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Re: [TenTec] Don Watters

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Don Watters
From: "Mike Hyder --N4NT--" <Mike_N4NT@embarqmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:02:50 -0400
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A working link:
http://jobspress.com/announcements/obituaries/watters-donald-victor-ve1bn-%E2%80%94-it-deep-sadness


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "VE1BN" <ve1bn@eastlink.ca>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 08:19 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Don Watters


> http://jobspress.com/announcements/obituaries/watters-donald-victor-ve1bn---it-deep-sadness
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richards" <jruing@ameritech.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Weak Output from 706 Microphone and your
> recommendations.
>
>
>> Geeze... what IS on that little microphone circuit board?
>> It cannot be too much, maybe just a bias voltage card
>> that modifies and provides 2 - 5 volts to the electret
>> condenser mic element.  I suspect you could figure that
>> out easy enough - maybe a broken connection, or a
>> component that has puked - like a switch, but probably
>> just a bad connection for some reason.   Maybe even a
>> broken contact where the cable attaches or a broken
>> cable internal wire where strain relief puts pinch pressure...
>> or even a break in the little wires that traverse the goose neck
>> between the base and the mic head... or...or...
>>
>> But microphones are rather easy to make, so I doubt the
>> board is all that complicated.    I am thinking the mic
>> element has lost the bias voltage it is looking for...
>>
>> Happy trails.
>>
>> I would not spend $100 to fix it.   You could get a really
>> decent sounding dynamic mic for anywhere from $20
>> and up.
>>
>> =================  JHR  =================
>>
>>
>> Paul K. wrote:
>>> I have a model 706 desk mic that has lost most of the out put.
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