Having once again taken the venerable old D-104 to bits (and I hope that fellow enjoys his D-104 - apart from all else it is a "classic"), has anyone else gone further back?
Perhaps using an F1 button (the "poor Hams" mike of the 1950's, liberated from a telephone handset)? It was a carbon button microphone with quite good audio characteristics for voice. Or perhaps 1930's broadcast microphones like the Olson/RCA velocity ribbon mics. After all, my favorite key is a Speed-X bug, a key developed by Les Logan in the 1930's although mine is from 1952 and my straight key is a WWII J-38. Surely some dedicated phone operators interested in history have mics going back that far... Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ 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
