Think there are two 4 pins on this cable he is using. SOME Heil mics use a 4 pin XLR plug on the mic itself. So, that is the 4 pin I was talking about. In case that wasn't clear.
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Sorry, I thought you were thinking there was 8v wiring from the Yaesu since that's he had.
I didn't think any of the four pin radios have any 8v feed to the mics, that's what I was meaning.
Bad thing about typing, sometimes it may seem there's some bad feelings or issue implied, but far from it from me. These are very interesting threads.
I was just trying to keep it simple for him. But since he doesn't solder, I don't know what to say, yikes.
Being a cb, I'm not sure even w2ihy will build him a cable.
Eastside, I can't tell you enough how easy it is to learn to solder, at least good enough for something like this you're doing. Best time to learn is right now!
I'll keep my comments off the audio stuff.
Robb, a side point, have you ever talked to a W9FAM? Look him up on QRZ.
Very interesting man. He's 90 now, owns two radio stations, one in St Louis and one in
Kokomo Indiana.
He dissected a Icom 7800 and disabled all the inboard audio and has his home studio with about, I believe he told me, $17,000 worth of equipment going into it now.
Probably steeling from work.
i had to laugh as he's using a Neumann. I asked him if it was the 87U and just gasped, said that was too expensive for him. His was only $1000 mic,
I about rolled out of my chair laughing at that one. I guess it was late, and the timing was like Bud and Lou of times gone by.
I didn't think any of the four pin radios have any 8v feed to the mics, that's what I was meaning.
Bad thing about typing, sometimes it may seem there's some bad feelings or issue implied, but far from it from me. These are very interesting threads.
I was just trying to keep it simple for him. But since he doesn't solder, I don't know what to say, yikes.
Being a cb, I'm not sure even w2ihy will build him a cable.
Eastside, I can't tell you enough how easy it is to learn to solder, at least good enough for something like this you're doing. Best time to learn is right now!
I'll keep my comments off the audio stuff.
Robb, a side point, have you ever talked to a W9FAM? Look him up on QRZ.
Very interesting man. He's 90 now, owns two radio stations, one in St Louis and one in
Kokomo Indiana.
He dissected a Icom 7800 and disabled all the inboard audio and has his home studio with about, I believe he told me, $17,000 worth of equipment going into it now.
Probably steeling from work.
i had to laugh as he's using a Neumann. I asked him if it was the 87U and just gasped, said that was too expensive for him. His was only $1000 mic,
I about rolled out of my chair laughing at that one. I guess it was late, and the timing was like Bud and Lou of times gone by.
Sorry, I thought you were thinking there was 8v wiring from the Yaesu since that's he had.
I didn't think any of the four pin radios have any 8v feed to the mics, that's what I was meaning.
Bad thing about typing, sometimes it may seem there's some bad feelings or issue implied, but far from it from me. These are very interesting threads.
I was just trying to keep it simple for him. But since he doesn't solder, I don't know what to say, yikes.
Being a cb, I'm not sure even w2ihy will build him a cable.
Eastside, I can't tell you enough how easy it is to learn to solder, at least good enough for something like this you're doing. Best time to learn is right now!
I'll keep my comments off the audio stuff.
Robb, a side point, have you ever talked to a W9FAM? Look him up on QRZ.
Very interesting man. He's 90 now, owns two radio stations, one in St Louis and one in
Kokomo Indiana.
He dissected a Icom 7800 and disabled all the inboard audio and has his home studio with about, I believe he told me, $17,000 worth of equipment going into it now.
Probably steeling from work.
i had to laugh as he's using a Neumann. I asked him if it was the 87U and just gasped, said that was too expensive for him. His was only $1000 mic,
I about rolled out of my chair laughing at that one. I guess it was late, and the timing was like Bud and Lou of times gone by.
Oh I have tried over the yrs....just cannot get the knack of it....always get too big a blob of solder....I am good at a lot of things...soldering is not one of them.
The folks at Heil didn't say they didn't make cables - I know they do because I have a few of them.
This is what they said:
We do not offer a cable for use with our amateur radio products with CB radio.
This is what they said:
We do not offer a cable for use with our amateur radio products with CB radio.
The guy at Heil told me that they quit making custom order cables 5yrs ago.....I have the e mail.
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
I think I figured out a way.....take off the 4 pin xlr and solder on a phone jack on the heil cable to connect the preamp to the radio.
By gosh I think he's getting it!!
Maybe.
I would have used a XLR 3 pin plug so it can go directly into the mic.
http://www.scotaudio.com/wiring.htm
That page shows how to wire it to an unbalanced radio input; because a radio has an unbalanced input.
That way, you can plug it into a preamp, and then use another standard mic cable for the mic to preamp.
Done.
I am going to use a regular 3 pin xlr cable to a sm58 mic or mebbe a xml 990 mic....it was just the connection from the preamp to the radio that had me stumped.....I was looking at the ph jacks on a picture of a ART preamp when it come to me.......still don't know which wires go where on the ph jack?
Thanks for the link.
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OK I see.....you just solder on the audio and the ground wire and cap off the ptt wire.
Doesn't get much easier than this . . .
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