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skythumper n/c mics


I disagree. I've owned the generic workman type and also owned a skythumper. The skythumper looked identical but on air reports in a blind test were much better. I can't speak for everyone but in my experience it is a much better mic than the generic truck stop rk knockoff.

The main drawback to them is their light weight, they feel cheap.
 
JUSTIN DEPOLIS once said , that most radio operators wouldn't know what good sounded like if it slapped them in the face . I agree . but even a scoped out pefect wave is only going to sound as good from the person using it and the machines that say so . All these NC mic's sound good from the users depending on the radios they use them on ? not all are alike. I personlly like the RK-56 but I've used the knock off CDL's and other much cheaper mic's , my reports were not from machines , they from people and most really couldn't tell the differents , maybe one would say basser and the others couldn't tell the differents at all. It also depends on how ones radio is tuned ? bottom line , if your radio is NPC'ed or cap/resistored / swing kitted , any of these NC type mic's will work very well on those radios , even a good stock mic would be more then enough.(these are not power mic situations ,this is when to much is to much) There's a time and a place for a NC Mic and there's a time and a place for a power mic , How was the radio tuned ? How good do you hope to sound ? Does sounding like being in a wind tunnel float your boat ? Does having your wife yelling at the kids in the back ground ring true ? tv or stereo blarring in the back ground work for you ? ect. ect. Different strokes for different folks.
 
NONE of my radios are swing kit,clipped,npc,ect i just want a clean sinal
without the background noise which almost always come in a mobile sitation
i didnt mentioned it in first post cause i just wanted opions on the mic itself
i got a cdl knockoff and audio on ssb is a tad lower than the rk56.guess i might
be ruling out the skythumper
 
I'm currently using the ST-65DX with a Galaxy 88. Reports from reliable people are that it's louder and has a deeper tone than my 636L. As previously stated, it is lightweight, I actually prefer the feel of the 636. Just my $.02.
 
the 636 has about the lowest of audio of n/c mics ive tried.i wanna see tests
aginst the st-65dx against the rk-56 since its more like that mic than any other
 
Skythumper

Hi guy's, I think this is my first post on here, So here it go's if you go to the CBRT Site a guy called bigblue did a test with different mic's 636,i can't remember the next one it is old Astatic looks like a hair brush and then 56K and then Skythumper and finally 575. It goes something like that and I tell you that Skythumper Kicked some butt except the 575. It was crisp clean and loud almost sounded like a D 104 with more base or should I say Natural tone. Well thats my two cents and I just order my Skythumper today. So between my stock and 575 M6 and Skythumper I should have things covered.

Best Rgds: Unit 243

Mike
 
welcome to the fourm.sounds like a good mike.if ya havre a rk56 to test it against
that would be great.thats all im really concerned with.both on modulation
and tone.tone on ssb i had a d104m6b made my voice sound awful on ssb
tuners sound best with my voice.plus 3,plus 2 and rk56
 
I read the reviews which is why I bought one. I had to check it out for myself.

On my NPC 148GTL, the consensus was the Yaesu N/C mic (YM21) sounded better in all cases. I run a RK56 on the AM only radios, but have not tried the ST on any of them.

What I need to do is crack the case and take a peak inside. The Telex RK56 was engineered by engineers. The ST takes a china case and dumps in their own element......or do they? Maybe it is good marketing? Who took the time to make this element and why do they think it is better than any other mic element out there? That is a large investment for the the CB market.....unless again, its all marketing.

Yaesu didn't make the YM-21. ICOM and other companies had a variation of this mic also. Yaesu just put their sticker on it. But boy what a mic! Too bad you can't get them anymore. The YM-21 actually has TWO mic elements in the case!
http://www.cbtricks.com/mic_manuals/miscellaneous/yaesu_ym21_mic.pdf

If the ST works for you, GREAT! My experience was disappointing, as I mentioned earlier.
 
skythumper:






cdl overdrive something or other truck stop special:






I can't find a real rk around here or I'd crack it open as well, for some reason only have astatic mics in the drawer.
 
I prefer bounce....which is what that overdrive cdl 56 whatever mic just did off the concrete.
 

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