My Paragon manual lists the mike input Z as "200 - 50K ohms" at a signal
level of 5mV or -62dB. This is not high Z folks.
That says any low Z mike will work just fine into this input. While a true
high Z mike will not work into the Pargaon and such as the input Z is too
low. High Z mikes like to see 1 meg or higher. I operate my non-amplified
D-104 into 3.3 megs on the Collins S-Line and the Heathkit Apache. Now, if
one uses the amplified version of the D-104 it will work just fine into a
low Z input such as that of the Paragon or Scout. And will work into a high
Z load as well appearing only as a voltage source. Remember, all D-104
mikes are not created equal as the G stand makes the difference.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf@qsl.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus mic input is Hi-Z, unbalanced!
> my Corsair is Hi-Z, but my Paragon and Scout are low-Z.
>
>
> Bob WB2VUF
>
> Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
>
>> <<<mike input is high impedance (about 10K) unbalanced -- which is the
>> usual amateur practice (strangely).>>>
>>
>> this is amazing. It is absolutely not the industry standard now. with
>> the
>> apparent exception of ten tec, hi Z input rigs have not been made in
>> years.
>> it sure goes to show you how important it is to ask the mfr. I would
>> have
>> never guessed TT was still using hi Z. No wonder all these guys who buy
>> ten
>> tec rigs have problems. they have their low Z gear/mics on hand and
>> their
>> audio sounds bad on the TT rigs. As i mentioned last week, this is more
>> evidence of a company that has all cw ops on the payroll, hi.
>>
>> rob / k5uj
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