Karl,
I'm no expert on these mics but the one with the 4 pin connector is
probably a model 214, which has an electret element requiring 8 - 12
volts. The 215 has a ceramic element.
Please see the writeup by W8EK on the 215 mic at
http://www.tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=215 .
73,
Alan N5NA
http://www.tentecwiki.org
Karl Schwab wrote:
> Hi guys, I just picked up a second Ten-Tec microphone,
> I believe it would be the 215P model, but has no
> markings on other than a orange colored TT logo and
> had a 4 connector plug attached. The TT Omni's, my "D"
> and Series "C", use a 1/4" stero phone plug. I am told
> that these mics are actually Electro-voice. I am
> confused on wiring the second mic. In comparing the
> internals of these two mics, the working one has fewer
> wires and a simpler switch; ie, fewer contacts and
> works perfectly in both radios. The second mic has
> more wires coming from the mic element and more wires
> in the cord. I "played" with wiring various wires to
> the stereo plug, and had no luck. In one of the
> wirings, the transmitter would key up and speading
> into the mic gave me transmitter output, so I would
> guess that the mic element is okay. One would think
> that wiring a microphone would be a "no brainer", but
> not necessarily! Anyone have a wiring diagram for
> this series of TT mics? Thanks, Karl, KO8S
>
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