Hi Jeff,
Do you really want a desk mike?
I've been a ham for 29 years and found they
look nice but are a pain to use. You have to
lean over to talk into it or hold it up, and they can get heavy.
I've always kept a hand mike handy for PTT use.
The most comfortable method for me has been a mike on a boom
and use either VOX(the easiest) or a foot switch to key the rig.
When I finished my K2 in November I looked around and found
an old Lafayette dynamic hand mike. I just used computer
jumpers on the microphone configuration header and wired it as a
Kenwood mike. Works great.
Then I decided to try my boom mike. This is a Radio Shack
studio mike I bought for $5 at closeout years ago (again a 600 ohm
dynamic mike). It is mounted on the boom from a cheap (but not real cheap)
magnifying lamp. I had to take a spring off to get it to stay where I put
it,
but it works fine on the K2. I used this lash up for over 10 years on my
Yaesu
FT-990. I received QSL cards from shortwave listeners in Europe and South
America
complementing me on my audio.
So I would say wire it for a dynamic mike and try a boom. Or you can get a
desk
top base. You can get an inexpensive mike at radio shack and if you
don't like it you can take it back.
I am just saying this because I have found that most desk mikes are pretty
but
very expensive and don't always work the best.
73 de Bob K3YT
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