[ARC5] BC-611 Production numbers...now AMA

[MARK DORNEY]

I’ve also seen race car drivers using a modern boom mic, which are now small enough to fit easily inside the helmet. Astronauts use the same type of boom mic. 

Mark D. 

“In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle, stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson 

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> On Feb 18, 2021, at 9:25 AM, MARK DORNEY via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> I’m seeing the Clansman PRC-349 was issued a handheld mic that had a clip to attach it to LBE. Didn’t see any throat mic. Perhaps one of those items made for the radio, but never really used normally by troops ( like the “fishing reel” antenna for the PRC-77 that stayed in US Army supply rooms and normally didn’t go to the field ). I bet those new British throat mics make great electric guitar pick-ups, though. 
> 
> Mark D. 
> 
> “In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle, stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson 
> 
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>> On Feb 18, 2021, at 4:08 AM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> In looking up the subject on the 'net, I see that some firms are still producing and selling throat mics for 
>> specialized uses - one was "race car driver". One thing I learned, which I subliminally already recognized,
>> is that positioning is all-important, there is no one-size-fits-all and no one positioning of the mic that works
>> best for all users. BTW, the "race car driver" model seems to me reminiscent of the German WWII style 
>> mic, which actually kind of resembles a headphone for Walkman style portable audio. I'm actually glad 
>> this subject comes up before I sell of my German things, so that I'm inspired to test these things out.
>> 
>> The German mic had a switch box the clipped to the front clothing of the user. Had a push to transmit or
>> transmit lock button. I bought one some time back that had been dug up near Stalingrad - in remarkably
>> good condition for time underground, and I don't fully understand how that could be. 
>> -Hue Miller 
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