My BITX-40 is built in a wooden and clear acrylic case so all of my build, can be seen in or out.? Keeping in line with this type of construction, I decided to make a hand mic out of wood also, which is nearly complete as I write this.? Then with a desk mic in mind, with push to talk, and a hold button to follow?built out of?wood, I was thinking about a design.? At a ham swap meet last week, I found just what I am going to use for my wood design.? So for $2.00, I now have a pattern and probably a mic that works.? It is a rather small, Radio Shack, Realistic, dynamic, catalog no. 21-1176?that is?less than 8 inches tall.? It is?all plastic except a metal base for weight.? It comes apart easily with screws, so there is no breaking plastic tabs off or anything to change the mic element to the electret that came with the BITX kit.? Attached is a photo of the mic.? 73, Karl, KO8S
On Thursday, August 17, 2017 9:37 PM, RCC WB5YYM <curtis03@...> wrote:
The BitX40 with no mods is ready to be powered...except for the microphone. Today I worked on the PTT bar. A parallel pair of switches should take care of me pushing on one end of the bar or the other without any ill effects. I think I had rather work on metal than pvc. I'll try to get the mic operational, do a wiring check, then power on in the next few days.
