<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>You're right. I just checked . It's the shure 444D that I have. Got the numbers crossed with the 55S ( the Elvis Presley postage stamp mic). My 444D is plastic, un-amped. Looks just like the SBE, but very different. I'd love to use the 444D/Sily again . Maybe a retirement project for the L.I. shack. No room for it in this one. I have a half working Sily for parts and the zapped one. Make a Frankentronix out of it. Wish I had one of Larrys' old ones. The silys always sounded astonishing to my ears.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 2/24/11, Bob <I><n1ujs@toast.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Bob <n1ujs@toast.net><BR>Subject: Re: [450] NICE microphone...cheap too!<BR>To: "144.450 Mailing List" <450@lists.vhfwiki.com><BR>Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 8:28 PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Shure 555 was a vintage broadcast style, maybe you mean 444? That was more popular on CBs.....but it was plastic.....I don't know all the Shure models, but I do know they made a metal one in the same case as a Turner plus 2 which looks a lot like this, but the SBE has a squarer look.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The only two mics I know of in this case were the SBE (as sent) or the Belcom.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>These are heavy cast metal with a thick black vinyl-ish wrinkle finish. I can think of no mike I like better.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Hmmm. Looks just like my old Shure555 which I got with my Siltronix 1011 (did Larrys' ears just perk up). Bob, do you know if same manufacturer? Sounded great on the Sily before the lightning strike.</DIV>
<DIV>Pipe<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 2/24/11, <A href="http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=n1ujs@toast.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:n1ujs@toast.net">n1ujs@toast.net</A> <I><<A href="http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=n1ujs@toast.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:n1ujs@toast.net">n1ujs@toast.net</A>></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv1124495860>Despite the heckling,I'll stand by all I said.<BR><BR>Besides, no reason why you can't drink gin while sounding great on your micropohone...<BR><BR><BR><BR>------- Original Message -------<BR><STRONG>From :</STRONG> djmay@comcast.net[mailto:djmay@comcast.net]<BR><STRONG>Sent :</STRONG> 2/24/2011 10:18:53 AM<BR><STRONG>To :</STRONG> 450@lists.vhfwiki.com<BR><STRONG>Cc :</STRONG> <BR><STRONG>Subject :</STRONG> RE: Re: [450] NICE microphone...cheap too!<BR><BR>
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<DIV>The cotton gin and victrola were great inventions also, Bob.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "David McKenzie" <k1fsy@vhfwiki.com><BR>To: "144.450 Mailing List" <450@lists.vhfwiki.com><BR>Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:03:40 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [450] NICE microphone...cheap too!<BR><BR>old and clunky, just like bob!<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=yiv1124495860gmail_quote>On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:20 AM, <A href="http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=n1ujs@toast.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank>n1ujs@toast.net</A> <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://us.mc838.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=n1ujs@toast.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank>n1ujs@toast.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv1124495860gmail_quote>Having owned one, I disagree.<BR>The microphone is probably the heaviest microphone<BR>out there for it's size, perfect shielding, basic<BR>straight forward amplification, smooth switching (and<BR>always cleanable because it has open contacts) and<BR>sounds decent on almost anything......not to mention<BR>good looking.<BR>Amateur radio mikes (sm-8, mc-60, etc.)are generally<BR>crappier build and demand generally two to three<BR>times the price of this mike including it's<BR>shipping....and that is BEFORE shipping....<BR>
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