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RRC 1258 Support in English => Hardware, Cabling, Installations => Topic started by: k7fu on 2014-07-28, 02:32:08

Title: Error in RRC-1258 MkII(s) manual regarding Heil microphones
Post by: k7fu on 2014-07-28, 02:32:08
On page 22 it says:

4:
Control-RRC only: JMP-1 is placed behind the TTL connector. With the strap in place a DC voltage is feed to the microphone element. All ICOM microphones should be DC-feed.
Dynamic microphones like the ones used by Kenwood should not be DC-feed. HEIL microphones should not be DC-feed either.

Heil microphones aren't all dynamic and some are electret and require the DC bias. I found this out the hard way when trying to debug a non-operational microphone.