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Jon_G4MDC · 13th Sep 2018, 10:42 pm

Just spotted it has a curious electrolytic added - for sure not original.

Probably means it has been modified to work with something that sends a polarising Voltage to an electret + preamp.

No Pye Whitehall ever needed that - goes well with the Jap mic connector though.

13th Sep 2018, 10:42 pm	#5
Jon_G4MDC Nonode Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK. Posts: 2,015	Re: Telephone style microphone ID req Just spotted it has a curious electrolytic added - for sure not original. Probably means it has been modified to work with something that sends a polarising Voltage to an electret + preamp. No Pye Whitehall ever needed that - goes well with the Jap mic connector though.