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Recent content by Malcontent297

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    Bad,fowl, vulgar Language on the CB

    Someone needs to wash those ducks bills out with soap! :D Malcontent297
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    Great Mic Sound for your CB or Export Radio-part 4

    I get the talkback with or without the linear, even on my friend’s mic tester. I think it must be something I have wired wrong. I really don’t think it has anything to do with stray RF since it does it on a mic tester where there is no RF. Maybe it’s time to take this to a good radio tech for...
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    Great Mic Sound for your CB or Export Radio-part 4

    I had a friend wire up my microphone set up and it works with one major exception. I now have talkback, which isn’t all that bad except to get the modulation up, the talkback is very loud. Loud enough to cause a serious feedback issue. The wiring instructions look to be for a 4 pin plug. My...
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    Shure Mic hookup

    Wow!! that was quick! Thanks Robb!:D
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    Shure Mic hookup

    It's been a while but life got in the way of this project. I finally have all the components for this project. My dilemma is not knowing how to wire this up. Here's a rundown on what I'm trying to do. I have the Shure SM58 mic into the ART Preamp, out of the preamp to a small box with (2)...
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    Shure Mic hookup

    I'm in the process of acquiring all the stuff I'll need for this project. I have a handful of Mullard tubes so the stock ART tube will be replaced. It looks like this is going to be real fun project. I have a whole pedal board of effects to play with. My Eventide Modfactor will see a new life...
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    Shure Mic hookup

    WR0220, Thanks, I'm a picture/schematic kind of guy. That's exactly what I needed to see. You lost me with the balanced and unbalanced, but I'll figure it out. I have 3 Tube guitar amps at home and they all use 1/4" phono plugs so I have plenty of mono and stereo plugs around. Is there...
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    Shure Mic hookup

    Thanks 359 & Robb, Darn, spell check corrected Shure, (Sure it’s Shure) and I missed it......:blush: Thanks for fixing it for me... How embarrassing.........:oops: 359, do you have any recommendations for a pre-amp? Where would I find one? Are there any spec's I should look for? I...
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    Shure Mic hookup

    Hi All, New member to the forum and new to radios. Go easy on me guy's.... Is it possible to run a shure SM58 voice microphone with a Cobra 142GTL base? Is there anything special I need to know or do to make it work? Thanks, Malcomb