Help ID'ing mic plug?

[TheKeith]

I need to know what kind of mic and mic plug this is. Also, where can I
get an adapter so I can try it out?

http://home.nyc.rr.com/kpetrino/mic.jpg
and
http://home.nyc.rr.com/kpetrino/micplug.jpg


help would be appreciated--thanks.

[TheKeith]

hmm sorry, seems like my roadrunner service quit working. I'll have to
try and find a different server to put these on.

[TheKeith]

hmm sorry, seems like my roadrunner service quit working. I'll have to
try and find a different server to put these on.

[TheKeith]

here you go:


http://keithpetrino.com/micpics/mic.jpg
and
http://keithpetrino.com/micpics/micplug.jpg

thanks.

[TheKeith]

here you go:


http://keithpetrino.com/micpics/mic.jpg
and
http://keithpetrino.com/micpics/micplug.jpg

thanks.

[Kurt Albershardt]

TheKeith wrote:
> I need to know what kind of mic and mic plug this is.

The plug looks like a U-174/U (or TP-120) used in helicopters and some military aircraft.


> where can I get an adapter so I can try it out

It mates with a TJ-120.

[Kurt Albershardt]

TheKeith wrote:
> I need to know what kind of mic and mic plug this is.

The plug looks like a U-174/U (or TP-120) used in helicopters and some military aircraft.


> where can I get an adapter so I can try it out

It mates with a TJ-120.

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> I need to know what kind of mic and mic plug this is. Also, where can I
> get an adapter so I can try it out?

You can't get an adapter, but you can cut the plug off and wire it to
something that you can use. It's going to be up to you to identify the
wires though, if it's not obvious once you cut the cable.

The mic looks like one that came with a tape recorder from the 1950's.
I don't expect that it will have any saving graces unless you're after
that crappy, telephone-voice sound.


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[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> I need to know what kind of mic and mic plug this is. Also, where can I
> get an adapter so I can try it out?

You can't get an adapter, but you can cut the plug off and wire it to
something that you can use. It's going to be up to you to identify the
wires though, if it's not obvious once you cut the cable.

The mic looks like one that came with a tape recorder from the 1950's.
I don't expect that it will have any saving graces unless you're after
that crappy, telephone-voice sound.


--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

[Scott Dorsey]

In article >,
TheKeith > wrote:
>here you go:
>
>
>http://keithpetrino.com/micpics/mic.jpg

Looks like a dynamic dictation microphone. I can't read the letters on
the bottom, but that looks like a Shure logo on the front.

So what does the lettering say?

Did you look on
http://www.shure.com/datasheets/guides-discontinued.html at all?

You know, you're really being sneaky here giving us a photo with the
lettering unreadable.

>http://keithpetrino.com/micpics/micplug.jpg

This is what is known as a NATO plug. I think the military designation
is PL-174, but if you ask for a NATO plug at your local avionics shop,
they'll know what you mean.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Scott Dorsey]

In article >,
TheKeith > wrote:
>here you go:
>
>
>http://keithpetrino.com/micpics/mic.jpg

Looks like a dynamic dictation microphone. I can't read the letters on
the bottom, but that looks like a Shure logo on the front.

So what does the lettering say?

Did you look on
http://www.shure.com/datasheets/guides-discontinued.html at all?

You know, you're really being sneaky here giving us a photo with the
lettering unreadable.

>http://keithpetrino.com/micpics/micplug.jpg

This is what is known as a NATO plug. I think the military designation
is PL-174, but if you ask for a NATO plug at your local avionics shop,
they'll know what you mean.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[TheKeith]

> You can't get an adapter, but you can cut the plug off and wire it to
> something that you can use. It's going to be up to you to identify the
> wires though, if it's not obvious once you cut the cable.
>
> The mic looks like one that came with a tape recorder from the 1950's.
> I don't expect that it will have any saving graces unless you're after
> that crappy, telephone-voice sound.

and I'm not. Thanks for the heads up.

[TheKeith]

> You can't get an adapter, but you can cut the plug off and wire it to
> something that you can use. It's going to be up to you to identify the
> wires though, if it's not obvious once you cut the cable.
>
> The mic looks like one that came with a tape recorder from the 1950's.
> I don't expect that it will have any saving graces unless you're after
> that crappy, telephone-voice sound.

and I'm not. Thanks for the heads up.

[Bryson]

I have a couple of those that my neighbor who worked for General
Telephone gave me when I was a kid. They have standard 1/4" phone
plugs on them, so like Mike said, you could probably put any plug you
want on it. I haven't heard mine since having it daisey chained into
all of my band's gtr amps back in Jr.High ('74).....we thought it was
pretty bitchen then.

I've seen them on eBay touted as harmonica mikes.

But then..........

[Bryson]

I have a couple of those that my neighbor who worked for General
Telephone gave me when I was a kid. They have standard 1/4" phone
plugs on them, so like Mike said, you could probably put any plug you
want on it. I haven't heard mine since having it daisey chained into
all of my band's gtr amps back in Jr.High ('74).....we thought it was
pretty bitchen then.

I've seen them on eBay touted as harmonica mikes.

But then..........

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> I've seen them on eBay touted as harmonica mikes.

It's that "crappy telephone-line sound" that works with harmonicas.
Also, if we've identified the original function and vintage correctly,
it's almost certainly a crystal mic, which is a very high impedance
source, but at a pretty high level. This is a good match for a guitar
amplifier input, but not a studio mic preamp.

By the way, Astatic is the same company that makes CAD mics, a good
number of which are pretty good. (the usual qualifier "for the money"
applies, of course)



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[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> I've seen them on eBay touted as harmonica mikes.

It's that "crappy telephone-line sound" that works with harmonicas.
Also, if we've identified the original function and vintage correctly,
it's almost certainly a crystal mic, which is a very high impedance
source, but at a pretty high level. This is a good match for a guitar
amplifier input, but not a studio mic preamp.

By the way, Astatic is the same company that makes CAD mics, a good
number of which are pretty good. (the usual qualifier "for the money"
applies, of course)



--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo