new K3 owner sn 497, need help with choosing microkeyer cable

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new K3 owner sn 497, need help with choosing microkeyer cable

David Shelton-2
Hello all Elecrafters,
microHam sells two different cables for the K3 to use with the  
microKeyer/microKeyerII one that uses a front microphone jack and the  
other that uses the rear microphone jack. Aside from the obvious, one  
doesn't clutter the front panel with a cable all the time, is there  
any other advantages to one over the other? Also anyone out there that  
has the original microKeyer and upgraded to the microKeyer II please  
explain what the advantages are with using it on the K3.
Thanks and 73,
David, N4IN
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Re: new K3 owner sn 497, need help with choosing microkeyer cable

Joe Subich, W4TV-4


> microHam sells two different cables for the K3 to use with the  
> microKeyer/microKeyerII one that uses a front microphone jack
> and the other that uses the rear microphone jack. Aside from
> the obvious, one doesn't clutter the front panel with a cable
> all the time, is there any other advantages to one over the
> other?

The only difference is that the rear mic version does not support
the up/down controls or the +8V line that are available on the
front mic jack.  If you were to try to use a "Foster" style mic
that required power or had up/down buttons they would not work
with the rear mic cable (when the buttons are supported).

> Also anyone out there that has the original microKeyer and
> upgraded to the microKeyer II please explain what the
> advantages are with using it on the K3.

The "advantages" are in the additional features of microKEYER II
- specifically the USB sound card, dual channel receive for KRX3
support, Icom transceive output for use with Icom accessories
(e.g., band switching with a PW-1), native control of a SteppIR
antenna, or an auxiliary serial port for rotor control.

73,

   ... Joe Subich, W4TV
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Elecraft] new K3 owner sn 497,need help with
> choosing microkeyer cable
>
>
> Hello all Elecrafters,
> microHam sells two different cables for the K3 to use with the  
> microKeyer/microKeyerII one that uses a front microphone jack
> and the  
> other that uses the rear microphone jack. Aside from the
> obvious, one  
> doesn't clutter the front panel with a cable all the time, is there  
> any other advantages to one over the other? Also anyone out
> there that  
> has the original microKeyer and upgraded to the microKeyer II please  
> explain what the advantages are with using it on the K3.
> Thanks and 73,
> David, N4IN



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