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Old April 5th 10, 04:25 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors
Scott Dorsey Scott Dorsey is offline
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Default VIKING II microphones

Edward Knobloch wrote:
On 4/2/2010 9:38 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
[Turner] Model 252. Low-Z version of the 250 with the lift switch (which I strongly
discourage the use of). If you were using a Viking II you would probably want
the 250 or to use a step-up transformer.


By "lift switch" do you mean the switch contacts to complete the circuit
to the mic element? Or did that mic include a switch
on the bottom, so that when you pick it up, you transmit?


It's a switch on the bottom so you transmit when you pick up the mike. There
is a locking switch that disables it, but the locking switch sometimes gets
dislodged when the mike is knocked over.
--scott
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