[ARC5] T-17 Metal 1942 or Plastic 1944 for 1949 GRC-9?

[jeepp]

Good T-17 mics are like a good meal.  They're wherever you find them.  The replacement with telephone op boom mic elements is arguably the best choice, when necessary.  As others, I have probably half dozen mics of various models.  Two of them work like gangbusters, the rest certainly do not.  The first thing to do is to temove the bypass cap.  That may help enormously.  I have had poor experience with the RS-38 and similar mics.  Even the ones removed from recent G/A aircraft. The M-15/UR T-17 replacement works well.  But as I said in my ER article, T-17s retro with a big telco element stuck up front looks likes a pig's nose.
Jeep K3HVG


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From: Dennis DuValll via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> 
Date: 9/13/16  3:02 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Don Merz <n3rht at yahoo.com> 
Cc: ARC-5 List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, MilSurplus QSLNet <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> 
Subject: Re: [ARC5] T-17 Metal 1942 or Plastic 1944 for 1949 GRC-9? 

Keep both….  Always good to have a spare.

Dennis D.  W7QHOGlendale, CA
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On Sep 13, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Don Merz via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
I want to add a T-17 to my GRC-9 radio. I have 2 good ones--as noted above a metal 1942-contract and a plastic 1944 contract. Is there any reason to care which one I keep?
73 de N3RH Don Merz
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