[Elecraft] K3S Microphones

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Us OT's can remember the times when microphone elements, like optics, were
largely hand-crafted. As such, the good ones tended to be expensive and
often fragile. 

Nowadays, both optics and mic elements are manufactured using highly
automated processes that provide uniformly outstanding quality at very low
prices. 

The specs on the little RS electret mic element available for a few dollars
are something one would pay king's ransom for back then. 

I have used the RS elements in my own mics as well as replacements in
commercial applications with excellent results. 

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----

I have a woodworker nearby, built a perfect example of an RCA 44 - except
the internals are a RadioShack electret element. Runs it through his EQ on
the K3 and it sounds like the real deal. It is in use every day and you
cannot really tell it from the looks of a real RCA.

Bill W2BLC