Despite all the "solutions" presented, the D-104 Lollipop is one of those classic mic frames that just will not give up. I have 2, one with no PTT lever on it (anyone have one for sale?) and another with a Heil HC-5 cartridge instead of the original mic element.
For those who have a D-104 frame and an element that does not work, YES, go down to "the shack" and pick up one of those $3 electret mic elements. Remove the original element and put the electret in its place (with a lot of foam to take up the excess space). Turn on mic bias in the K3 and you will have the classic D-104 mic look with good performance (just as though it were an Elecraft MD2). Be creative, and you too can have a working classic microphone. BTW - I use an Elecraft MD2 mic (no longer available) and like it a lot. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/4/2011 7:25 PM, Grant Youngman wrote: > I give :-/ > > Why use a D-104 if that's the only point? A $3 electret from " the shack" > will do just as well. > > Hopefully, someone will step in and kill this thread. > > To the original poster - the simple solution is to use an Astatic stand with > a preamp or something similar. Or as Don suggested, try a couple of meg in > series with the element and see if the K3 gain is high enough to give you > decent audio. If you have to EQ a D- 104, use some other mic. > > Been using D-104's since 1957, and while I may not be a certified audio > engineer, there is nothing wrong with "common knowledge". By the way, the > ceramic version of this mike has lousy low freq response. You want the > crystal element. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
