Hi John,
Oddly, when I was tripping the VOX it was just the two wires touching
with no mike element. Now that I attached the wires to the element it quit
tripping the vox. Its an odd one.
God bless,
Mark
Jesus Is Lord!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: Mike Impedance for modern Radios
> it trips the vox but there's no audio? strange, is your mic gain set too
> low? what if you crank it all the way up? any improvement? if it's
> tripping
> the vox there must be some audio there.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Mike Impedance for modern Radios
>
>
>> Hi John,
>> Actually, I rewired the mike head to go directly from the element to
>> the cord. Then I can use either VOX or the PTT for the Heil. On the plug,
>> I
>> am using the shield and the tip. These two seemed to trip the VOX on the
>> radio. So, I am puzzled.
>>
>> God bless,
>> Mark
>> Jesus Is Lord!
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: Mike Impedance for modern Radios
>>
>>
>>> are you using the ptt button on the mic? or the ptt you'd usually use
>>> with
>>> the heil mic? If the usual ptt switch, try the mic holding the ptt
>>> button
>>> at
>>> the same time and see if maybe that switches the element on and off. I
>>> don't
>>> think HT mics do use the voltage but it's possible, I haven't seen one
>>> yet
>>> but there's got to be a reasonable reason, something's not wired right.
>>> If
>>> that a 3 conductor plug on the HT mic? I need to check mine but if so,
>>> I'm
>>> wondering if the audio is not the tip.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:14 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Mike Impedance for modern Radios
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi John,
>>>> I am not sure about if the microphone had power to the element
>>>> before
>>>> I
>>>> rewired it but I was under the impression that microphones for handy
>>>> talkies
>>>> didn't actually use that style element. I really don't know.
>>>> The Heil headset still has good audio. its just physically seen
>>>> better
>>>> days.
>>>> Actually, I am using the Heil adapter to plug the 3.5 MM plug for
>>>> the
>>>> handy talkie mike in to the Kenwood.
>>>>
>>>> God bless,
>>>> Mark
>>>> Jesus Is Lord!
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:42 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Mike Impedance for modern Radios
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> if the impedance was off, you'd have low audio but something would be
>>>>> there.
>>>>> What it might be is, does the mic need power to work? and did you make
>>>>> sure
>>>>> it's getting it? Some of those mics need power to the element. Was the
>>>>> mic
>>>>> working before? Also, what was the problem with the heil mic? it
>>>>> wasn't
>>>>> the
>>>>> same was it?
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:20 PM
>>>>> Subject: Mike Impedance for modern Radios
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>> I decided to convert one of my junk box two meter mikes to a mike
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> for my Kenwood TS 440 S. This will hold me over until my Heil head
>>>>>> set
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> is repaired. The conversion went smoothly and every thing went well =
>>>>>> until I tried to use the mike and no audio came out. I am sure the =
>>>>>> wiring is right. So, I am left with the question of would this be an
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> issue of having the wrong impedance microphone? If so how does one go
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> about changing the impedance?
>>>>>> Thank you in advance for your help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> God bless,
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>> Jesus Is Lord!
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