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Hi guys,
I recently ordered a K3 and eagerly await it's delivery. You will likely hear lots more from me as I attempt to get up to speed with it. I have been reviewing the archives of this group and see that the Yamaha CM500 is highly regarded. I plan to purchase one very soon. I have the K3 manual open to page 17 (the pdf from Elecraft website). It looks like the stero headset plug goes into the jack marked "phones', the mic plug goes into the jack marked "mic" and a foot switch plug goes into the jack marked "PTT IN" Now for my question. I have a Heil footswitch and plan to use it for PTT. Is the configuration I described correct? If not, how is headphone/mic and footswitch connected? TIA and 73 de Paul, NU4C ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Paul,
You have it right - just plug it in, assuming that the footswitch plug matches the K3 jack - the headphone/mic connectors will plug right into the rear K3 jacks. Don't forget to set the Mic to rear and the bias on for the CM500. 73, Don W3FPR Paul Milward wrote: > Hi guys, > I recently ordered a K3 and eagerly await it's delivery. You will likely hear lots more from me as I attempt to get up to speed with it. > > I have been reviewing the archives of this group and see that the Yamaha CM500 is highly regarded. I plan to purchase one very soon. > > I have the K3 manual open to page 17 (the pdf from Elecraft website). It looks like the stero headset plug goes into the jack marked "phones', the mic plug goes into the jack marked "mic" and a foot switch plug goes into the jack marked "PTT IN" > > Now for my question. I have a Heil footswitch and plan to use it for PTT. Is the configuration I described correct? If not, how is headphone/mic and footswitch connected? > > TIA and 73 > > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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You have a couple of choices.
If you prefer front panel connections, you'll probably want a Heil Sound AD-1K adapter or make up an equivalent. The AD-1K adapter has a 8-pin Foster plug that connects to the K3 front panel microphone connector, and has a 1/4" phone jack for your footswitch and a 3.5mm jack for your microphone connector. The Yamaha CM500 headset comes with a 3.5mm stereo phone plug with a 1/4" adapter "sleeve", and you'd use that adapter to plug into the K3's front panel headset connector. This is a "traditional" front panel arrangement. Some prefer this arrangement because it's easy to pull the headphone plug out to enable the radio's speakers. Others prefer the "clean front panel" arrangement where the headset connectors are all on the back. You remove the 1/4" "sleeve" from the Yamaha CM500 headphone plug and plug the 3.5mm microphone and 3.5mm headphone connectors into the K3 back panel mic and phone jacks. There are a couple of versions of Heil footswitch. The current FS-2 has two wires, one with a 1/4" phone plug and another with an RCA plug. If you have the FS-2, you might plug its RCA plug directly into the K3's back panel PTT RCA jack. If you have the older Heil FS-1 which has just a 1/4" phone plug, you'll need to replace that plug with an RCA plug, or find or create a small adapter that has a 1/4" phone jack to an RCA plug. The K3 back panel PTT jack is an RCA jack. If you use the "clean front panel" arrangement, you can enable the radio's speaker by changing the K3 configuration menu "SPKR+PH" to enable both the headphones and speaker at once, and you can set up "macro" functions to turn that on and off if you prefer pressing a front panel button. Or you can reach around and unplug the headphone connector from the back panel. PTT is also available on the K3 back panel 15-pin accessory connector, so if you're planning to wire that yourself, you might include a 1/4" phone jack as part of your plan. I prefer the "clean back panel" arrangement, my headphones and radio PTT actually are connected through a microHAM SO2R control box. I use the Yamaha CM-500 headset, as well as several Heil products depending on my mood. I like to change headsets from time to time during contests to change the pressure points. During a CW contest I'll sometimes use an "extreme isolation" headset or a very comfortable old pair of Sony V6 headphones. 73 de Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Paul Milward Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:30 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] headset question Hi guys, I recently ordered a K3 and eagerly await it's delivery. You will likely hear lots more from me as I attempt to get up to speed with it. I have been reviewing the archives of this group and see that the Yamaha CM500 is highly regarded. I plan to purchase one very soon. I have the K3 manual open to page 17 (the pdf from Elecraft website). It looks like the stero headset plug goes into the jack marked "phones', the mic plug goes into the jack marked "mic" and a foot switch plug goes into the jack marked "PTT IN" Now for my question. I have a Heil footswitch and plan to use it for PTT. Is the configuration I described correct? If not, how is headphone/mic and footswitch connected? TIA and 73 de Paul, NU4C ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Paul Milward wrote:
>Now for my question. I have a Heil footswitch and plan to use it for PTT. Is the configuration I described correct? If not, how is headphone/mic and footswitch connected? I use a Heil footswitch connected as you described. Using connectors on the back of the K3 sure cuts down on cable clutter. I use a breakout box to go from the mic plug that normally plugs into the front of the K3 into the separate "PTT in" and "mic" lines. The Line from the footswitch plugs into a pigtail that is built into the Heil mic cable. Works like a champ. 73, Fred, AE6IC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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