[Elecraft] RE:whats a D104? Young whipper-snappers! :-)

[Ken Hunter]

you can use the crystal head - high z, or find the 10g head (kind of egg 
shaped) - which is low z - and sounds great too.... I have one with each 
kind of head, each with the G (non amplified) stand.


At 2/18/2004 09:10, you wrote:
>WT5Y wrote:
>whats a D104?  Do you have a pic?  how vintage are we talking here Ive been
>in ham radio for almost 2years
>
>Well, let's see. I got my ticket in 1953 while I was in the Navy. I got out
>in 1956 and D104s were the rage then or shortly thereafter, so 2004-1956 =
>48 years. Now that is vintage. :-)
>
>The D104 looks like an oversized lollipop. It is a high impedance crystal
>mic and was known for it great sound on am (amplitude modulation) and later
>on SSB. The most popular version was the D104G. The D104G was the D104 with
>a G-stand, the G-stand providing push-to-talk. Later versions also had an
>amplifier in the base. Sorry, I do not have a picture handy.
>
>73s
>Jim W4ATK
>K2 #2048