[Elecraft] MH3 mic with the K3?

[Nr4c]

Or just spend the ~$70 and buy an MH2.  It's already wired ready to go. 

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...nr4c. bill


> On Jan 1, 2017, at 6:49 PM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ron,
> 
> I am not going to give you a step by step set of instructions, but the K3 (no hyphen) manual has the pinout for the 8 pin Foster jack, and the KX3 manual has the pinout for the MH3 mic plug.
> Match up the AF lines and the shell (AF ground) with the 8 pin connections, and match up the PTT on the MH3 plug ring 1 to the PTT pin on the 8 pin.
> The PTT return is a little more "tricky" and you should connect the MH3 ring 2 to wither pin 7 or pin 8 on the 8 pin Foster plug.
> 
> You will need to turn bias on in the K3 menu, and the UP/DN buttons on the MH3 mic will not work - but you should have audio and PTT.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> On 1/1/2017 6:23 PM, Ron Manfredi wrote:
>> HNYto all!
>> 
>> Has anyone made an adapter cable to allow the MH-3  mic to be used with
>> the K-3?   I acquired a KX3 with its mic, and a K-3 without a mic, and
>> would like to be able to use the same mic on both rigs.
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