[Elecraft] CM500 Mic ?

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

Yes I always find it interesting they include a battery pak but say it's dynamic.   Most all of the descriptions I've seen indicate it is a dynamic mike.  No it's an Electrect element. 

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Jan 28, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Mike - W5JR <w5jr.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That explains where that battery pack came from!! I’d forgotten how I had acquired the adapter. 
> 
> tnx
> Mike / W5JR
> Alpharetta GA
> 
> 
>> On Jan 28, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>> K6WRU
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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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