[Elecraft] D104 mic

[Grant Youngman]

I purchased my first one in 1959 with the adapter for a standard mic stand -- couldn't afford the PTT stand in those days, and a DX-40 didn't have PTT anyway.   Ultimately I had (and still have) several sitting on the shelf, including the boxed version Astatic sold just before the end of production -- never opened, waiting for a rainy day.  The crystal elements will last a long time, too,  if you don't leave them sitting out in the sun for the summer, don't store them in a sauna, and don't purchase the one you just saw fall off the tailgate of the pick-up truck onto the pavement :-)

The last radio I regularly used a D-104 (and sometimes 10DA)  with was an IC-781.  Maybe it's time to wire one of them up for the K3 :-)

Grant/NQ5T


On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Bob W7AVK wrote:

> Tom and Gang  - The D104 is a lot older.  It was the first product of 
> the Astatic Corporation founded in 1934 and made in Youngstown, Ohio.