"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in
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Richard
Thanks for the lead, I Googled the Electrovoice V-1 and
mine looks very much like the ones I found.

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Hank WD5JFR
"Richard Knoppow" wrote in
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I'm sure that is what it is, it looks like the ones in
the catalogue illustration. The V-2 and V-3 had lables on
the front under the switch. I think these were fairly
popular microphones in their day. They had good performance
and were relatively cheap. Of course, the most familiar
ribbon mic is the RCA 44 series which has an overall
resemblance but is much larger.
A number of other companies made ribbon mics where they
could get around the RCA patents. One odd one was the Bruno
Labs mic which used a ribbon type diaphragm but operating
between a pair of electrodes so that it was actually a form
of condenser mic. These were made from about the mid 1930's
to perhaps 1940. I've never seen one in the flesh. Both the
EV and Bruno mics were advertized in QST and in some issues
of the ARRL Handbook.
BTW, the RCA 44 mics weighed in at around 9 lbs each so
I guess they are on topic in the boatanchors group:-)


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA