on it (only a few feet longer) it lost all its high
end!
These things are very high impiedance!
Brett
N2DTS
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From: "D. Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Crystal Mic Elements
> I unde
rs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'
Sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 7:44 pm
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Crystal Mic Elements
A Comment on your E mail...The Behringer is a great little box
especially for the money. But if you want
A really great sounding D-10
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Rat Shack (aka Radio Shack) crystal elements
Yes, those RS units were quite good - I should have bought a bunch of them
when they were available. I have one here I found in an old handset I built as
a kid, and I have it in the drawer for the next crystal mic I need
rs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'
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Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Crystal Mic Elements
A Comment on your E mail...The Behringer is a great little box
especially for the money. But if you want
A really great sounding D-10
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Sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 7:03 pm
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Crystal Mic Elements
So far I've not found the crystal mic elements from Mouser, "Kobetone"
etc.,
to be really good enough to replace the D104 element, or even the
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So far I've not found the crystal mic elements from Mouser, "Kobetone"
etc.,
to be really good en
So far I've not found the crystal mic elements from Mouser, "Kobetone" etc.,
to be really good enough to replace the D104 element, or even the elements in
crystal mobile mics. I don't think their diaphragms are big enough.
The original D104 is prized because it has good low-end response, an
The Heil D104
Replacement element for the D104 sounds really good.. go to
www.heilsound.com and go to the amateur page and you will find it...
Bob W1PE
I think the Heil replacement is actually a dynamic instead of the original
crystal. I seem to recall seeing some specs on it, and it pret
I understand that Astatic will replace the mic element if you send the old
mic back to them for repair. They will charge you for the new element plus
installation fee, likely to be as much or more than the element itself. I
wouldn't send them one of my pre-1937 1-inch thick mic heads though.
Thanks to all that replied about the microphone elements.
I have some stuff to look at now.
John
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ubject: Re: [AMRadio] Crystal Mic Elements
John Coleman wrote:
> Does anyone know if someone is making and selling the cartridges for the
> D104.
>
I thought we went thought all that, a few years ago, and Otis bought a
few (several?) Crystal Element cartridges.
Does he have any left?
x27;s idea about the Heil
make sense. You get what you pay for.
Tom K3TVC
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From: "Bob Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 7:06 PM
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And as usual, we hams have always come up with a back channel / back
door of ways to make things work cheaper and as good at least and often
times better. It's the spirit of our fraternity from our beginning,
isn't it. I personally hated it when Astatic pulled the D-104 crystal
element plug f
Robert Lawson wrote:
Geoff,
Yep, "we" did go through that a few years ago at length,
When I said "we", I was referring to John/BXO and I (as in replying to
his message). John, Otis, and someone else, forget now who it was...
Steve/K5LTK, perhaps, ordered some D-104 cartridges. In fact, I t
I don't think anyone is making exact replacements for the D 104.
The orignal element is very large so I don't think anyone wants to tool up
for it.
Kobetone makes a hi z crystal cartridge that will work ok in a D 104 head.
It's small enough to fit into the Turner Centurion Head type mics too.
K
Geoff,
Yep, "we" did go through that a few years ago at length, but it seems
there are some "'new' to D-104 crystal element replacement" ham radio
fraternity members joining in such queries to our aging AM affectionatos
with patient answers and suggestions. Don't know about Otis. Would not
John Coleman wrote:
Does anyone know if someone is making and selling the cartridges for the
D104.
I thought we went thought all that, a few years ago, and Otis bought a
few (several?) Crystal Element cartridges.
Does he have any left? Time to go visit the Ancient One, anyway...
--
Driv
John if you want originality, then contact Astatic. They had a mail in
deal for about 40 bucks which included return postage sometime back. I
had them do one of mine.
Don't have the web site at my fingertips but you can search for them and
look for the "contact' page. Email them and they
John...The Mouser element is really pretty bad audio quality but what
can you expect for a buck. The Heil D104
Replacement element for the D104 sounds really good.. go to
www.heilsound.com and go to the amateur page and you will find it...
Bob W1PE
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John, as far I know Astatic has not manufactured them in several years.
There are though some fellas who have replaced the 104 crystal or
ceramic element with a wide variety of elements ranging for Radio Shack,
those supplies by Mouser Electronics, and Heil microphone HC-4/5
elements with appr
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