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Re: Problem mic, no sound

Subject: Re: Problem mic, no sound
From: "Walter Knapp" waltknapp
Date: Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:54 am (PDT)
Posted by: "Rob Danielson"
>
> Sorry about the difficulty. The capsules are
> supposed to be interchangeable in the field. My
> 183 caps and C122 cables came separately and both
> screwed together easily as I recall.  A little
> machine oil or other light-weight oil perhaps? If
> there's paint, run a razor around the seam? Other
> thread cleaning tricks, anyone?  Rob D.

Eeeek! Don't get any oil near the capsule! That will finish it.

I hate to say it, but it sounds like a stripped thread. It's only a few
easy turns to remove a capsule.

Walt





"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg

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