What radio are you using this microphone on?  The battery also powers an 
amplifier as I recall.  Another thing to consider is audio quality 
changes depending on what housing the cartridge is mounted in. 
Batteries should last alm most forever, I'd just leave the battery.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On 
Tue, 7 Apr 2015, Mark Torgerson wrote:

> Hi
>
> I noticed in my Kenwood MC 60 a microphone that all the basic functions can r=
> un without the use of a battery. The only thing  that the battery is good fo=
> r is to power the microphone element.  I am wondering if it would be possibl=
> e to change the element to a heil one and bypass the battery on together.=20=
>
>
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