[Elecraft] electronic product standards

[Bill NY9H]

holy cow,,,

a $1.59 electret mic element from radio shack works GREAT with
all my icoms and my K2s and K3.

And where do the kenwood & Icom and Yaesu Mics  ( & bob's ) come from....
from companies that actually make microphones.... like Primo, 
panasonic & Foster in JA land.   In EU Sennheiser...& 
AKG    etc.....just look in  mouser & digikey.

Ham radio is too small a market to make mic elements....Ham companies 
can assemble them;  "design" them  , and  MARKET THEM TO HAMS  YES...

Even Elecraft acknowledges this reality.....  they get them made, the 
way they want...and are entitled to mark them up so they can "design" 
& advertise, maintain inventory and MAKE HAMS HAPPY who want a 
matching...esthetically pleasing solution. O Yes  THEY HAVE THE 
MATCHING CONNECTOR... which is called a "foster" connector ( the mic 
company that supplies all those mics).

back to cw


K3 ASSEMBLY PIX @

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NY9H STATION PIX @
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