The Astatic Knight Eagle has all of the features of the Silver Eagle with a
unique new finish. The main mic body is done in a luxurious black, while
the
press bar, grip bar, locking clamp, and grille screen are polished and
bright
brass plated. The Night Eagle, also, features an American Eagle embossed on
the
back of the D104 head.
These are both CB-ified versions of the classic D-104. The original didn't
have any eagles embossed on the back of the head or black or golden
finishes. It didn't even have an amplifier in the base. The simple
unamplified D-104 with external preamp gives superior performance to the
"power mike" versions. With 5-10 megohms of grid resistance, decent bass is
even obtainable.
With modern rigs, the power mic feature is necessary, because today's rigs
are typically wired for a 500-ohm impedance, which would look like a dead
short to the crystal element in the classic D-104. But for a classic AM rig
with xtal mic input, I would steer clear of the "eagles."
Don K4KYV
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