[Elecraft] Microphone compatibility

[nz0t]

I have tried several mics with my K2 and the best reports are from an old
Midland CB hand mic that I got free at a hamfest.  It's an ugly old black
thing but it works.


Ian J Maude wrote:
> 
> I cannot keep quiet any longer! :)
> 
> What is all the noise about microphone compatibility?  We are radio 
> amateurs, it should be simple enough to wire a microphone for a rig.  
> Just look at the pin outs on the mic and the rig and wire accordingly.  
> The circuitry is not exactly complex!
> If we buy *any* radio we pretty much know that the mic wiring is going 
> to be different.  4-way, 8-way, RJ45 connectors, the list goes on.  What 
> ever the manufacturer decides is the right way for them, this has always 
> been the case.
> It really is quite simple.  Is your microphone a dynamic type?  If so, 
> wire it for Kenwood and it will work.  Does it need a voltage?  Look at 
> the diagrams as I mentioned before.  Good grief!  Elecraft are building 
> the rigs for us now and we are still moaning! ;)
> 
> 73 Ian
> 
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> 
> Ian J Maude, G0VGS
> SysOp GB7MBC DX Cluster
> Member RSGB, GQRP
> K2 #4044 |K3 #?
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