Shure RK199S User Manual

SPLIT BAR SWITCH KIT

Model RK199S User Guide

The Shure Model RK199S Split Bar Switch Kit is designed to
enable users of Shure base station microphones to monitor a
communications channel by disabling the receiver squelch circuit
before transmitting. Once installed, the microphone Transmit
switch can be depressed only while the Monitor switch is
depressed. The Monitor switch can be momentarily depressed, or
locked in the “on” position by depressing it and sliding it forward.

The RK199S is especially useful in shared-channel radio
systems using a continuous tone coded squelch system (CTCSS).
CTCSS requires the addition of a tone encoder at the transmitter
and a decoder at the receiver. The transmitted carrier is
continuously modulated with a subaudible tone which is
demodulated and decoded at the receiver, and used to activate the
squelch circuit. The receiver remains squelched until it receives a
carrier modulated with a tone of the proper frequency. The
RK199S is designed to be installed in Shure Model 444D, 450 and
522 Base Station Microphones. The RK199S consists of the
following parts.

ITEM
Five-Blade Switch 90A3119
Three-Blade Switch 90A946
Transmit Switch Bar-Spring Assembly 90A1022
Monitor Switch Bar 65A1177A
Right-Angle Bracket 53A667

PART NO.

Transmit Label 28A366
Monitor Label 28B366
Lubriplate Capsule 90MF1371

1

/2” No. 4 Phillips Head Self-Tapping

Screws (2)

5

/16” No. 4 Binding Head Self-Tapping

Screws (2)

INSTALLATION

Install the RK199S as follows.

1. Remove the two screws fastening the baseplate to the
bottom of the microphone.

2. Remove the baseplate, taking care not to stress the wiring
to the switch mounted in the baseplate.

3. Loosen (unscrew about one turn), but do not remove, the
screws holding the switch mounting plate to the base (see
Figure 1). NOTE: The screws should be loosened only
enough to allow the switch bar to be pushed down and out
from underneath the switch mounting plate. If the plate is
loosened too much, the tip of the mounting bracket
extending through the upright portion of the base will slip
out of the slot in the switch mounting plate. The tip must
be replaced in the slot before reassembly can be
accomplished.

4. Install the switch bars in the base, beginning with the
Monitor (smaller of the two bars). Slip the pivot of the bar
beneath the switch mounting plate, and snap it into place.
Insert the Transmit bar (larger of the two bars) in the same
manner, and tighten the screws holding the switch
mounting plate to the base. Check the position of the
mounting bracket tip as described in step 3.

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FIGURE 1

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5. Remove the two screws securing the present switch stack
and carefully move the switch stack to one side. Attach
the right-angle bracket to the switch mounting plate using

5

a

/16” screw and the single mounting plate hole next to
the switch stack screw holes. The long “tail” of the coil
spring on the Transmit bar must be in front of the
right–angle bracket. The assembly should be such that
the Transmit bar cannot be activated unless the Monitor
bar has been depressed. NOTE: The other two holes in
the right–angle bracket should be directly over the screw
holes to which the original switch was fastened.

6. Assemble the three-blade switch stack to the switch
mounting plate so that it is under the Monitor bar. If the
original switch is to be used for transmitting, place it in its
original position over the right-angle bracket. If the
five-blade switch supplied with the RK199S is to replace
the original switch, fasten the new switch over the
right-angle bracket to the switch mounting plate.

7. Perforate the LUBRIPLATE capsule and apply the
lubricant where the Monitor switch bar touches the
Monitor switch, and where the Transmit switch bar
touches the Transmit switch.

8. Solder the cartridge, cable and associated circuitry leads
to the switch stack terminals as required (see

Wiring

section).

9. Bend or “knife” the Monitor and T ransmit switch blades as
required to make proper contact in the desired sequence.

10. Replace the baseplate and fasten it with the screws
previously removed.

11. Remove the paper backing from the Monitor and Transmit
labels and affix them on or adjacent to the Monitor and
Transmit switch bars.

WIRING

Refer to the transceiver and microphone data sheets, and wire
the microphone for the desired functions. Note that wiring for open
or shorted squelch and transmit circuits can be employed. In the
three wiring examples that follow, the grounded-squelch
configuration has been used.

Figure 2 shows a typical wiring arrangement for a Shure 444D
microphone. Note that on the five-terminal switch, the connection
between the black lead and ground has been opened, and the
black lead has been connected to pin 1 of the three-blade switch.

Figure 3 shows typical wiring for a Shure 450 microphone. The
RK199S has been installed using the original switch stack.

Figure 4 depicts the RK199S in a Shure 522 microphone. The
black lead has been disconnected from the PTT switch relay circuit,
and connected to one insulated terminal of the Monitor switch
(depending on whether normally-open or normally-closed
operation is desired). The PTT switch has been grounded where
the black wire was removed.

MODEL 444D–RK199S SWITCH WIRING

FIGURE 2

MODEL 450–RK199S SWITCH WIRING

FIGURE 3

MODEL 522–RK199S SWITCH WIRING

FIGURE 4

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