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W8AAZ
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Rating: 4/5
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Feb 5, 2009 19:04
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Move on to the latest.....
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I reviewed this mic with a Jupiter in the past. It worked really well and got great reports. Now I have an OMNI VI. Rather than butcher up the thing trying to mod it, I sold it with the Jupiter and got one of their new 708 mics. Actually the looks of the 708 did not get me excited at first. But now that I have one, I must note it is superior from the standpoint of being a more substantial mic and is taller and stays put better. If you have a 705, don't despair, still a great mic, but if you are looking for a new mic for a TT, I would seriously look at the newer 708 which is a step up for me. Ask the factory about compatibility of this and your T.T. If they say it will work, they ought to stand behind it, as compared to brand X mics. It is an omni dynamic too. Have you seen the schematic of the 705?! Lot more to go bad in that little package.
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K1FPV
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 2, 2006 12:37
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Great Mic For The Money
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I actually own 3 of these mics. I built the kit version, the #1201 which Ten-Tec still sells for about 2/3 the price of the old finished mic. Too bad that Ten-Tec doesn't make that finished version anymore.
At any rate, I use them on my Jupiter, Argo V and my 526/6N2. Always get teriffic audio reports on all 3 rigs. I took one and put it on an audio spectrum analyzer with a Bruel & Kjaer artificial mouth as a sound source. I was surprised to see it was relatively flat from about 40 Hz. through 9 kHz where there was a slight peak of about 1 dB and level till about 14 kHz. Not bad for an inexpensive element. Almost as good as the electret broadcast elements.
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W8AAZ
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Rating: 5/5
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May 28, 2004 21:24
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THE mike for your TENTEC
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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When I got my Jupiter, I decided to cheap out and try the mikes I already had, a Turner with an electret element wired into it, a D104, and whatever else I had lying around. Well the Turner was just fair, the D104 drove me nuts trying to get consistent results, also fighting RF feedback with it, but then I finally coughed up the cash and got the 705. If you don't want to spend countless days playing around with mediocre results for the most part, hook up this mike and set it and forget it. Consistent good reports of audio, usually very excellent reports. You can adjust up the mic. gain pot inside the radio to try to run those other low output mics and stuff but why bother and mess it up? Easy success with this mike and Jupiter.
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KC4YLX
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 21, 2002 13:38
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Best for me!
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I used a Heil Goldline with my 756PRO and loved it. I put the 756PRO back in the box after getting a Jupiter! The Goldline just didn't sound as good with the Jupiter so I ordered the 705. I have been getting great audio reports and I don't ask for them. I am not running any kind of EQ'ing equipment between the 705 and the Jupiter,... I just don't need it!
I am sure (shure) you will love this mic.... get one and give it a try. You can install a 9V battery in the base if you don't have the voltage available at the mic connector on your rig.
Now if Ten Tec will make a boom mountable version it this gem, I'll have everything!
This is the second one I have owned as I had a Pegasus before the 756PRO.
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K8DSS
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 25, 2001 10:41
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Very Good Mic.
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have used the Ten Tec 705 microphone with my Omni Six Plus for about two years. It is easy to operate on PTT and VOX. The reports I receive have always been favorable, even with a naturally bassy voice. I have tried the Heil HC-5, but it does not have sufficient output to drive the Omni.
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KE4WY
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 15, 2001 06:47
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Very Nice Audio
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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After purchasing an OMNI VI+ and Pegasus I recently purchased a 705. My reports indicate the audio is very natural sounding. I have listened to this mic into another receiver and am very pleased with the audio. A number of years ago I pickup a used 705 and adapted it to use with Icom rigs and noticed the audio was much clearer and less bassy than their mics (SM-6, SM-8, SM-20). One nice addition that has been added to this mic you no longer have to add a battery to power the mic it gets it's voltage through the rigs mic connector. You always had the option of doing this; However TenTec now does it for you. Excellent product.
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KF4DHE
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 16, 2000 15:43
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Awsome Mic!!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Tried every kind of microphone out there on my Kenwood 850 and nothing beats this little jewel! Outstanding audio and takes very little effort to set up and get sounding great. I've heard these on 870's and 570's and they sound just as good on these rigs as well. If you own a Kenwood do yourself a favor and get one of these, you wont be sorry.
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N4EKV
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 7, 2000 01:21
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Unsolicited "great audio" reports!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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It's small, lightweight, unassuming, and just plain works great! I use it with a Ten Tec Corsair II and can't count the kudos my sation's audio gets.
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K7NA
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Rating: 4/5
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Sep 18, 1999 00:45
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A Compact Electret Mic that Produces "Natural" Sou
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Time owned: unknown months
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Having recently acquired a new Ten Tec Omni 6+ transceiver, I was anxious to test various mics I've accrued over the past 38 years. So, I confounded and bored my friends to death with my game of microphone musical chairs, trying a crystal D-104 (non-amp'd), Shure 444, Electro Voice 630 and a Heil Pro-set with HC5 element. Of the group, according to my friends, only the D104 produced acceptable audio, the others having been dismissed for various subjective reasons.
Enter the Ten Tec 705. I pleaded my case on the well traveled Ten Tec Reflector and was rewarded by a number of good, informative postings from other hams who had experienced similar reports from their mish mash of microphones. The consensus offered: try the Ten Tec 705. I thus ordered the small electret condenser desk mic from Ten Tec ($79.95 retail plus shipping) and received the product a week later.
I plugged the unit into the Omni mic jack and found that it did indeed produce good, smooth, clean audio, and lots of it! This mic includes a small internal audio amplifier which is powered by the 4 VDC present on pin 4 of the Omni mic jack. It includes a PTT mic button and a locking button as well for ragchewing. Using the mic on VOX also is a snap. Mic sensitivity is rated at -52dBv and the mic will drive any mic input of 100 ohms or more. An internal compartment is available for insertion of a 9 volt battery should your radio not include the necessary polarizing voltage.
The reports to date have been very satisfying, indeed. Typical of electret mics, the audio passband is pretty flat and the audio reproduction is smooth, not terribly crisp but not overly bassy either. I am often told the audio sounds "very natural." I have not really tried using the mic with the Omni's built in speech processor yet, in part due to the fact that I just have not needed it.
The mic is compact, light weight and build quality, while not that of the chrome plated D104, is nonetheless acceptable for the price. With it, the mic gain, processor gain and vox gain all do not need to be turned up far on the Omni as is the case with many other traditional mics. I'll be playing with this mic for the next 30 days, since Ten Tec includes a 30 day trial return privilege on their merchandise.
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