[Elecraft] The old mic question for the NEW KX3 owner..Sorry

[Nr4c]

I think is try one of two ideas. 
1> amazon has available a 3 or 4 foot cable that has a rt angle TRRS plug on one end and a straight TRRS plug on the other.  Cut one end off and connect the cable to an XLR 4 pin plug to plug into mic. 

2> use above TRRS cable and just cut off the rt angle plug and graft it to a Heil cable. 

As I recall the Amazon cable was pretty inexpensive, thin and red. 

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...nr4c. bill


> On Mar 30, 2014, at 8:19 AM, John Lawrence <j123law at aol.com> wrote:
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> First of all, the KX3 is a sweet radio and have it running quickly with only small adaptations using my old 70 yo memory
> bank from 5 years with the K3 and K2.  
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> Now that I've read all the historical material debating the alternatives to the MH3 hand mic
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> I'm still not sure how to get my trusted K3 Heil with a cable adapted to work with the KX3..  
> Yes, I'd like to be able to interchange the Heil GM with the HC5 cartridge between the K3 and
> the KX3.  
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> Using the KX3 I don't care about the up/dwn buttons but do want PTT.  So, this mic jack with 
> tip/ring/ring/sleeve I would like to make up an entire new cable to go from the bottom of the 
> mic  with a four pin 3.5 mm jack on the other end to plug into the KX3.  
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> Is there a pre-made solution available or what is the cleanest/simplest way to make a cable?  Looks like
> Heil doesn't have one.  
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> Did I miss the end outcome summary for this transition to KX3?  This OT with interconnects in my life
> since 1959 is getting too old to tease my brain on interconnect details. Instead I prefer the bigger subjects like JT65 stability for the XV-144 local oscillator.  Any Elmer's with the answer out there?
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> Thanks, John Lawrence,  W1QS
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