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Posts : 5 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-06-25 QTH or Location : Chawleigh, Mid Devon Equipment Used : CRT SS9900, TTI TCB-560 Age : 49
Subject: Trying to remember an old mic brand. Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:36 am
So this is gonna be a vague one.
Back in the day (late 80s / early 90s) I used to have a mic for my rig that had a magnet in the back so you didn't need a clip anywhere. It was black and had a round grill on the front and kind of tear drop shaped. In my head I feel like it was branded the same as a K40 antenna. Does anyone know what the brand of these were or have a picture of one? I've been searching for a while to try and find it.
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Mitch Contributor
Call Sign : M1TCH Posts : 90 Times Thanked : 11 Join date : 2020-01-02 QTH or Location : Wigston, Leicestershire. Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-857D, Diamond V2000, Major 3000, President Jackson Mk1 Export, Lafayette AFS-1005, K40 mic, KL203, B550P and Sirio GPE 27 ⅝λ.
Subject: Re: Trying to remember an old mic brand. Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:16 pm
That'd be a K40 mic then, self charging and needs bits put inside radio. I use one myself, in fact I have several, but if you want one they're fetching silly money on eBay.
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Posts : 5 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-06-25 QTH or Location : Chawleigh, Mid Devon Equipment Used : CRT SS9900, TTI TCB-560 Age : 49
Subject: Re: Trying to remember an old mic brand. Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:42 pm
That's the one.
Interesting that it needed parts put inside the radio. I used one on my old Uniden for ages without doing any mods to it.
Thanks.
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Mitch Contributor
Call Sign : M1TCH Posts : 90 Times Thanked : 11 Join date : 2020-01-02 QTH or Location : Wigston, Leicestershire. Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-857D, Diamond V2000, Major 3000, President Jackson Mk1 Export, Lafayette AFS-1005, K40 mic, KL203, B550P and Sirio GPE 27 ⅝λ.
Subject: Re: Trying to remember an old mic brand. Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:55 pm
Not all radios needed the bits (1k resistor & a small diode), it depended on the TX switching voltage, some radios would just stay keyed up without them, especially rigs with bleeps in.
The_Theramist New Member
Posts : 5 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-06-25 QTH or Location : Chawleigh, Mid Devon Equipment Used : CRT SS9900, TTI TCB-560 Age : 49
Subject: Re: Trying to remember an old mic brand. Fri Jun 28, 2024 9:47 am
Just been looking on ebay for them. Some gone for nearly £100. In all fairness it was one of the best mics I ever used and the mic and the one that came with the CRT seems a bit cheap. Definitely gonna want a better one soon I think. Whats considered a good mic these days? Also wondering about a power mic. I'm sure I used to have one those Altai power mics at one point.
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Subject: Trying to remember an old mic brand. 
