[Elecraft] Re: K3 microphone

[Don Wilhelm]

Gil,

You did not say what kind of microphone you are trying to connect.
If it is an Elecraft mic, then you will need to turn on the bias - it is 
turned off by default.
If it is a Heil, are you using a Kenwood adapter (and no bias)?
If it is some other brand, have you re-wired the microphone plug to 
match the Elecraft pinout?
Do you have the mic gain turned up  enough?

We need a little more information before we can advise properly.

73,
Don W3FPR

Gil Gibbs wrote:
>  OM's;
>
>  I'm at those last procedures of making all the settings for my K3, 
> and just added the microphone to the package. So far, I've found that 
> I can make the red LED light up for the PTT line indication, but 
> there's no LCD bar graph showing that my voice is causing any 
> modulation. I'm finding very little of anything which can steer me in 
> the right direction for a button push to activate anything else, which 
> leads me to two questions - (1) do I need to double check the entire 
> mike circuit, make sure no one goofed on a connection, and (2) am I 
> barking up the wrong tree?
>   I seem to note that there is a need for the transmitter finals and 
> 100 watt amplifier to be "taken through a setup procedure" for each 
> band, thus I may be missing a step here someplace. This rig is exotic, 
> a far different idea from the K2, thus the longish learning curve.
>  Any ideas before I start getting frustrated and pull hair, cuss a 
> little, and look for the DVM?
>
> Thanks, 73's
> Gil WA5YKK
>
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