[Elecraft] mic for SSB adapter

[David Pratt]

In a recent message, Nicholas Lokuciewski <locksbury@hotmail.com>
said....
>Dear All,
>
>K2 # 2448 is almost complete! It receives well on most bands, considering 
>its just got a 2oft piece of wire stuffed in the back! Just need to do the 
>transmitter alignment and put the top on. Of course, now I will need to look 
>for a microphone. By looking at the SSB adapter schematics, am I right in 
>thinking that I can just wire in an electret insert (with bias resistor) and 
>the rig will amplify it enough!? or do I need to add a preamp?

The Kenwood MC43S from Waters and Stanton at 19.95ukp works very well
with the K2.  It does have UP and DOWN buttons which toggle between VFO
A and B.