[K2] Alinco EMS-14 mic with K2?

[Phil Kane-2]

For the 15 or so years that I have used my K2 the mic I used was an
Adonis AM-308, a Kenwood-compatible desk mic.  It gave me good service
but failed recently, and is no longer available.  It was replaced with
the Alinco EMS-14 desk mic which appears to be a re-branded  AM-308 (to
the point where the pc board in the mic base carries the "AM-308"
label).  The cable pin-out on the 8-pin "Foster" connector is identical.
The only difference appears to be that the Adonis mic used two AA
batteries while the Alinco mic draws its power from the rig's +V on the
mic connector.

It should be plug-and-play compatible using the cables that worked with
the Adonis mic but unfortunately the mic does not activate the K2.

Does anyone have any experience using the Alinco EMS-14 mic?

 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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[JP Douglas]

I have the mic but use it with the Alinco DX-8SR that I use as a cellar shack radio. Good mic, never tried to use it w/my Elecraft radio though...
73 de Jose Douglas KB1TCD

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> On Aug 4, 2020, at 8:23 PM, Phil Kane <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> 
> For the 15 or so years that I have used my K2 the mic I used was an
> Adonis AM-308, a Kenwood-compatible desk mic.  It gave me good service
> but failed recently, and is no longer available.  It was replaced with
> the Alinco EMS-14 desk mic which appears to be a re-branded  AM-308 (to
> the point where the pc board in the mic base carries the "AM-308"
> label).  The cable pin-out on the 8-pin "Foster" connector is identical.
> The only difference appears to be that the Adonis mic used two AA
> batteries while the Alinco mic draws its power from the rig's +V on the
> mic connector.
>
> It should be plug-and-play compatible using the cables that worked with
> the Adonis mic but unfortunately the mic does not activate the K2.
>
> Does anyone have any experience using the Alinco EMS-14 mic?
>
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
>
> From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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