Frankly, I fail to see the sense in adding that kind of a mike on a piece of 
ham gear, where your frequency range is roughly 250HZ to maybe 3.2KHz.  Sounds 
like a lot of overkill for very little gain.  I'd grab a Heil goldline which 
is all you'd ever need; and I've heard some nice sounding stations with a lot 
less than that as a mike.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 11:29 AM
Subject: Re_adding a Condenser Mic


Hi all:

Thanks for the tid bits, it appears I under estimated the over all cost.
If I go with the mic, W2IHY Equ, or mixer setup, I'm looking at a cost
of around about 350 to 500. I think I can certainly get a Heil mic and
stand for about 280CAN.
So if I do the Dynamic mic root, how can I still control the PTT and
roll ofs?
I'm thinking of either adding the Apex 415 Condenser, probably now
scratched, now looking like the Apex 381 wich is a dynamic studeo mic.

73:

Michael DE VO1RYN