[Elecraft] K3 - Rear panel mike socket; stereo or mono?

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

is this just because it's easier to stock just stereo sockets?
The mic plug on my Heil K2 proset is mono. And it work just fine.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 1 Sep 2008, at 14:39, Lyle Johnson wrote:

>> The 'mono' label is tricky. I think it means that the mic. audio is  
>> mono but not the jack.
>
> Correct.  The jack is physically a stereo jack, but the audio path  
> is MONO (tip) only.