[Yaesu] D-104. Nice sounding mic.

[Ron Youvan]

> I use a D-104 on the FT-920 and have a homebrewed impedance matching circuit
> that uses a 3N211 dual gate MOSFET. The input load is 2.7 megohm which
> supports the full frequency range of the D-104 element. The output line is
> terminated with a 1 k resistor which matches most modern radios with low
> impedance MIC's. The 3N211 will match a wide range of output impedances. The
> 1k load seems to suit the FT-920 and my Icom IC-735.

   It is my understanding that SSB transceivers transmit through the same 2 to 2.4 kc/s 
filter that they receive with so I don't understand how one MIC can have "so much better 
better highs on the air" than another, since all highs are all stripped off.
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