Re: [Elecraft] Modify an Astatic D104 Desk Microphone

2004-07-03 Thread RABRUNER
D-104 microphones come as either Crystal or Ceramic models, which are very high impedance elements. They have an equivalent circuit of a very small capacitor and are intended to be loaded by a resistive impedance in the vicinity of 1 megohm. The tradeoff is that the lower the load

[Elecraft] Modify an Astatic D104 Desk Microphone

2004-07-02 Thread Chuck Gehring
I have an old Astatic D104 Desk Microphone that I would like to modify to use with a modern Transceiver. Does anyone have some suggestions? 73, KI4DGH Chuck G. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to

Re: [Elecraft] Modify an Astatic D104 Desk Microphone

2004-07-02 Thread Stuart Rohre
Some rigs will take it fine, as is. Is it the one with amplifier in base? that type will surely work with all modern rigs and proper adjustment of the amplifier. On some rigs, with low Z mike inputs, a high Z to low Z transformer can match the high impedance crystal element of the D-104 to the

Re: [Elecraft] Modify an Astatic D104 Desk Microphone

2004-07-02 Thread Jack Brindle
At 3:34 PM -0500 7/2/04, Chuck Gehring wrote: I have an old Astatic D104 Desk Microphone that I would like to modify to use with a modern Transceiver. Does anyone have some suggestions? The D104 works quite well with the K2. There are a couple of ways to make the D104 match the input

Re: [Elecraft] Modify an Astatic D104 Desk Microphone

2004-07-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 03:34:46PM -0500, Chuck Gehring wrote: I have an old Astatic D104 Desk Microphone that I would like to modify to use with a modern Transceiver. Does anyone have some suggestions? The Heil Sound web site http://www.heilsound.com shows modifications to put an electret