[Drake] Best Mic Element for 7077 with TR7

[Jerry Kessler]

John,

A few years ago, I helped a friend replace the non-working element in 
his 7077 with a Heil HC-5 element.  The HC-5 is certainly small 
enough to fit the mic and the excess space had to be filled with foam 
rubber or the like which supported the mic element close to the 
windscreen.  For this particular repair, the result was clean, 
articulate audio.  I don't recall whether we changed the connection 
on the mic plug to the low impedance setting but I suspect so (check 
the TR-7 manual, I think it may be Pin 4 but don't have the manual 
with me at the moment).

That said, I do not know whether Heil will still sell its mic 
elements separately.  Now that the company has a variety of complete 
mic's to sell, it may shy away from sale of individual elements.

Good luck.

Jerry Kessler
N4JL


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At 09:34 PM 9/1/2009, John Chesley wrote:
>Hello,
>
>
>
>I have a 7077 mic that someone sold to me for a premium price with a
>non-working original Astatic element.  The whole inside of the mic is a
>mess-wires cut and parts broken.  But the outside looks like new.  I have
>been searching for months for a NOS replacement and no individuals that I
>know of have them for sale. Astatic does not have them anymore either and
>none of their distributors I have contacted have any left. I just want to
>use the mic with my TR7 and get it working rather than throw the parts in
>the trash.  Can anyone suggest the absolute BEST element for the TR7 that is
>AVAILABLE and that will FIT in the 7077 mic shell and that I can obtain
>reasonably quickly?  I really don't care that it is not the original
>element.  I do want something that provides the best match for the TR7 and
>clean articulate audio.
>
>
>
>Thanks for any advice.
>
>
>
>John, AK3Z
>
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