[Elecraft] Mic Problem?

[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

Reminds me of when I was a repair tech and a guy brought in his *cough*
Swan *cough* and he had swapped the shield and hot. Let me tell you,
that doesn't make the microphone work any better.

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Ken Bessler wrote:

> Don, Scott - et all -
>
> Thanks for the help - after doing a full reset & re-
> alignment then disassembling the radio to check
> for GND @ mic socket pins 7&8 (ok), I re-assembled
> K2 #4913 and focused on the mic again.
>
> I had ASSumed the mic was OK because it worked
> FB in my Alinco 2m/440 mobile. Well......
>
> After checking the mic again, I found the ground
> braid was bad. I cut 2" off the plug end of the cord
> and re-wired the plug. Works!
>
> I looked for a fault in the old cord end and found the
> braid was tattered & broken right where the clamp was.
>
> Thanks again for the help!
>
>      73 de Ken KGØWX - Flying Pigs #-1055
> Elecraft K2 #4913 - Kadiddlehoppers #11,808
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