Ham International Big Puncher circuit / manual anyone?

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Ham International Big Puncher circuit / manual anyone?

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Hi All,

anyone know of or have a manual / circuit diagram for a ham international big puncher microphone please ?

Thus far all the info I have read online suggests that either the wire inside the mic is wired incorrectly, or Google
and AI is smoking crack!

On the one I have on the bench in front of me:

PTT seems to be across yellow and black (validated with a multimeter)
Audio hot is across red and shield (validated with a scope) - google / AI think that is PTT
I have no valid data on white - AI thinks this is audio hot - it isnt - i checked with the scope
I have no valid data on blue and can see nothing that it does

curiously too - if I short black and shield together and then look on the Output of the scope,
I see 49-52 Hz !!! Why curiously? - well neither the mic or meter are wired to the mains !!!
theyre both running on PP3 batteries! {bnghd}

Anyone with hands on experience of this mic please ?

regards

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Re: Ham International Big Puncher circuit / manual anyone?

Post by Stronty »

Maybe this link will help get you closer to what your looking for if you've not come across it before.

Ham BIG PUNCHER and Leson DT-251

or Here > schematic and wiring
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