I have made the modification as mentioned below, and it HAS solved
the problem. For anyone not certain of what I did, I have posted a
picture in the Photos section, entitled Indian blimp mod.
Max
--- In "Max Catterwell"
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> I have finally got around to doing some experiments with an ME66/K6
> mounted in the Indian blimp I bought a while back. On my first 'in
> field' test, I got some disturbing distortions which had me
slightly
> puzzled at first. Further investigation last night found the cause.
> Simply put, it's the microphone getting into a 'speed wobble' in
the
> suspension mounts while hand holding. For anyone not familiar with
> the design of this piece of equipment, see the eBay ads (search
> windkorb). One of the suspension mounts is near the back (handle
> end), and the other is approximately midway. Now this works fine
with
> for example an AT3032, but with a long jobby like the ME66/K6
combo,
> and the position it HAS to be in so as not to be touching the blimp
> housing, the front end of the mic is in a top heavy unbalanced
state.
> This is what was/is causing the distortion/vibration. The solution
is
> clearly to modify the forward mounting position. I intend as soon
as
> I can, to cut a new mounting position approximately a couple of
> inches forward of the present front position, which will then give
a
> more equal support. This position will be determined by the
rearmost
> slot in the ME66.
> I post this mainly as a heads up to anyone contemplating buying one
> of these blimps, intending to hand hold with a long mic.
> Max
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