[Drake] Drake microphone plug sizes, etc.

Sat, 02 Mar 2002 12:58:49 -0500

switchcraft makes the correct size...... its a bit smaller than 1/4 inch

Dave Edwards wrote:

> 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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> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 12:15 PM
> 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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