{"id":3221,"date":"2015-06-28T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/06\/28\/new-rigs-but-old-mics\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:45:49","slug":"new-rigs-but-old-mics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/06\/28\/new-rigs-but-old-mics\/","title":{"rendered":"New Rigs but Old Mics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So now I have THREE BITX transceivers on the operating bench. I’ve been getting tired of moving the old D-104 around as I change bands. Surely each of these rigs merits its own mic. This would allow me to avoid the hassle of having to adjust the level on the D-104 each time I change rigs. <\/strong>
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Fortunately in the junk box I have some useable old mics. An old “Turner SSB+2” mic has been kicking around in there for decades. I probably got it when I was a kid. The element was no longer working, so I just popped an electret element in there, took out the preamp circuit, but kept the adjustment pot. At first I had a 3.3 uF coupling cap in there at the output, but this was letting too much 300 Hz energy through. So I changed the coupling cap to .1 uF and this seemed to even things out a bit. <\/strong>
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I know, I know: It is CB gear. It is painted BLUE and it looks like something George Jetson would use to talk to his interstellar Good Buddies. But it was preceded by a very similar mic <\/strong>made for hams (see above<\/strong><\/a>). And I like it. It even has the word “Transistorized”<\/em> emblazoned in script across the PTT bar. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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