[Elecraft] K2 microphone wiring for TenTec 705

[Gerard Provoost]

Hi,

I found the scematic of the TenTec 705, seems to me it needs the battery.
Look at this url under accessoiries: http://www.qsl.net/tentec/.

73, Gerard PA1GP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at earthlink.net>
To: "Mike Geddes" <geddes at tampabay.rr.com>
Cc: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone wiring for TenTec 705


> Mike,
>
> I briefly had my hands on a TenTec 705 microphone.  It had a battery in 
> the base which causes me to believe that the electret element is powered 
> from the battery.
>
> In any case, a review of the schematic should reveal how the various 
> connections (AF, PTT, 5v, ground, etc) are routed to which color wire.
> I did not find a schematic at the TenTec website.
>
> Wire the 8 pin plug to any configuration that you want.  If you have other 
> mics in the shack, make them all the same, but if this is your only mic, 
> then I recommend the Elecraft wiring configuration with Icom and Kenwood 
> as secondary choices.
>
> The KSB2 manual covers all the common mic plug wiring schemes.  I have not 
> seen additional information published.
>
> BTW, that TenTec 705 was a great sounding mic.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> Mike Geddes wrote:
>> Greetings Elecrafters. I have ordered a TenTec Model 1201 microphone kit 
>> for SSB use with my K2.  It is an electret mike, and is their kit version 
>> of the 705 desk mike.  I liked the looks of it and understand these mikes 
>> work pretty well with the K2.  My questions:  Does it connect to P1 using 
>> the ICOM configuration? Does it require the resistor?
>>
>> Also, is there a location on the Elecraft web site that shows microphone 
>> connection configurations beyond those listed in the KSB2 manual? The 
>> manual kind of alluded to that, but I could not find anything on the web 
>> site.
>>
>> As usual, thanks for any information and assistance you can provide.
>>
>> 73,
>> Mike
>> N4JX
>>
>> K1/4  2319 on the air
>> K2     6042 on the air
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