For easier ssb contesting, I want to be able to use a headset mic. My
headset mic has 2 mini stereo plugs one for a mic input and the other
for speaker output. My rig has a RJ45 jack on the front panel for a
mic input and a 3.5mm jack for audio outpput.
Is there a commercially available adapter cable that will allow me to
use my headset mic? --An adapter cable that can permit a 3.5mm to RJ45
mic input. Or is there a headset mic that has a RJ45 plug and a 35mm
plug?

Thanks.

KB2AMY

fazamy wrote:
For easier ssb contesting, I want to be able to use a headset mic. My
headset mic has 2 mini stereo plugs one for a mic input and the other
for speaker output. My rig has a RJ45 jack on the front panel for a
mic input and a 3.5mm jack for audio outpput.
Is there a commercially available adapter cable that will allow me to
use my headset mic? --An adapter cable that can permit a 3.5mm to RJ45
mic input. Or is there a headset mic that has a RJ45 plug and a 35mm
plug?
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RJ45 plug (8 fingers)is the same as the one used for ethernet
connections. So get a short ethernet cable with 2 fitted RJ45
connectors ,cut-off 1 RJ45 connector + a piece of cable ,leaving a short
piece of cable and a RJ45 connector.
and fit on 2 of the 8 wires a mini stereo socket.
Your transceiver manual/circuit diagramme should show which 2 of the 8
wires are to be connected to the microphone . You should also be able to
find the 2 wires for PTT.

Just today I was shown a Yaesu transceiver with a microphone having a
RJ45 connector for the microphone ,PTT and freq up & down push buttons.
An ethernet cable plug fitted nicely in the transceiver's socket.

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

The adapters are per radio, and radios like Icoms with RJ45's have RJ45's on
the adapters. However, if I recall, OP had two mini plugs. Seems like the
Heil adapters have a mini and a 1/4"

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