[Elecraft] K2 microphone advice

[Rob Locher W7GH]

Hi Cary,

Congrats on #5266.  You are asking one of the perennial questions that pop  
up on the reflector.  Doug, VE3MCF, has carefully compiled advice from the  
reflector by topic.  There is good advice on microphones in his archive as  
well as advice on many, many other questions.  (Thanks Doug!)

There are a couple ways to get to his archive from the Elecraft web site.   
One way is to click on "eMail Discussion List" in the left pane, and then  
on "Elecraft email list emails, organized by topic".  Find the K2 area,  
and then the two pages with microphone stuff.

Also if you go to the "Elecraft Forum Daily List archives" page on the  
Elecraft site, you can search through all the reflector posts.

After doing the research myself I got a Kenwood MC-43S, based on favorable  
reports on the reflector.  I don't have the KSB2 finished yet so I can't  
tell you how well it works though.

73,
- Rob W7GH
K2 #5004



On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:25:49 -0800, H. Cary III <HCary at wclynchburg.org>  
wrote:

> I need some help/advice.  I have completed K2 #5266 and want to use it  
> on SSB, as well as cw.  The MH2 hand mike offered by Elecraft/Heil is no  
> longer available and I don't want to use a head mounted mike with  
> earphones which is the only other alternative through Elecraft/Heil.
> I admit I'm probably spoiled by the "plug 'n play" hand  mikes I've used  
> with previous Kenwood/Icom rigs and I'd really like something like that  
> to use with my K2.  If the Elecraft/Heil MH2 were still available I  
> wouldn't be asking for help but it's not.
> What do others of you use?  Also, does it need to be a mike with any  
> special features?
> The guys in Elecraft support have been great to work with but I thought  
> I'd start here since its after 5pm on the west coast.
> 73,
> Cary, K4TM
> K2  #5266