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Re: [TenTec] Scout 555 MIC Gain Question...

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Scout 555 MIC Gain Question...
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net>
Reply-to: geraldj@weather.net, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:50:03 -0600
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On 3/28/2010 1:41 PM, Ben Hall wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Great suggestion!  I'd not thought that the Ten-Tec would be an
> electret, but it is.  (Well, at least the one that came with it and the
> desktop 707 are)  So I checked the voltage - 9.9 volts.  This is higher
> than the +4 volts shown in the manual.  But a quick check of the
> schematic shows that the mic voltage come from the regulated +10V line
> thru a 680 ohm resistor.  So unloaded, it will be the full regulated
> voltage...
>
> thanks much,
> ben
>
>And that 680 ohm resistor sets the input impedance as low.

73, Jerry, K0CQ
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