[Boatanchors] SIMPLE Carbon Microphone Substitute.
David Stinson
arc5 at ix.netcom.com
Sat May 28 10:25:13 EDT 2016
Been working on a simple substitute for the Carbon
microphone used with the BC-669. I've seen some
multi-IC, 3-dozen-part designs which hugely violate
The Law of Pernicious Parts Count:
"Every part in a project beyond about eight
reduces the number of people who will build it
by 50%."
So no one builds them. I hope this one
will get tried and improved:
https://goo.gl/photos/26HUmzVuqhZKWrNZ7
Cobbled it together and it works well with the BC-669.
I picked that transistor because it was the first one
I grabbed from the "NPN Small Signal" drawer and
my Android phone called it "General Purpose."
Other common NPNs will likely work as well.
The electret element isn't mark +/-. I soldered it in
one way and it didn't work. Turned it around and it did.
Will try it on other rigs as the weekend goes on.
73 DE Dave AB5S
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