K2 Mic hookup

[Edward R Cole]

Bill,

I have a MH-31 mic with the RJ45 plug and wanted to use it with my
Yaesu FT-847 that requires a 8-pin jack.  I bought a RJ45 jack in a
wall outlet plate, wired the 8-pin jack to the outlet and plug the
mic into the jack.  I mounted the wall plate onto plastic outlet box
made for attaching to a wall surface.  Got the parts at a local
builder's supply (except the 8-pin mic jack).  The MH-31 came with my FT-817.

73, Ed - KL7UW
My Heil mic was bought for the FT-847 but now is used on the K3.

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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:40:16 -0700
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Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Mic hookup
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Have a Yaesu MH-31 mike with the RJ45 connector on it. Was going to
cut it off and install the 8 pin connector from Radio Shack, P/N
274-025, till I read some posts on this list about the problems
soldering to the mike cable.
So, was wondering if anyone knows of a female RJ45 socket, or Jack,
that I can get to make up a short adapter cable so I can plug my
MH-31 into it and that into the 8 pin connector on the K2?
Thanks for any help,
73, Bill, k6mgo



73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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[Phil Kane-2]

On 8/16/2010 10:38 PM, Edward R. Cole wrote:

> I bought a RJ45 jack in a wall outlet plate, wired the 8-pin jack to
> the outlet and plug the mic into the jack.  I mounted the wall plate
> onto plastic outlet box made for attaching to a wall surface.


  A "neater and cleaner" solution is to get a RJ-45 jack in a
  little two-inch-square "biscuit" terminal block used in the
  data and telephone industry and available at most "serious"
  electronic dealers.  There are two types - one with wire leads
  from the jack and the other with screw terminals on an enclosed
  connection block.  For your purposes, the latter type would be
  easier to deal with.

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

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