Re: K3 microphone

[Gil WA5YKK]

  OM's;

  I'm at those last procedures of making all the settings for my K3, and
just added the microphone to the package. So far, I've found that I can
make the red LED light up for the PTT line indication, but there's no
LCD bar graph showing that my voice is causing any modulation. I'm
finding very little of anything which can steer me in the right
direction for a button push to activate anything else, which leads me to
two questions - (1) do I need to double check the entire mike circuit,
make sure no one goofed on a connection, and (2) am I barking up the
wrong tree?
   I seem to note that there is a need for the transmitter finals and
100 watt amplifier to be "taken through a setup procedure" for each
band, thus I may be missing a step here someplace. This rig is exotic, a
far different idea from the K2, thus the longish learning curve.
  Any ideas before I start getting frustrated and pull hair, cuss a
little, and look for the DVM?

Thanks, 73's
Gil WA5YKK

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[Bruce McLaughlin-2]

I am far from being an expert but here are a few ideas.  Make sure you have
the front panel mike selected.  Press the main button and then rotate the
vfo B knob until you come to MIN SEL.  Be sure it is set to FP (for front
panel).  If you are using an electret mike element be sure the bias is on.
You can check using the same display.  Tap #2 on the keypad to toggle bias
on or off.  Then be sure the monitor is on and set high enough to hear
yourself in head phones.  Put the rig in test mode, turn on the vox and
speak into the mike while listening for yourself.  Adjust he mike gain until
you see 4 to six bars on the display.  If you don't hear yourself and/or
don't have any bars showing at that point, more things will have to be
considered.  I assume you do have a mike cable wired for the Kenwood
standard connections.

Bruce-W8FU

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Subject: [Elecraft] Re: K3 microphone

  OM's;

  I'm at those last procedures of making all the settings for my K3, and
just added the microphone to the package. So far, I've found that I can
make the red LED light up for the PTT line indication, but there's no
LCD bar graph showing that my voice is causing any modulation. I'm
finding very little of anything which can steer me in the right
direction for a button push to activate anything else, which leads me to
two questions - (1) do I need to double check the entire mike circuit,
make sure no one goofed on a connection, and (2) am I barking up the
wrong tree?
   I seem to note that there is a need for the transmitter finals and
100 watt amplifier to be "taken through a setup procedure" for each
band, thus I may be missing a step here someplace. This rig is exotic, a
far different idea from the K2, thus the longish learning curve.
  Any ideas before I start getting frustrated and pull hair, cuss a
little, and look for the DVM?

Thanks, 73's
Gil WA5YKK

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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Gil,

You did not say what kind of microphone you are trying to connect.
If it is an Elecraft mic, then you will need to turn on the bias - it is
turned off by default.
If it is a Heil, are you using a Kenwood adapter (and no bias)?
If it is some other brand, have you re-wired the microphone plug to
match the Elecraft pinout?
Do you have the mic gain turned up  enough?

We need a little more information before we can advise properly.

73,
Don W3FPR

Gil Gibbs wrote:

>  OM's;
>
>  I'm at those last procedures of making all the settings for my K3,
> and just added the microphone to the package. So far, I've found that
> I can make the red LED light up for the PTT line indication, but
> there's no LCD bar graph showing that my voice is causing any
> modulation. I'm finding very little of anything which can steer me in
> the right direction for a button push to activate anything else, which
> leads me to two questions - (1) do I need to double check the entire
> mike circuit, make sure no one goofed on a connection, and (2) am I
> barking up the wrong tree?
>   I seem to note that there is a need for the transmitter finals and
> 100 watt amplifier to be "taken through a setup procedure" for each
> band, thus I may be missing a step here someplace. This rig is exotic,
> a far different idea from the K2, thus the longish learning curve.
>  Any ideas before I start getting frustrated and pull hair, cuss a
> little, and look for the DVM?
>
> Thanks, 73's
> Gil WA5YKK
>
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