KIX-OnlineLinks to amateur (ham) radio goodies on the web

OK, either you love ‘em or hate ‘em.  The Astatic D-104 has acheived legendary status either way.

Some hate them as a throwback to many a hams CB beginnings, others like the sleek style.

I picked one up last year that needs a heavy restoration and found many of these links.  Thanx to the many QRZ’ers that posted many links as well.

I’m including several D-104 links as well as a page of general mic pinout diagrams (not D-104 specific).  I’ll probably link to these in the future, as they have some really neat featuures.

Barovolli.com has a lot of schematics at:

http://barovelli.com/index.php?blog=3&p=86&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Add the Astatic D-104 Microphone to the Icom IC-706MKII By W8CWE:

http://www.qsl.net/w8cwe/d104/d104.html

WA2MZF has some interesting info on wiring, mods and circuits:

http://www.qsl.net/wa2mzf/d104.html

N4JK has some information on adapting the D-104 to modern radios (W8CWE’s information above also applies):

http://members.cox.net/n4jk/d104.htm

Using an Old Style Astatic D-104 “Lollypop” Microphones with Modern Low-Z Mic Rigs
Fred M. Spinner, W0FMS, April 2001:

http://www.fredspinner.com/W0FMS/micpreamp/

Spec sheet for a UG8 or UG8-D10:

http://www.shadowstorm.com/cb/Astatic_D-104_Papers.html

Some earl Astatic history:

http://www.west-techservices.com/p15.htm

Heil Sound has a kit to retrofit the D-104 with their element:

http://heilsound.com/amateur/products/hc104/index.htm

For ARRL members (Members only downloads):

There are three Astatic PDFs towards the bottom of this page (some info similar to above, but it exists there, so I figured I’d post it here!)

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/shakproj.html

G4PW Microphone Connections page.  Not D-104 specific, but has a lot of information on various radio pinouts and such.  I’m sure I’ll use this link in future posts as well.

http://www.qsl.net/g4wpw/date.html

Of course, if you have some great links, let me know or post the information here.