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Re: [TenTec] 8 Pins? balanced audio??

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] 8 Pins? balanced audio??
From: Bill NY9H <ny9h@arrl.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:42:08 -0500
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on a three foot microphone cable????  what is the big advantage ??
a thirty foot yes, but on a short cable I cannot believe there is much 
advantage.

bill



At 09:18 AM 7/21/2005, you wrote:


>Ah yes, I had forgotten about the shield/mic ground issues
>with the current 4 pin configuration.
>
>I concur with your remarks about the balanced mic inputs.
>That is perhaps one of the best ideas incorporated into the
>FTDX 9000 series radio. Everybody should have already been
>doing that for decades.
>
>Duane
>N9DG
>
>--- Richard Detweiler <rdetweil@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Duane,
> >
> > On this I'd like to add a comment.
> >
> > One of the issues with the Orion is the design of the Mic
> > Jack,  It really
> > needed another pin to return the sheild of the ground. It
> > would be nice also
> > to handle new 'balanced' mics ( sorry for my terminoligy
> > here ). Many of us
> > have to solder the sheild to the mic jack case to acheive
> > the proper
> > grounding and audio performance,  ( my self included ).
> > Heil even has
> > instructions for modifing the Orion to handle some of the
> > high end balanced
> > mics.  More pins were needed to handle all this so the 8
> > pin jack is very
> > very welcome addition.  I hope it will handle all the Mic
> > issues arising
> > from Orion I
> >
> > I'm also Hopeing TT will sell their mics with the new jacks
> > already set up.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Rich
> > K5SF
>
>
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