Yes I always find it interesting they include a battery pak but say it's dynamic. Most all of the descriptions I've seen indicate it is a dynamic mike. No it's an Electrect element.
Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Mike - W5JR <[email protected]> wrote: > > That explains where that battery pack came from!! I’d forgotten how I had > acquired the adapter. > > tnx > Mike / W5JR > Alpharetta GA > > >> On Jan 28, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Walter Underwood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The published docs on the CM500 are a mess, but it is an electret. It even >> comes with a battery pack so you can use it with non-powered mic jacks. >> >> wunder >> K6WRU >> Walter Underwood >> CM87wj >> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) >> >>> On Jan 28, 2019, at 11:44 AM, Paul Ecker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Don - thank you. That was exactly the reason I wanted to double check. I >>> saw an ad on the internet saying dynamic. >>> >>> Tnx agn & 73 >>> Paul >>> w2eck >>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 2:33 PM Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Paul, >>>> >>>> While I have seen ads saying it has a dynamic element, that is not the >>>> case - it is an electret type. >>>> >>>> I believe it was designed to be a microphone you could plug into a >>>> computer, and all of those are electret types. >>>> >>>> 73, >>>> Don W3FPR >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 1/28/2019 2:26 PM, Paul Ecker wrote: >>>>> Does anyone know if the CM500 has a Electret or Dynamic mic? >>>>> >>>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> Message delivered to [email protected] >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]

