[Elecraft] K3 headset question

[Dick Dievendorff]

Yes, your Proset-K2 assumptions are correct.

The PTT footswitch / handswitch should have a 1/4" mono phone plug to fit
the adapter if you want to use the K3 front panel Foster (8-pin) connector.
The Heil FS-1 Footswitch (no longer sold by Heil) footswitch and Heil Hand
Switch have a 1/4" mono phono plug. The current Heil FS-2 footswitch has
both a 1/4" mono phono plug and an RCA plug (and some sequencing for rig/amp
combinations so that the contacts on one plug close before the other).
There are other footswitches available, use your favorite internet search
engine to find lots.

If you disconnect the adapter from the Proset-K2, you can plug the
microphone and headphone connectors into the back of the K3.  Then you'd
want a PTT footswitch with an RCA connector to match the RCA PTT IN
connector on the back of the K3.  This keeps the front panel of the K3
"clean" and you don't have connectors lying on the desk in front of the
radio.  The "normal" situation, with rigs that only have a front-panel
microphone & headphone connector, is to have a 6" dongle plugged into the
8-pin Foster connector on the front of the radio coming straight out from
the front panel, the headphones plugged into the front of the radio, and at
the end of the dongle are a 1/8" plug/jack combination for the microphone
connector and a 1/4" plug/jack combination for the footswitch.  These can
get into the way.  They're thought by some to be unsightly. 

Dick, K6KR



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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KB1PXD
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 8:57 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 headset question


Ok, so correct me if I'm mistaken.  If I order the proset-K2 through
Elecraft for my K3, I'll have all necessary connections to operate the
headset?  However, I'm assuming that I'll be limited to VOX and no
PTT until I pickup a pedal, etc., which I assume will attach the existing
headset?

Thanks,
- Bill
 

KB1PXD wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> My K3 will be shipped out any day now! (woo-hoo)
> I've decided to pickup a Heil headset, but I'm not sure if I should
> go with the Elecraft proset-k2, or just run out to HRO and grab
> a proset-4, etc.  Questions:
> 
> 1.) If I decide to pick one up at at HRO, can I just pickup the adapter
> that's pinned out for Kenwood radios? (8-pin)
> 
> 2.) Does the Elecraft proset-k2 come already wired for the K3 with
> no soldering required?
> 
> ** I'm trying to avoid any soldering if possible.
> 
> Any pros/cons of either of these choices? 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bill
> kb1pxd
> 

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