[Elecraft] Using CM-500 with Elecraft Rigs

[JR]

        Joe, W4TV, said:
        Kenwood, Yaesu and Ten-Tec transceivers do not provide bias for
        an electret mic at all. To use an electret mic with those
        transceivers one needs to install a "power adder" ...

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NOT SO,  DICK TRACY.   All three manufacturers provide 5-10v bias 
voltage on either Pin 2 or Pin 5, respectively - (and have done so for 
many years.)

Elecraft did operators a HUGE FAVOR  by switching bias voltage ON and 
OFF with a MENU setting, adding an bonus measure of flexibility (... 
which is NOT to be corn-fused with any sort of Flex-able Radio! ... 
after all, this is CHAOS and we don't do that here ... ) ;-)     
Elecraft earned bonus points for providing BOTH an 8-pin Foster jack AND 
a pair of 3.5 mm TRS jacks to accommodate all sorts of microphones and 
headsets without a middle-man adapter on its larger models - way ahead 
of the field.   / K8JHR /