[Elecraft] Strange thing happened when I connected the MC60 mic to the K2

Tue Jun 4 06:44:01 2002

I have used my mc60 with the k2 without any problems. However I went for
the elecraft hand mike instead as the audio is much better from it. I am
no expert though as I use ssb about twice a year if I'm lucky.
ken w80b #1104

[email protected] wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have my K2 for almost 3 years. It has the SSB option; the microphone
> jumpers
> were wired for a Kenwood microphone. The radio seems to work pretty well
> with
> the MC43 microphone (stock TS850 hand microphone), but I don't use SSB
> that much on the K2 because 10W on SSB did work well for me so I ended up
> using the TS850S for SSB operation. I completed the FT KPA100 a couple
> weeks ago and have a pretty good time playing with SSB on my K2 and the
> MC43 mic. Seeing that the 100W really makes big difference on SSB, I
> decided
> to disconnect the MC60 desk microphone from the TS850 and connected it
> to the K2 (The MC60 has a microphone amplification circuit, may be it
> would
> help with the K2 signal) But as soon as I pressed the PTT button on the
> MC60,
> the K2 went dead (it was not transmitting nor receiving) I had to power
> down
> the K2 to get the receiver back. I tried the MC60 a few more times to
> make
> sure that the problem was not something I had done. Then I reconnected
> the
> MC43 mic back to the K2, everything worked just as before.
> 
> I remembered reading the reflector a couple weeks ago about someone
> having problem with the MC60 and the K2. How was that problem solved?
> 
> 73 es TIA,
> 
> Dan, KE6D
> 
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