Hi Butch,
     The mike is a generic speaker mike for a hand held. It fit a Kenwood.

God bless,
Mark
Jesus Is Lord!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Mike Impedance for modern Radios


> What kind of radio is it off of?  The kenwoods are a low impedence mike
> as I recall, but I've used all kinds of mikes on them.  I'd bet it needs
> power on the element.
> 73
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
> open Node 3148
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Steve Dresser wrote:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> Even with the wrong impedance, you should get some audio out of that mic.
>> Maybe it's a carbon mic, or a condenser mic, although that's not very
>> likely.  In either case, the mic would need some DC voltage to make it 
>> work.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 13:20
>> Subject: Mike Impedance for modern Radios
>>
>>
>>> Hi
>>>     I decided to convert one of my junk box two meter mikes to a mike =
>>> for my Kenwood TS 440 S. This will hold me over until my Heil head set =
>>> is repaired. The conversion went smoothly and every thing went well =
>>> until I tried to use the mike and no audio came out. I am sure the =
>>> wiring is right. So, I am left with the question of would this be an =
>>> issue of having the wrong impedance microphone? If so how does one go =
>>> about changing the impedance?
>>>     Thank you in advance for your help.
>>>
>>> God bless,
>>> Mark
>>> Jesus Is Lord!
>>>
>>
>>