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Re: [TenTec] 566 v3.029 and 707 Regal mic

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] 566 v3.029 and 707 Regal mic
From: "Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.net>
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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 13:56:08 -0600
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I had a 707 and sold it. May buy another one just to try again. My preference and best sounding of all mikes is the 709A.

I don't specifically recall if Tentec actually changed by design the source or output impedance of the 707 mike or perhaps maybe corrected a published specification. I suspect the latter.

In any event, I can't imagine producing a dynamic mike today which has a source impedance of 50K ohms. That would require the transmitter audio input to present something like a 500K ohm load or greater. I don't recall a current rig on the market today that can provide correct loading for a mike having a source Z of 50K ohms.

From a very reliable technical audio source I quote: "Matching microphone
and pre-amp impedances to the same value (power-matching) is not desirable since it reduces both the level and the signal to noise ratio by 6dB. For dynamic and condenser microphones, the preferred preamp input impedance is generally about ten times that of the microphone output." ref - http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center/techtips/d--08/19/2004

With the spec of >10K @ 1KHz for the Orion mike input, this would then expect one to use a mike having a source or output impedance at some value less than 1000 ohms. This is the same as the Omni VII and the Eagle and the Argonaut VI which have the same Microphone Input Specification being >10K @ 1KHz.


73
Bob, K4TAX

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