Re: [TenTec] Orion Mic Woe's

["Toby Pennington" <toby423@earthlink.net>]

You are right,  I was talking about the Heil cable which has a shield braid 
that goes around all the mike wires/  But give it try with the shield you 
have available and see if it works. Pin 3 is PTT, Pin 2 is gnd, and pin 1 is 
Mike audio, and the shield goes to the shell of your connector and the other 
end to the shell of the mike.  Toby W4CAK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>; "'Toby Pennington'" <toby423@earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 11:35 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Orion Mic Woe's


> OK Toby,
>
> Here's what I found inside.
>
> There are three wires (Red, Black, & Clear).
> The cable's shield actually only shields the clear wire.
> There is no shield for the red or black wires.
>
> It seems to me I would need a shield around the wire I choose for Mic- as
> well as the clear one which will be Mic+.
>
> Maybe I'm wrong.  I hope so because I won't be able to get any other cable
> or wire until Monday.
>
> Otherwise I'll just do it as you suggest.
>
> 73
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Toby Pennington
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 8:22 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Mic Woe's
>
> Yep,  Just fold the shield braid back over the insulation and secure the
> clamps down tight over the shield braid to make a secure mechanical
> conntection, cut away any excess that sticks out of the connector. 
> Connect
> the other end of the ground braid to the mike shell.
>
> Toby W4CAK
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 11:10 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion Mic Woe's
>
>
> > Gentlemen, forget the "theory" and focus on practice.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have just disassembled my 30 year old Shure 444 and as I suspected, it
> > has
> > both grounds tied together to pin 2.
> >
> > To be exact, pin 2 has the cable shield attached and the "mic-" and "PTT
> > Gnd"  are both tied to this.
> >
> > There is yet another unused wire in the cable which I could use for the
> > mic-
> > but I still face one more problem:
> >
> > How on earth do you make a good electrical and mechanical connection to
> > the
> > 4-pole plug's case?
> >
> > This has not been provisioned for.
> >
> > I thought maybe my old plug was outdated, so I inspected the new plug 
> > that
> > shipped with my Orion and it is exactly the same.
> >
> > The only way I see to do this is to run the shield back along the outside
> > of
> > the cable and secure with the strain release.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone else been there and done?
> >
> > How?
> >
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Rick
> >
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