The Astatic crystal element exactly fits the "lollipop" housing. It's THAT
big! But it's no problem to remove and rewire. The lollipop top even unplugs
from the stand.
Unlike a lot of "modern" desk and hand mics, the D-104 was designed around
the element, rather than coming up with a design for th
you might be able to place an electret element in the case and leave
the original element in there You'd have to rewire since the
astatic has a 3 conductor
plug on the mic housing. I have placed an electret ( small ) in
front of a dynamic AKG element in my current station microphone, and
I have not tried it on the K3, but I have done this many
times in the past with other rigs. I know W5JAY has played
around with that also on his Pro III, and got very favorable
comparisons with his Heil microphones. All you need to do
is find some old microphone housing, put in the RS electre
Ty,
I have not tried an electret element, but I have a Heil HC-5 element in
my D-104 frame that I have been quite pleased with. I made my own
'filling' for the much smaller sized element, but Heilsound does sell a
kit for just that purpose.
Just use connectors for the AF and PTT that mate w
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