Yeah, messing with that 8-pin plug makes me nervous. Where did you find a
pre-soldered plug? I saved most of your comments about the box, but I
haven't gotten around to building one yet. I could put it between the
8-band equalizer and the radio.
If you want to play around with the connector on the back of the radio, you
might consider getting an AR-14 from LDG. Basically, it's a box with three
DIN connectors on the back, and 14 RCA jacks on the front. The box comes
with three cables, a 6-pin, a 7-pin, and a 13-pin DIN. The cable you use
depends on what radio you have, and you don't use more than one cable at a
time. Each of the RCA jacks on the front is connected to one of the pins on
the DIN connectors, so you can access everything by means of the RCA jacks.
It's great for experimenting, but you can also leave it hooked up
permanently if you get lazy like I did. It goes for around $50 U.S., which
sounds expensive until you think about what you'd have to pay for all that
stuff separately. I'm sure you can find it on the LDG website, although I
first saw it at w4rt.com.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 16:18
Subject: Re: kenwood microphone
> ah ok, interesting.
> Makes sence to do it that way, then you have easy set up for any brand of
> radio just by moving the jumpers.
> In my break out box, I used a 16 contact terminal bar. This has 8 screw
> terminals on each side with the pairs connected.
> I think they use it in networking applications etc. Anyway, the terminal
> strip was the perfect size to sit in the bottom of the box. I brought all
> 8
> wires from the mike jack to the 8 terminals...then I could route and wire
> anything I wanted easily without solder and mucking around with the mike
> plug.
> There is also another add on I could do, and that is to run a separate
> switched cable out to connect to the accessory jack on the back of the
> rig.
> This would allow me to have audio in, audio out, PTT and several other
> options to play with that the mike jack doesn't offer.
> Though, I'm not sure if the accessory jack has up/down pins the same way
> the
> mike jack does.
>
> Either way, a multi-purpose box is cheap and easy enough to build. Far
> cheaper than a signal link, and a mike box etc.
> The only soldering I did was on the switch lugs for the resisters and
> short
> lengths of wire to connect to the terminal strip in the project box.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: kenwood microphone
>
>
>> Colin,
>>
>> When I bought my 8-band EQ from Julius, he told me that he connects only
>> the
>> mic and ground pins, but not any of the others. I suspect that it has to
>> do
>> with the switch for changing pin configurations between the three
>> different
>> types of microphones. Still, I wish those pins were wired up so we
>> Kenwood
>> owners could use them.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 16:20
>> Subject: Re: kenwood microphone
>>
>>
>>> if you recall, a long time ago, I built a 4 switch breakout box for the
>>> function buttons?
>>> A small project box, four momentary toggle switches and some other
>>> little
>>> bits and pieces, plus the 47K, and 100K resisters to tell the radio what
>>> to
>>> do.
>>> I also wired in an XLR cable and wired one of the switches on the box
>>> for
>>> PTT.
>>> oh, and put a pigtail on for an external PTT switch...currently a
>>> straight
>>> key on a big steel plate under the desk.
>>> If I had a slightly bigger project box, I could have put an xLR female
>>> and
>>> eighth inch jack on for the mic and ptt switch.
>>> Of course, a 1 to 1 audio isolation transformer inside would also be a
>>> good
>>> thing to minimize any RFI that gets onto the XLR cable etc.
>>> I would also like a 48V power supply in the box to use condenser style
>>> mics.
>>> Anyway, I built that before MFJ came out with their bass mics with the
>>> function buttons.
>>> I'm kind of surprised W2IHY hasn't implemented function buttons on one
>>> of
>>> his boxes since the 4 kenwood mike function buttons are controled by
>>> switching either 47K or 100K resisters to ground through the Up or down
>>> pins
>>> on the mike jack.
>>> Sure would make a handy option for the kenwood operators who buy his
>>> stuff.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:25 PM
>>> Subject: Re: kenwood microphone
>>>
>>>
>>>> Do most HF only radios support 4 function buttons? I know the ones with
>>>> 2,
>>>> 440 etc. do but as far as I know most radios I'm familiar with, if it's
>>>> HF
>>>> only the function buttons wouldn't do anything. I can't say about the
>>>> 590
>>>> since I don't and probably will never have one and will certainly never
>>>> even
>>>> look at a 990 on my current budget.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 1:43 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: kenwood microphone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Do you use it on a kenwood radio, and if so,, are these buttons
>>>>> definable in menus. I called a ham store and he said it wouldn't work
>>>>> that way on the 590. I also had a friend look on line, and he says it
>>>>> appears exactly the same mike as the mfj 297. The main reason I
>>>>> wanted
>>>>> it was to have the 4 functions on a desk mike.
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Butch
>>>>> WA0VJR
>>>>> Node 3148
>>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 7 May 2013, Bob
>>>>> Ray wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Butch, Here is the mic I referred to earlier. I have one of these
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> does have the four buttons that you were looking for.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HamPros
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NS-508
>>>>>> (more info)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> High Quality Condenser Desktop Microphone.
>>>>>> .Flexible Microphone Boom.
>>>>>> .FM/SSB Audio Quality Selector Switch.
>>>>>> . Variable microphone gain.
>>>>>> .Up/Down Controls work for Kenwood FM mobile use only.
>>>>>> .Requires an optional cable specific for your radio.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using it with my 590 and don't have the batteries in it since I
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> need the amplifier.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob kd0br
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>>>> On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 8:06 PM
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> Subject: kenwood microphone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm looking for a base mike for my kenwood with the 4 function keys.
>>>>>> Does
>>>>>> anyone make one?
>>>>>> 73
>>>>>> Butch
>>>>>> WA0VJR
>>>>>> Node 3148
>>>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
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