MFJ 434B Connections

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Hi, this is Mark Griffin, KB3Z. Has anyone connected a MFJ 434B Voice Keyer to the K3? I assume that I would connect my Heil HM-12 microphone to the external microphone jack on the front of the unit. The man from MFJ said I would have to set up the jumpers in the unit for a Kenwood. But for some oddball reason they use a modular cable plug to connect the 434B to my K3. I realize I would have to use the MIC Connector on the back of my K3 and would have to make the necessary change with the K3 so it knows that I am using the MIC connector in the back. But where do I find one of these Modular cables to connect the 434B to the K3. Any help or advice would be very much appreciated. Mark Griffin KB3Z
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[QUENTIN COLLIER]

Hi Mark,

I have been intending to respond to your posting below for ages but am afraid it's only just got to the top of the stack - sorry!

Although
 I am not a particularly frequent telephony operator, I have used the
MFJ 434B with the K3 and it works just fine. Because I use my Heil
headset with several different (in Field Days etc) I have had to
confront the problem of different vendors using different microphone
connectors - and even worse, the same connector with different
pinouts....my solution was to wire the microphone plug to the Yaesu
standard - with apologies for using the Y word on the Elecraft list :-) -
 , set the headers in the MFJ to the Yaesu standard (and also the
appropriate header to apply the polarising voltage to the electret
microphone insert), and then build individual Yaesu - Elecraft, Yaesu - Icom etc. adapters for rigs that
don't use the Yaesu pinouts. I'm afraid I don't know where you can buy
pre-made cables, but making up the adapters is straightforward if a bit
fiddly.

I don't know if that will help in your particular
situation (I suspect perhaps not), but on the principle that any info
might come in useful I thought I'd chip in.


73, Quin G3WRR 



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Hi, this is Mark Griffin, KB3Z. Has anyone connected a MFJ 434B Voice Keyer to the K3? I assume that I would connect my Heil HM-12 microphone to the external microphone jack on the front of the unit. The man from MFJ said I would have to set up the jumpers in the unit for a Kenwood. But for some oddball reason they use a modular cable plug to connect the 434B to my K3. I realize I would have to use the MIC Connector on the back of my K3 and would have to make the necessary change with the K3 so it knows that I am using the MIC connector in the back. But where do I find one of these Modular cables to connect the 434B to the K3. Any help or advice would be very much appreciated. Mark Griffin KB3Z
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