OK Toby,
Here's what I found inside.
There are three wires (Red, Black, & Clear).
The cable's shield actually only shields the clear wire.
There is no shield for the red or black wires.
It seems to me I would need a shield around the wire I choose for Mic- as
well as the clear one which will be Mic+.
Maybe I'm wrong. I hope so because I won't be able to get any other cable
or wire until Monday.
Otherwise I'll just do it as you suggest.
73
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Toby Pennington
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 8:22 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Mic Woe's
Yep, Just fold the shield braid back over the insulation and secure the
clamps down tight over the shield braid to make a secure mechanical
conntection, cut away any excess that sticks out of the connector. Connect
the other end of the ground braid to the mike shell.
Toby W4CAK
----- Original Message -----
From: "NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 11:10 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion Mic Woe's
> Gentlemen, forget the "theory" and focus on practice.
>
>
>
> I have just disassembled my 30 year old Shure 444 and as I suspected, it
> has
> both grounds tied together to pin 2.
>
> To be exact, pin 2 has the cable shield attached and the "mic-" and "PTT
> Gnd" are both tied to this.
>
> There is yet another unused wire in the cable which I could use for the
> mic-
> but I still face one more problem:
>
> How on earth do you make a good electrical and mechanical connection to
> the
> 4-pole plug's case?
>
> This has not been provisioned for.
>
> I thought maybe my old plug was outdated, so I inspected the new plug that
> shipped with my Orion and it is exactly the same.
>
> The only way I see to do this is to run the shield back along the outside
> of
> the cable and secure with the strain release.
>
>
>
> Anyone else been there and done?
>
> How?
>
>
>
> 73
>
> Rick
>
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