[Elecraft] K3 and Yamaha CM500

[Cady, Fred]

Plug the CM500 mic connector into the rear panel mic jack and the phones connector into the rear panel Headphones jack.  Then select MIC r.PL bias from the Main menu.
Cheers,
Fred KE7X


Author of:
"The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration and Operation 2nd ed"
"The Elecraft KX3 - Going for the summit"
"The Elecraft KPA500 and KAT500 - the K-Line Dream Station"
Printed, coil bound copies of these are all available at www.elecraft.com

KPA500 and KAT500 Quick Set Up Guide
http://www.ke7x.com/home/k-line-introduction-and-set-up-guide

KAT500 and KXPA500 Tuner Operation
http://www.ke7x.com/home/kat500-and-kxpa100-tuners

"The Elecraft KXPA100, PX3 and 2M/4M Transverters - Assembling the KX3-Line Station" available at www.lulu.com.
"The Elecraft K3S and P3"  and a 3rd Edition of the K3 book with K3S upgrade parts are works in progress.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> Chris Hallinan
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 12:33 PM
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and Yamaha CM500
> 
> I've heard good things about the Yamaha CM500 for the Elecraft K3.  It
> also is quite attractively priced.  However, I noted that it has two
> connectors, presumably one each for mic and headphones, mono and stereo
> respectively.
> 
> However, my K3 is setup as follows:
> 
> Line in    |
> Line out  | -----> goes to my SignaLink USB
> 
> Speaker Out ---> Goes to a beautiful pair of logitech speakers that
> make the AFX quite dramatic, and I love that setup.  You can see it on
> my QRZ page here:
> https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.qrz.com/y/k1ay/k3p3.jpg
> 
> So, what are my options for using the CM500?  What are others using?
> Should I just build a cable adapter for the front panel mic connector?
> Seems like a kludge and therefore might steer me to the Heil setup.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks and 73,
> Chris - K1AY
> 
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