Hi everyone , it's no secret that I like to buy/collect older CB radios ... which drives my wife crazy . I usually buy older tube equipment , but this time around I was looking for a solid state Pearce Simpson . So I bought a Pearce Simpson Bengal , and it's in fairly nice condition cosmetically for it's age . It has the original stock mic , and aside from the audio level , everything seems to be working as it should . I haven't taken the lid off and inspected the inside of it yet . Aside from an unlocked clarifier , it seems to still all be stock . The locals keep telling me how "Stocky" it sounds when I'm on it , and want me to get back on the regular radio that they're use to hearing me on ... lol
The receive on it is amazing , and so is the tone of the audio coming out of it's built in speaker. For being a 46 year old radio, it definitely impresses me . Now if I could just get it to stop sounding "Stocky" ... lol . I wired up an Astatic Gray Base to it ... but it didn't really help much . I've had the mic for quite a few years , but I haven't really used it much . So I'm not 100% sure on it's performance level , and it's also a much older Gray Base as well .
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what mics might be a good match up to this model , or how to bring it's audio up ? I can see on my meter that the audio level isn't going very high ... and that was with radio's mic gain all the way up , and the Astatic's as well .
This gray base also has no pop filter in the mic head , and I've been looking everywhere online for a replacement piece for it for a few months now , with no luck .... does anyone know where I can find a replacement for it ?
The receive on it is amazing , and so is the tone of the audio coming out of it's built in speaker. For being a 46 year old radio, it definitely impresses me . Now if I could just get it to stop sounding "Stocky" ... lol . I wired up an Astatic Gray Base to it ... but it didn't really help much . I've had the mic for quite a few years , but I haven't really used it much . So I'm not 100% sure on it's performance level , and it's also a much older Gray Base as well .
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what mics might be a good match up to this model , or how to bring it's audio up ? I can see on my meter that the audio level isn't going very high ... and that was with radio's mic gain all the way up , and the Astatic's as well .
This gray base also has no pop filter in the mic head , and I've been looking everywhere online for a replacement piece for it for a few months now , with no luck .... does anyone know where I can find a replacement for it ?
