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nn5g

K3 Mic Connection

I am in the process of trying to mate a Heil PR-40 to my new K3. I do have a mic cable wired for Kenwood use. A couple of questions…..

1. Is there any advantage to using the mic connection on the back, versus the front.

2. If the back connection is made I assume I use the “mic mono” and “ PTT In” connections. How are these connectors configured from the kenwood cable?

Tnx & 73 de Paul NN5G

Brett Howard

Re: K3 Mic Connection

Does anyone know of an adapter that some one sells to adapt an 8-pin mic
plug to the 1/8 / 3.5mm jack on the back? Would be slick to get a
completely clean and empty front panel. I'd even be happy if the PTT
wasn't connected. The VOX works so well its not needed. I'd not want
to use the button on the mic anyway. I'll just wire up a foot pedal.
Perhaps if I end up having to make a connector I'll just buy some extra
connectors and see if anyone else is interested in buying the extras off
me....

Any thoughts?

On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 15:34 -0700, nn5g wrote:

> I am in the process of trying to mate a Heil PR-40 to my new K3. I do have a
> mic cable wired for Kenwood use. A couple of questions…..
>
> 1. Is there any advantage to using the mic connection on the back, versus
> the front.
>
> 2. If the back connection is made I assume I use the “mic mono” and “ PTT
> In” connections. How are these connectors configured from the kenwood cable?
>
> Tnx & 73 de Paul NN5G
>

Bruce McLaughlin-2

RE: K3 Mic Connection

If you have a regular Kenwood cable it probably won't work with the PR40 and K3. The PR40 is a balanced mike with a 3 pin XLR connector. You need a special Kenwood cable for the PR 40 to accommodate the 3 pin plug and also to allow it to interface with a unbalanced mike input. Heil does make such a cable. Of course, you may already know that.

Bruce - W8FU

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mic Connection

Does anyone know of an adapter that some one sells to adapt an 8-pin mic
plug to the 1/8 / 3.5mm jack on the back? Would be slick to get a
completely clean and empty front panel. I'd even be happy if the PTT
wasn't connected. The VOX works so well its not needed. I'd not want
to use the button on the mic anyway. I'll just wire up a foot pedal.
Perhaps if I end up having to make a connector I'll just buy some extra
connectors and see if anyone else is interested in buying the extras off
me....

Any thoughts?

On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 15:34 -0700, nn5g wrote:

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