[Elecraft] K2 microphone advice

[K3yt at aol.com]

Hi Cary,
 
I strapped my mike header straight across like for an Elecraft or Kenwood  
mike
using computer jumpers.  No voltage hooked up though (through a  resistor or
otherwise.
 
First I tried an old Lafayette hand mike from an old CB.  It is a 600  ohm 
dynamic mike.
Worked great.  I still had my boom and studio mike that I had used  with my 
FT-990.  
I wired it for Elecraft/Kenwood, and hooked up my footswitch to the key  jack 
(I put a 1/8" stereo siamese adapter on it so I can have my paddle hooked  up 
and the footswitch
at the same time).  It works even better, fuller audio.  This  mike was one I 
bought at radio shack on close out 10 years ago for $5.
 
A friend just built his K2 so I gave him a bunch of jumpers and the  
Lafayette mike.  It
sounds fine, but left me without a hand mike.  So I wired up a Midland  mike 
I had laying around and it works fine too.  I also have one of the $25  Radio 
Shack dynamic hand mikes
but have not tried it yet.  Other guys have used them and they work  fine 
also.
 
All these mikes worked fine and had plenty of output to drive the K2 to  full 
power on SSB.
 
I have been a ham for 29 years and got a lot of stuff, so I had these mikes  
here.  But the 
Radio Shack 21-1172 is only $25 and works fine.
 
Why pay all that money for a name?
 
73 de Bob K3YT