[Boatanchors] Need Microphone Information

[David C. Hallam]

Greg,

I have always used the hand mic that came with the SBE-33.  It's marked 
SBE but I am sure it is a Turner SR-90D.  I bought the rig new in 1965 
from WRL along with the DC power supply.  The SBE-33 doesn't have a 
built in DC power supply like the SBE-34.  Actually I have never used 
the DC supply and it still sits in the original box.  The SBE-33 sat in 
the closet too until  I picked up a like new SB1-LA matching amp not too 
long ago.  I operate on 40M with this combo.  I wanted to get away from 
the hand mic.  I just don't like the look of a D-104.

I still hope to find the VOX accessory for it.

David
KW4DH

On 5/19/2011 2:11 PM, Greg Mijal wrote:
> for what it's worth:
> I have a fully operational  SBE 34 here. I'm using a Radio Shack 
> general purpose CB style hand mic which I'm sure is a low impedance 
> type.  I just soldered on a PJ 068 plug and it works just fine.  I 
> like the retro look of the 33 model better than the 34 but they are 
> both pretty much the same thing inside.  Collins mechanical filter is 
> standard equipment on the 34.
> 73's
> Greg
> WA7LYO
> Kinston NC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "K0DAN" <k0dan at comcast.net>
> To: <dhallam at knology.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 1:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Need Microphone Information
>
>
>> How about an amplified D104?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David C. Hallam" 
>> <dhallam at knology.net>
>> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:01 AM
>> Subject: [Boatanchors] Need Microphone Information
>>
>>
>>> I am looking for ideas for a microphone to use with my SBE-33
>>> transceiver.  The microphone supplied with the SBE-33 was a Turner
>>> SR-90D hand-held  which is a high impedance dynamic microphone with -48
>>> dB output.  I would like to replace it with a desk microphone.  I have
>>> tried several high impedance dynamic microphones, the latest being a
>>> Electro-Voice 619, but their output is generally too low, around -57 
>>> dB,
>>> to drive the SBE-33.  The audio system of the SBE-33 evidently has very
>>> little gain.  Even with the SR-90D I have to set the audio gain control
>>> to about 60-75% of full output.
>>>
>>> I know I could use a microphone preamp, but that would just add another
>>> box to clutter the operating desk.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a desk style high impedance dynamic microphone with
>>> high output?
>>>
>>> David
>>> KW4DH
>>>
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"We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country."
Thomas Jefferson