k3 transmit problem

[Ai4PF]

Took delivery yesterday. all seems well so far except I can't transmit
using a Heil pro set plus I was using on an Omni. Need help.

Bill Wade Ai4pf
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Bill,

Do you have the headset plugged into the rear panel?  If you plug it
into the front panel mic jack, it will not work unless you use a Heil
Kenwood adapter.
Set the menu to match where you plugged the mic, and adjust the mic gain.

73,
Don W3FPR

bill wade wrote:
> Took delivery yesterday. all seems well so far except I can't transmit
> using a Heil pro set plus I was using on an Omni. Need help.
>
> Bill Wade Ai4pf
>  
>
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[Dick Dievendorff]

Hi, Bill!

The microphone connection has a fair number of possibilities.

If you're using the front-panel 8-pin "Foster" connector, then you might be
using an inappropriate Heil adapter that bridges between the 1/8" mono
microphone plug and the K3.  For the Elecraft K3, you should be using Heil's
AD-1K, the red "Kenwood" adapter to match Elecraft's 8-pin front-panel
microphone jack. The blue Icom adapter won't work.

If you don't have one of those handy, you might try skipping the adapter and
plugging the 1/8" mono connector directly into the K3 back panel "mic"
connector.

The K3 has some front panel config and main menu options related to
microphone (which connector you're using, whether or not to add bias,
microphone gain range).  See the discussion of the Mic connector on the
Front Panel and Rear Panel pages of the K3 Owner's manual.

My best guess is that you might be using a Heil blue Icom adapter.

Dick, K6KR



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Took delivery yesterday. all seems well so far except I can't transmit
using a Heil pro set plus I was using on an Omni. Need help.

Bill Wade Ai4pf
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[Bruce McLaughlin-2]

The K-3 requires a microphone cable configured to the Kenwood standard.  I'm
not sure about the Omni, but my Orion II uses a Yaesu standard cable.  You
may want to check.  I suspect the foster connector pins are miswired for the
K-3.  You may also want to be sure the bias is off as I believe that is
probably a dynamic microphone element rather than an electret.  You may also
wish to check with Heil.  I believe they sell an appropriate dongle for the
pro set would work with the K-3.

Bruce-W8FU

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Took delivery yesterday. all seems well so far except I can't transmit
using a Heil pro set plus I was using on an Omni. Need help.

Bill Wade Ai4pf
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