[Elecraft] MC-60 microphone

[Philip Barnes-Roberts]

Message: 12
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:14:12 -0800
From: Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com>
To: Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com>
Cc: Elecraft Reflector <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] MC-60 microphone
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I once had an MC-60 mic, brand new at the time several years ago.  I got
rid of it after about 6 months.  Thought it was the worst mic I ever
owned.  Well, not quite the worst -- but I never did like anything about
it.  Since I am on SSB so rare these days, mostly CW, I just use the stock
K3 hand mic and it works great.

Since I have zero use for VOX, and the idea of a foot switch is a total
anathema to me, the Elecraft MH2 works great.  I might get a couple of
backup MH2 mics just in case mine gets dirty.

73, phil, K7PEH

I recall checking the MC-60 at Kaiser Permanente's Pasadena Walnut Center
EOC's radio room (as I was re-building it with new furniture, some new
radios) for a common fault with (some of) these.

The mic-element ground was swapped with the mic-hot in the connection in
the mic body. That allowed RF in the shack back into the audio chain,
causing all kindsa trouble, including stuck PTT and ratty audio.

Google [MC-60 Ground] for the relevant articles. (IIRC, ours didn't have
that problem.)

-- GL es 73, Phil WA6DZS Mailto:pbarnrob at acm.org