Looking for a mint Turner desk mic Plus 3B model

[Retro CB Guy]

Anyone have a Turner power mic of the desk mic PLUS 3B variety ? For sale or trade .. I'll buy it outright for a fair price to me. Please contact me if so with way of getting back to you privately preferred if possible but let me know please ...

Thanks kindly - Retro 73's

 

[15minigrass]

Got one here. Donʻt know how much they go for. Might need some cleaning on the contacts in the PTT. Blue/Gray. Desk mic right?

Got any handheld power mics astatics?

 

[Retro CB Guy]

It's this one !!

 

[15minigrass]

Its not the 3b but a 3.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Same microphone. All the "B" designates is the color black. The +3 model was gray.

 

[Retro CB Guy]

From what I'm reading after searching on internet that comes through other forums and such the plus 3B has a number of differences... It's a 6 wire mic that can be more suitable for newer radios. Yhe +3B has a deeper tone same board as the last plus two's made a good rich sound where the plus three has the same board as the super side kick for ssb.
The 3b adds compression. So yes alot more difference than suspected... One fella said, "correct the 3b has built in compression i bought one new in the box back in the day".

Retro

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Maybe I have it confused with another microphone but I was sure of it. I had/have two of them and was sure the only difference was the colour. I'll have to check my Turner file on the computer when I get home from work tonight. I know the older mics had a switch for relay or electronic switching and thought they switched over to six wire for all mics whether it was the straight +3 or the +3B.

 

[binrat]

Go to here and search for "Turner"
http://www.kwarc.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/kwarc/arcdbs

 

[Retro CB Guy]

Okay guys thanks, and when I click that link binrat it gives me an error...
Says this -
Internal Server Error

 

[binrat]

Okay guys thanks, and when I click that link binrat it gives me an error...
Says this -
Internal Server Error

OK, try www.kwarc.org then go to the swapshop link and search for turner

 

[15minigrass]

I MAY HAVE ONE SOMEWHERE. HAVE TO DIG IT UP.

 

[Retro CB Guy]

Okay and in the meantime I found this if someone knows how to read it to compare these mics...

 

[Retro CB Guy]

Now what I'm hearing from a guy who's taken over a 30 year business for CB's is that the Turner Plus 3 original has the voice compression in it whereas the Plus 3B does NOT !
Hmmmmm, okay interesting but so far NO ONE has came back here and checked my schematic so guess he's right ....

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

WRONG. The +3B DEFINITELY has compression. I have owned two of tbem for nearly 35 years. The +3B is also the same as the +3 except it is black. Turner made changes to BOTH microphones over the years in regards to the wiring. You cannot compare an older +3 to a newer +3B or vice versa. You need one of each from the same timeframe to see that they are the same microphone. The Super Sidekick is different.

 

[Retro CB Guy]

Yeah CK... I hear ya bro. Now to make matters more interesting and a tad more confusing perhaps. LOL... I own a Midland International desk mic that is a dead
ringer for both of these mics but don't know if it has compression and perhaps same
mic as the Plus 3 or 3B... Here is some photos of it and I paid a pretty penny for it !
My tech though added a new cable that is 6 wire...

Retro