[Elecraft] Rear Panel Mic help ple

[Ed Stallman]

Iain and Don , you guys are on the ball, Pin 2 on the XLR is the tip 
, pin 3 is the ring and pin 1 is shield .. I don't have Mono tip, 
shield so I will move the ring wire to the shield and give it a go 
... I'll post the results.

Thanks Ed









At 03:46 PM 8/6/2011, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
>Hi Ed,
>
>I used an XLR - to - 1/4" cable that came with another mic, and a 1/4




>- 1/8" adapter, for the quick test. Pin 2 on the XLR is connected to
>the "tip". and pins 1 and 3 are both connected to the shield.
>
>I don't know about the Flex - if it's really TRS, then maybe the Flex
>has a balanced mic input? The K3 input is unbalanced ("mono"
>connector),
>
>73,
>
>     ~iain / N6ML
>
>
>On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Ed Stallman <n5dg at airmail.net> wrote:
> > Iain , thanks for your input , I did look to be sure and I am plugged into
> > the Mic in the back ... Using the XMIT and monitoring the ALC with Mic Gain
> > at 60 , I get one bar on the alc meter...I was using this Microphone and
> > cable on a Flex 5K , Is the TRS plug wired the same ?
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > IainAt 03:08 PM 8/6/2011, you wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ed,
> >
> > Something is definitely not right there. I happen to have a PR-781 in
> > my closet (it's for sale, if anyone's interested - I only use headsets
> > now). I plugged it into my K3's rear input and configured:
> >
> > MAIN:MIC-SEL: rP.H
> > MIC: 10
> > MAIN:VOX GN: 040
> >
> > and it works great, with 5-7 bars on the ALC meter on voice peaks,
> > without yelling.
> >
> > What are you seeing on the ALC meter? Try without VOX first, and make
> > sure you're getting those 5-7 bars (use the XMIT button if you don't
> > have an external PTT source).
> >
> > Any chance you plugged yours into the line input instead of mic?
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >     ~iain / N6ML
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Ed Stallman <n5dg at airmail.net> wrote:
> >> I' m trying to  use a Heil PR 781 microphone on the K3 rear Mic jack
> >> . With the settings I'm using now , I must scream into the Mic for
> >> radio to transmit
> >>
> >> Here are my settings.
> >>
> >> Main:MIC-SEL   I have set to RP, then taping the 1 sets to RPH
> >>
> >> MIC GAIN = 60
> >>
> >> VOX GAIN = 100
> >>
> >> BIAS = OFF
> >>
> >> ANTI-VOX =  0
> >>
> >> DELAY = 5
> >>
> >> VOX = on
> >>
> >> Maybe the PR-781 is not a good choice or most likely I've missed a setting
> >> ?
> >>
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