No, Ian, the mess of conflicting plug standards has not always been the case.
There was a time when a 4 pin mic plug had pin one as mic and 2 as ptt and 3 as
gnd. Johnson, Heath, and all the other xmitter makers AGREED.
There was a time ... still somewhat with us... when the 6 pin Molex was
Mic 'standard' - never happen - at least I hope it never happens.
They started out with one pin for audio and could end up with one pin for
everything as more and more 'brains' are moved into the microphone and the
connection to the radio turns into a one-wire serial link. This could give
us
In a message dated 2/13/08 5:45:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There was a time when a 4 pin mic plug had pin one as mic and 2 as ptt and
3 as gnd. Johnson, Heath, and all the other xmitter makers AGREED.
When was that?
I've had Johnson transmitters that used the
holy cow,,,
a $1.59 electret mic element from radio shack works GREAT with
all my icoms and my K2s and K3.
And where do the kenwood Icom and Yaesu Mics ( bob's ) come from
from companies that actually make microphones like Primo,
panasonic Foster in JA land. In EU Sennheiser...
Bill, NY9H wrote:
a $1.59 electret mic element from radio shack works GREAT with all my icoms
and my K2s and K3.
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Yes, those Radio Shack electret elements are excellent. I have one mounted
in an scavenged hand-held mic housing that works FB. The element has a
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