[Elecraft] K3 Heil Adapter, which one?

Thu Aug 7 01:39:48 EDT 2008

The Heil Headset and the Hand Mike that I bought with
my K3 will not work on my TS-850 and the TS-850 mike
does not work on the K3.  I have not yet investigated
the details.

Cookie, K5EWJ

--- Charles Harpole <k4vud at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Elecraft K3 front mic socket (8 pin) is basically
> Kenwood standard, but
> 
> Elecraft forgot to check the full pin-out and
> mistakenly reversed two
> 
> pins that are used only on Kenwood hand mics and
> others not usually 
> 
> in the HF ham shack.  Do beware of this fact.  Altho
> it does not 
> 
> affect the Heil Kenwood adapter.
> 
> 
> Charles Harpole
> 
> k4vud at hotmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > From: bmclaugh at bex.net
> > To: brett at livecomputers.com; k6iam at dseven.org;
> n4lq at insightbb.com
> > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 Heil Adapter, which
> one?
> > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:18:24 -0400
> > CC: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > I am using a Heil Proset with my K3 and it
> definitely does require a Kenwood
> > pigtail adaptor. The Yaesu adaptor will not work.
> If Bob Heil said
> > otherwise I think he is wrong.
> >
> > Bruce - W8FU
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Brett Howard
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:28 PM
> > To: 'Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM'; 'n4lq'
> > Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 Heil Adapter, which
> one?
> >
> > I'm using their Kenwood adapter with my Heil
> Goldline and it works
> > perfectly.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Iain MacDonnell -
> > K6IAM
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:33 AM
> > To: n4lq
> > Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Heil Adapter, which
> one?
> >
> >
> > I don't know what Heil is taking about, but if I
> compare the pinout
> > described in the K3 manual to the Kenwood one at:
> >
> >
>
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rg4wpw/date.html#kenwood
> >
> > the stuff that matters (mic audio, PTT and grounds
> for each) seems to
> > line up properly, where the Yaesu pinout is
> completely different.
> >
> > ~Iain
> >
> >
> >
> > n4lq wrote on 08/06/08 09:42:
> >> I was thinking about ordering a Heil headset and
> had a question about
> >> which adapter to order. I though it would turn
> out to be the Kenwood
> >> adpt. According to Bob Heil himself....It's the
> Yaesu adapter. The
> >> confusion never ends. Yaesu had several ways of
> configuring their 8 pin
> >> mic jack. I read about some difference in Kenwood
> vs. the K3's pinout
> >> and now this. See Bob's replay to my query below.
> So who is confused? I
> >> sure am.
> >>
> >> Hi Steve
> >> Thanks for your note. Yes, there IS confusion
> because Elecraft began as a
> >> kit primarily. They suggested you follow Kenwood
> pin out but as you built
> >> it that was so nice and easy to change.
> >>
> >> They went to a Yaesu configuration with the K3.
> There is no confusion
> >> here.
> >> Yaesu. Never was anything else that I knew of.
> That works well. Ten
> >> Tec is
> >> using this same pin out and several of the QRP
> kits are following that so
> >> this is all good Steve.
> >>
> >> As far as our products - ANY of the dynamic
> elements work so for the
> >> headset, you use the AD-1Y (Yaesu) adapter and
> the headset using our HC 5
> >> element. This is a terrific combination. The
> AD-1Y adapter has a 1/4"
> >> female output for the HS 2 or FS 2 PTT control.
> >>
> >> For microphones I would look at the PR 781 or
> GOLDLINE GM 5. Cable is the
> >> CC-1Y and again that has output for the PTT
> control of our handswitch of
> >> footswitch.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps. Let me know how best I can help
> form here, Steve.
> >> Steve Ellington
> >> N4LQ at insightbb.com
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Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ