Turner Super Sidekick - VS - Turner Plus Three Mic that's the question ?

[FlyBoy50]

OK I have both of these mics and have heard good things about Turner mics so it brings up the question ? Which one of these old mics gets the highest rating from you old pros on 11 meter SSB ??? I'm thinking of wiring one for my Galaxy 2547 or a Cobra and the wiring order to which pin would be helpful also. But it would be interesting to get the opinions from the experts. Let the Best Turner Win !

 

[G-Golly Wally]

OK I have both of these mics and have heard good things about Turner mics so it brings up the question ? Which one of these old mics gets the highest rating from you old pros on 11 meter SSB ??? I'm thinking of wiring one for my Galaxy 2547 or a Cobra and the wiring order to which pin would be helpful also. But it would be interesting to get the opinions from the experts. Let the Best Turner Win !

I'm definitely not an expert but I have a Turner Super Sidekick that was matched up to my Uniden Maddison by a very reputable forum member. I'm more of a SSB guy than anything, but he told me The Turner Super Sidekick is an excellent choice if your into SSB and I've gotten a lot of compliments on the way my station sounds. I've never used a Turner Plus 3 so I can't really compare the two, but i really like my Sidekick.

 

[FlyBoy50]

I'm definitely not an expert but I have a Turner Super Sidekick that was matched up to my Uniden Maddison by a very reputable forum member. I'm more of a SSB guy than anything, but he told me The Turner Super Sidekick is an excellent choice if your into SSB and I've gotten a lot of compliments on the way my station sounds. I've never used a Turner Plus 3 so I can't really compare the two, but i really like my Sidekick.

Yes I've heard before that the Sidekick was a SSB mic but I just read another post talking about those old mics having parts in them that fail with age so I guess they are both a gamble.

 

[Night Stalker10]

In 1976 I bought the SSK microphone and used it with a Cobra cam 89. It sounded great. Later in 1979 I bought a President Madison and of course the SSK sounded great with the Madison. The SSK looked like it was made for the Madison because of its black body and silver mic element top it had. I still have the SSK today. Earlier this spring I replaced the electrolytic capacitors in it since they are around 50 years old.

On a side note, I have a slightly used Asatic D104-6B hand power mic. To me it sounds very similar to the super sidekick. I did mod this hand mic by replacing the dynamic cartridge with an electret element. It sounds really good too.

 

[Night Stalker10]

I also have the Turner plus 3 base mic. It's also another favorite for radio enthusiast, because of its clear sound. I replaced the capacitors in this mic too. Both the SSK and the plus 3 use the same caps.

They use 3 - 5uf 35v, 1 - 15uf 25v, and 1 - 25uf 15v capacitors. I can't remember but the difference between these two microphones were the amp boards. I think one mic used a single bipolar transistor and the other mic used a couple of fets, or something like that. Wiring them up is pretty straightforward using 4 wires.
Pin 1 - gnd, pin 2 - audio, pin 3 - tx, and pin 4 - rx for cobras and Uniden radios.

I also have a like new Shure 444d in a box, another great sounding microphone.

I think Turner did a great job with these two mics to compete with the popular D104. To answer the question, for me the Super Sidekick is my favorite because of the mellow sound it has.