Microphone On Off Switch Wiring Diagram

3 pin xlr wiring standard.
Microphone on off switch wiring diagram. Ham cb radio microphone audio and switching interface box project. Check for breaks or damage to the plug and cord. I got a spdt switch with led. Am i not wiring this right.
Ensure that the microphone pins on the radio are making a connection with the microphone plug. I m building trying to an on off switch for my talkback mic. This way i can leave the one microphone hooked up and don t have to remove the cord from the radio to test a mic. Diagrams for the microphone connections on many of the common cb radios as well as some popular amateur radio transceivers.
The rear view is the end you solder from here are the connections on each pin. Microphone wiring alan cobra uniden. Microphone switch box that i made out of scrap pieces i had laying around the house. I ve cut an xlr cable in half and just reconnected the grounds and pin 2 s back together and ran pin 3 to the switch.
I believe that when the switch is placed into the off position the microphone drops the signal to ground effectively sending all the mic audio into the less resistive cable sheath. Be sure you are. Check the pins in the. Diagram 10 diagram 11 diagram 12.
Kenwood alinco and icom amateur radio transceivers mic wiring diagrams by pictures mic wiring pinouts and instructions microphone wiring can be a pain if your not sure how to work out which wire goes where microphone wiring diagrams some mic wiring diagrams for ranger realistic alan cobra ge uniden yaesu kenwood icom radios. 3 pin xlr connectors are standard amongst line level and mic level audio applications. If this isn t right any help is appreciated. The above diagram shows you the pin numbering for both male and female xlr connectors from the front and the rear view.
Does the pop just have to do with the type of switch. Make sure your cb mic is plugged in securely. I think that the signal wire in the cord the red one gets connected to the microphone s signal wire either the yellow or white and the grounding sheath wire gets connected to the remaining one. Dnt m40 fm.