I weighed in on this earlier, but as for the use of the mic. I use the
astatic 10ADL dynamic head on the D-104 stand on my Collins S-1 and on the
KWM-2A, On the Ten-Tec Paragon II and the Kenwood 430S, I use the MC-50,
but I am waiting for the backordered 705 from Ten-Tec. I find that the mic
that is stock with the radio is usually a good match.
73 All
Rick N4ASX
"H. M. Motley, Jr." wrote:
> D-104's were not originally made for CB radios! There are ads for
> D-104's going back to the late 1930's - long before CB came into being.
> They have a rising response curve which yields a very good
> communications quality sound. I've used my D-104 on Heathkit HW & SB
> series, Drake B and C-Line, and Ten Tec gear (Triton 4, Omni C &
> Paragon) with very good results and excellent audio reports. For a
> number of years D-104's have been available with an audio preamp in the
> base. This was probably intended for the CB market because the crystal
> element has quite enough output to drive most ham rigs. I'd bypass the
> preamp if I had a D-104 with that circuit in it.
>
> Mic's are a very personal thing. The sound one guy swears by is the
> sound another swears at! The fellow who says the D-104 "sucks" has an
> opinion 180 degrees out of phase from mine. To me, the D-104 is the mic
> of choice for amateur communication and works very well on all the Ten
> Tec rigs on which I've tried it. I'm sure there are some low impedance
> audio input rigs which would require impedance matching to use the D-104
> effectively, but I've not used those rigs.
>
> Puck, W4PM
>
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