[TenTec] d-104 and omni V

[Michael O. Hyder]

Let go of your nose?

If it has an amplifier in the base, you might consider bypassing the
amplifier and running the microphone element's output directly to the rig's
input.  The amplifier thing was what helped me, but I've heard that the
newer Ten-Tec rigs (Omni-V and later) require more output from the
microphone than the older Ten-Tec rigs do.

If there's no amplifier to take out of the circuit, you might put a smallish
(.001 mfd) capacitor across the output of the microphone and see if that
trims the highs a bit.  Adding a resistor (maybe 4.7k) in series with the
microphone element before your capacitor will change it, too.  You can
experiment with values.  If you do not get enough output from the
un-amplified microphone to properly modulate your rig, then you can put the
capacitor and series resistor between the microphone's amplifier and the
rig's input, going through the series resistor first and with the capacitor
to ground on the rig side of that resistor.

Some propeller-heads frequent this reflector and can give you more precise
information and values.  Me?  I'm just an amachoor.

Luck de Mike N4NT@charter.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan - N5CA" <n5ca@qsl.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 8:58 PM
Subject: [TenTec] d-104 and omni V


|
| Hello,
| I acquired an astatic d-104 mic.
| I am getting reports that it too many highs. They say it sounds like
| I am holding my nose when I talk.
| Any help is appreciated.
| 73
|
|
| C. Allan Allmand - N5CA
| n5ca@qsl.net
| http://www.qsl.net/n5ca

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