[Elecraft] Microphone preamp and Heils

[Bernie Gardner]

One quick note on the Heil Handi Mic.  You can order it with any of 
the standard Heil elements.  It doesn't have a permanently attached 
cord.  You can order a variety of cords for different radios.   So I 
ordered the Icom element with the Kenwood cord.  Adding the resistor 
to the Kenwood style connector worked fine without having to change 
the Elecraft header.  The Handi Mic is a little smaller than the 
regular mike, but it still seems like a substantial unit and works 
great.  I wanted to take it 'on the road' and the compact size is an advantage.

Bernie
W1AZ

At 10:17 AM 2/15/2007, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>Dave,
>
>The stock K2 works best with a high output mic.  The previously available
>Elecraft MH2 and MD2 were high output electret mics (the ProSet-K2 was
>also).  Unfortunately, the MH2 and MD2 are not currently available.  The
>folks at Elecraft are trying to find suitable replacements, but so far no
>announcements about that.
>
>In the absence of actual Elecraft microphones, the Icom mics are the ones
>that use the electret type element, and a line of those mics is available
>from Heil - unfortunately, the Heil "iC" microphones have the Icom pinout,
>so the easiest route is to just use the mic as-is and set the K2 mic
>configuration header for Icom.
>
>For those who want an electret mic at a more economical price, take a look
>at the Ten Tec 701 mic priced at $28.  It comes with a 4 pin plug that must
>be changed to an 8 pin, but the advantage is that you can wire it for the
>Elecraft mic pinout, so that when Elecraft finds a good supplier for their
>own line of mics, users can just plug in the new mics.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Just curious of why the focus on the ICOM mikes?  When I looked at the
> > drawing for the pins on the front panel, it looked like the Kenwood was
> > the least complicated to wire.
> >
> > A bit off topic, the Heil website does not show the hand mikes anymore.
> >   Well not a 'real' hand mike that sits and your hand as something
> > rugged.  They have these little microphone mikes.  Not something that
> > I'm interested in connecting to any of my radios.  If I want a hands
> > free setup, I'll use a headset and boom.  Bar that, if I want to talk on
> > a mike and listen via the speaker, I want a substantial mike that feels
> > like I have something in my hand.
> >
> > My current plan is to wire my K2 up for the Kenwood microphone.  My
> > other radio is a TS-570.  The assumption on my part, is that I will then
> > be able to use my Heil headset on both the Kenwood and the K2.  Is this
> > a valid assumption?
> >
> > David Wilburn
> > dave.wilburn at verizon.net
> >
> >
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