :-) I'm writing this up so it's in the archives in case someone else has the idea (and remembers to look). How hard could this be, I figured? Well ... read on. Finding the 8 pin part was easy at Radio Shack. I looked up the pinouts, hooked up PTT to a mono 1/8 jack and AF to another 1/8 jack. I plugged everything in, but got no audio response. That was just weird. I fiddled around with plumbing for a while - I plugged the mic into my laptop and the laptop audio out to the adapter, and that worked. After an hour of pulling out my hair, I realize that the microphone is a noise-cancelling mic, and thus it must get power from somewhere. A bunch of web searching led me to http://www.epanorama.net/documents/pc/multimedia_microphones.html which tells me that the PC standard is to supply +5 on the ring of the connector. I also found http://marc.info/?l=elecraftm=109408122407776w=2 in the Elecraft archives! I should have looked there first. It reminded me that there was +5V on pin 6. So I set about to put a 2.2K resistor in the 8-pin shell and use a stereo jack for the mic. That didn't work, either. Huh? Oh. There's no voltage on pin 6. It turns out that when I installed the KSB2, I didn't strap all the pins in the mic configuration header, just 1/2/7/8. Easy to fix. Hey! That was ... better. But intermittent. I couldn't figure out why. It took another hour or so to discover that I had slightly melted the insulation on the PTT lead in the 1/8 jack and it could short to ground! Also a straightforward fix, once I found it. I'm trying to use this with VOX. I'm not sure I'm going to be happy with the results, though ... we'll see. Mostly, though, I think I prefer CW! 73 de chris K6DBG ___ 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
