[Elecraft] Using Apple earbuds with mic on KX3 ?

2014-10-15 Thread Phil Hystad
When I operate portable with my KX3 I am often favoring my Apple iPhone earbuds over other headsets. I have no measure of whether these are better or worse then others (I also own CM500 but it is big and bulky) -- but they work fine for me so far. And, in portable ops, I have been 100 percent

Re: [Elecraft] Using Apple earbuds with mic on KX3 ?

2014-10-15 Thread Dave Van Wallaghen
Hi Phil, I can't speak to the quality of the mic on those earbuds, but there are a number of splitter cables out there that will split the mic and speaker signals form the TRRS jack on you earbud cable to the mic and speaker connections on your KX3. I use one I ordered from Amazon to do

Re: [Elecraft] Using Apple earbuds with mic on KX3 ?

2014-10-15 Thread Phil Hystad
Dave, Thanks. Just when your message popped in I was actually looking for splitters. Found a Griffin MicConnect interface but that is not what I want. From what I have learned so far, the mic technology assumed by the iPhone is passive Dynamic mic. No Bias is supplied by the iPhone

Re: [Elecraft] Using Apple earbuds with mic on KX3 ?

2014-10-15 Thread Dave Van Wallaghen
I would think you are right also. I apologize for the lack of correct terminology. I was in the middle of my first cup of coffee ;-) I meant the plug on your earbuds - not jack. I have the version that splits the jack signals on my tablet. You would need the opposite version I use. I bought

Re: [Elecraft] Using Apple earbuds with mic on KX3 ?

2014-10-15 Thread Phil Hystad
The only kinds of splitters I have found are actually combiners: separate mic and headphones connections to plug into an iPhone. 73, phil, K7PEH On Oct 15, 2014, at 7:59 AM, Dave Van Wallaghen w8...@comcast.net wrote: I would think you are right also. I apologize for the lack of correct

Re: [Elecraft] Using Apple earbuds with mic on KX3 ?

2014-10-15 Thread Walter Underwood
A few people say that 1.5-2.5V is provided for the microphone. This makes since, because they need to sense the button presses, too. Most people are trying to put other headsets on iPhones or Macs, but the info may be useful. http://www.zerologic.com/Blog/iPhone-Headphone-plug-pinouts.html

Re: [Elecraft] Using Apple earbuds with mic on KX3 ?

2014-10-15 Thread Phil Hystad
Thank you. I wonder how I messed up when I searched on Stack Exchange. Did a lot of searching this morning so probably likely to miss a lot of stuff. 73, phil, K7PEH On Oct 15, 2014, at 9:44 AM, Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org wrote: A few people say that 1.5-2.5V is provided for the