[Elecraft] K3 Microphone

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I believe the theory behind not including a mic is as you stated  
Keith, that it's either going to be a CW rig or it's going to be users  
with the owners favourite mic. In my case, I purchased the Heil K3  
Proset - something I'd wanted to try anyway. I already have a Heil  
HM10-Dual, but I'm not using it on the K3.
I did buy the fist mic for use in JOTA and such, but I haven't even  
tried it yet.

I can see that it might be a little frustrating if you didn't realise  
the standard K3 doesn't include a mic.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
-- 
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find that they very rarely lose or fail.



On 30 Apr 2008, at 14:09, Darwin, Keith wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> Well for 3 grand, I didn't think I had to order and pay extra for a  
> fist
> mic. Kinda took the excitement right out of my sails.
>
> -------------------------
>
> I guess most new rigs come with mics, ea?  The only radios I've ever
> bought new were the K2 and K3 and I'm glad neither came with a mic.   
> I'm
> a CW guy and I don't want to pay for a mic that won't get used.
>
> Don't most people who are going to use SSB end up with a better mic
> anyway?  Maybe not, maybe many use the one that came with the rig.