[Yaesu] Heil phones for 857D?

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Do those headphones need watts or milliwatts? The front 
headphone/speaker jack on the 857 has a switch on the back of the front 
panel to set level, the speaker jack on the back might be more than a 
tad loud in headphones.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 6/8/2013 2:30 PM, KB0NLY wrote:
> The headset adapter for the 857D looks like a Y cable with one side
> having the round online male connector for the Mic and the other side is
> a 1/4" Jack for a footswitch or handheld ptt button. The headset audio
> comes off the external speaker jack. It's all plug and play.
>
> "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj at netins.net> wrote:
>
>     There isn't any receive audio on the microphone connector. Heil's
>     dealers show the AD-1YM adapts the 6 series headsets to the 857. It may
>     be that the headset has separate cables for mic and hedphones and some
>     illustrations show the 1/4" jack is for the foot switch but nothing
>     shows specific to the 857 that I can find.
>
>     PTT is available on the 6 pin mini din data connector on the back.
>     Mouser sells 6 pin mini din cables with one connector and the other bare
>     or that's the CT-39A Yaesu data/packet cable.
>
>     73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
>     On 6/8/2013 10:25 AM, David VE3VID wrote:
>
>         Hello everyone
>
>         Sorry to be asking this question, but I am in the arctic right now
>         and can not access a lot of the internet through my work computer.
>
>
>
>         I am using an FT-857D when I come north to work. I would like to add
>         a head set with mic, perhaps a Heil. The 857D's coiled mic cable
>         unplugs directly under the hand mic. Is there one of the Heil sets
>         that will easily interface with the 857D? Foot switch would be a
>         bonus too.
>
>
>
>         73
>
>         David
>
>         VY0/VE3VID http://www.ve3vid.webs.com/
>
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