Ouch!! That's a great story though. I got similar personal support from the National company back in the 60's. Elecraft's excellent customer support isn't something new; it's just something that's been missing from too many companies for too many years.
You might try the suggestion Don Wilhelm made: put a large (appx 470k ohm) resistor in series with the hot side of the mic and drive the K2 directly with it. He's heard that it still has enough gain to work that way. Of course, the large resistor is essential to preserve the frequency response characteristic: that is affected by the load impedance on the output. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- I dropped my D-104 several months after I bought it (around 50 years ago) and know well what you mean. I mailed the head to Astatic asking them to replace the element and let me know how much it would cost. The repaired mike was sent back to me a week later--no charge! I still have it and wonder what shape the element is in. I may throw together a transistor amp and give it a try with my K2 one of these days. Bob, N7XY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
