[Elecraft] Microphone cable problem

Sat Sep 20 20:49:01 2003

Ooops I reread the post....was thinking you found a loose wire in the
shell not at the strain relief.....very common problem with any
microphone cable....that's what I always do is cut it back a bit so you
can feed clean cable thru the spring and rewire everything...don't
forget good strain relief work...if need be use a plastic tie-wrap
inside the housing to make sure you can't pull it out.

Gregg R. Lengling, W9DHI, Retired
Administrator http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org
K2/100 S#3075
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Wosten
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 7:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Elecraft] Microphone cable problem

Hi folks,

I use a original Heil Elecraft mike on my K2 and it sounds fine.

Since yesterday I had trouble keying the K2 with the pushbutton on the
mike.

So dissasembled it and put a little bit of Deoxit on the switch contacts
but
it didn't help.

As it turns out I have a open wire in the mic cable (the black one) and
started to slice the cable a few inches seen from the mike in the
direction 
of the spiral.

But still didn't find the spot where it is not OK.

Just wondering if I've got myself a first ?

Oh well,

73 Eric PA3CEV

K2#960

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