[Milsurplus] Carbon mics, more.....

[Dennis DuVall]

Put a throat mic on the air a while back.  Wrapped around my neck, at least, sounded bloody awful!

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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> On May 29, 2016, at 9:56 PM, WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> In a message dated 05/29/2016 17:31:50 PM Central Daylight Time, kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
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>> BTW, did i already ask this – are throat mics used anymore, anywhere?
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> AFAIK, Black Sheep footage not withstanding, they were pretty much phased out by 1943.
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>> The close-talking requirement for low output carbon mics reminds me of something else. Some of you will be familiar with this 
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> The T-17 and Navy 51004 (RS-38) are not low output microphones.  The purpose of the three tiny holes is to allow use of a microphone in the expect high ambient noise environment.
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> Robert Downs - Houston
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