[Elecraft] CM500 Mic ?

[Walter Underwood]

The published docs on the CM500 are a mess, but it is an electret. It even comes with a battery pack so you can use it with non-powered mic jacks.

wunder
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Walter Underwood
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> On Jan 28, 2019, at 11:44 AM, Paul Ecker <eckerpw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Don - thank you. That was exactly the reason I wanted to double check. I
> saw an ad on the internet saying dynamic.
> 
> Tnx agn & 73
> Paul
> w2eck
> 
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 2:33 PM Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Paul,
>> 
>> While I have seen ads saying it has a dynamic element, that is not the
>> case - it is an electret type.
>> 
>> I believe it was designed to be a microphone you could plug into a
>> computer, and all of those are electret types.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>> 
>> 
>> On 1/28/2019 2:26 PM, Paul Ecker wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if the CM500 has a Electret or Dynamic mic?
>>> 
>> 
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