[Drake] Drake microphone plug sizes, etc.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002 12:56:13 -0500

Collins and Drake used the smaller plugs. Swan used a 1/4 inch.
Many Drakes have been changed to the 1/4 inch, so if headphones plug in, its
1/4 inch.
Otherwise, it is the smaller one.  Whatever is smaller than 1/4 inch....I
have not seen more than the one correct size.
...Dave
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From: "D A Hawkins - W7DAH" <[email protected]>
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Subject: [Drake] Drake microphone plug sizes, etc.


> Dear Drake Listees,
>
> Thanks to all who previously replied to my inquiry about who uses which
> microphone with what Drake xmitter. I now have a very nice Shure 444D
> (actually, a couple of 'em)!
>
> Now though, I'm confused by Drake microphone plug requirements, and I'm
> lookin' for a definitive clarification from wherever I can get it, please.
>
> I have a Drake T-4XC and it's original manual says, on page 2-1, "a 0210.
> inch diameter, 3 conductor microphone plug is required."
>
> I have seen some auctions on ePay (see link below) which describe a ".205"
> diameter plug, with reference to "Drake Transmitters".
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1335756138
>
> And, to add to my confusion, the original Switchcraft parts (see link
below)
> describes a ".0206" diameter plug.
>
> http://www.switchcraft.com/products/jack-137.html
>
> Throwing more mud into the mix, it appears that the T-4XC I have acquired,
> MAY have been modified to accept a standard "0.250" (1/4) inch plug coz
the
> plug on my Sony MDR-7506 Cans (headphones) seem to fit perfectly well into
> BOTH the existing Microphone AND Key sockets on the back of this
particular
> T-4XC. So perhaps the whole "which is the correct mic plug to terminate a
> Shure 444D to a T-4XC maybe irrelevant in my situation, aye? I don't find
a
> reference, in the original manual to a specification for the Key's
original
> plug/socket size (for comparison sakes).
>
> At this juncture, I am also assuming that different Drake transmitters
used
> different spec mic plugs? For instance, I gather that the B-line, and
> perhaps others, required the right-angle plug which appears on the
> Switchcraft site (link above) because the mic socket exited on the side of
> it's chassis rather than on the rear, like the T-4XC. I guess that the
> rear-exit socket on the T-4XC does NOT necessitate using the right angle
> plug. However, I'm curious too if the Switchcraft right-angle part would
fit
> the socket of an original, unmodified T-4XC or not?
>
> Lastly, it would APPEAR that these various plugs (and sockets) are still
> readily available as NEW from a variety of sources, including Switchcraft
> and their dealer/distributors, so what is all the ePay hype and hub-bub
> about them being "no-longer made", "rare", etc? The Switchcraft site makes
> reference to both Commercial and Military nomenclature that might work.
>
> Any words of wisdom appreciated.
>
> 73 de Don
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