[Elecraft] Re: Microphone Pinouts

[Vic K2VCO]

Don Wilhelm wrote:

> An easy solution is to just bite the bullet and buy an Elecraft 
> microphone, or buy a Heil with a Kenwood adapter.  Bob Heil explained to 
> me that his microphones (except for those with an electret element (such 
> as those for the Icom - iC suffix) had only 4 pins - AF, AF Ground, PTT 
> and PTT Ground - his adapters routed his 'standard' 4 pin arrangement to 
> the proper pins of the transceiver.  The Heil Kenwood adapters do not 
> use either pins 5 or 6, so there is no conflict between the Elecraft 
> pinout and the Kenwood for *his* adapters.

The latest Heil ProSets come with miniature phone plugs -- a stereo one 
for the phones and a mono one for the mic. These plug into the various 
adapters for the various transceivers. However, they also plug directly 
into the rear panel mic and phones connectors on the K3, so for this 
microphone you do *not* need to buy a Kenwood or other adapter.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco