[Elecraft] Microphone suggestions for the K2

[K3yt at aol.com]

Hi Jeff,
 
Do you really want a desk mike?
 
I've been a ham for 29 years and found they 
look nice but are a pain to use.  You have to 
lean over to talk into it or hold it up, and they can get heavy.
 
I've always kept a hand mike handy for PTT use.
 
The most comfortable method for me has been a mike on a boom
and use either VOX(the easiest) or a foot switch to key the rig.
 
When I finished my K2 in November I looked around and found
an old Lafayette dynamic hand mike.  I just used computer 
jumpers on the microphone configuration header and wired it as a
Kenwood mike.  Works great.
 
Then I decided to try my boom mike.  This is a Radio Shack
studio mike I bought for $5 at closeout years ago (again a 600 ohm
dynamic mike).  It is mounted on the boom from a cheap (but not real  cheap)
magnifying lamp.  I had to take a spring off to get it to stay where I  put 
it,
but it works fine on the K2.  I used this lash up for over 10 years on  my 
Yaesu
FT-990.  I received QSL cards from shortwave listeners in Europe and  South 
America
complementing me on my audio.
 
So I would say wire it for a dynamic mike and try a boom.  Or you can  get a 
desk
top base.  You can get an inexpensive mike at radio shack and if you 
don't like it you can take it back.
 
I am just saying this because I have found that most desk mikes are pretty  
but
very expensive and don't always work the best.
 
73 de Bob K3YT