[Elecraft] Rear Panel Mic help ple

[Ed Stallman]

Iain , Don , thanks for the help on this , I moved the one wire and 
now al is working as it should .I got on 40m  made a  couple contacts 
with great reports

Thanks Ed N5DG






At 04:14 PM 8/6/2011, Ed Stallman wrote:
>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.
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>Thanks Ed
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>At 03:46 PM 8/6/2011, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
> >Hi Ed,
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> >I used an XLR - to - 1/4" cable that came with another mic, and a 1/4
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> >- 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.
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> >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),
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> >73,
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> >     ~iain / N6ML
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> >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
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> > > 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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