[TenTec] turner mike

[Ken Burchfield]

I dont know about this first hand, got it from QRZ
forum , past....does say maybe 7volt mercury for the Turner..
this info interesting..

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			The Astatic D104M6 and some Turner models used the 7 volt silver-mercury cell.  

These are no longer manufactured due to the mercury content / enviromental disposal issues.



The 2 most popular adaptations are:



1. Use a 9-volt battery as a repalcement for the 7 volt battery cell.



2. Power the microphone from the +8 volts available 

Check current limit (mA) from radio - usually from 10 to 100 mA to handle the microphone's pre-amp.

Most 8-pin microhpne connectors on VHF/UHF radios have power on a separate pin --- 

these pin configurations are NOT standardized by the mfg. -- 

SO a microphone wired for a Kenwood, will not work for Yaesu, Icom, etc.



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				 And the batteries...probably not too convenient...espeically these days with prices so high on specialty batteries.



73

Brady

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 Actually the batteries are still made, get them from most any
battery store, Ebay, or do what I do and use 5 watch type batteries in
a stack, tape, or some heat shrinkable material works well to make one.

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--- On Sat, 2/6/10, Rooostinyourface at aol.com <Rooostinyourface at aol.com> wrote:

From: Rooostinyourface at aol.com <Rooostinyourface at aol.com>
Subject: [TenTec] turner mike
To: tentec at contesting.com
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 11:02 AM

hello . do you know what volts are on the m+2/u i have one really good  
shape. (what size battery is it )
thanks  
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