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Taz
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 5:33 pm: | 
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What mic do you think is better? Have you owned an echomax or a pcd67? whats your opinion? |
vernonott
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 8:30 pm: |
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I used to run the Echomax when I ran big case radios.All of my contacts local and distance loved it. |
Taz
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2001 - 1:58 pm: |
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thanks, i had seen both the pdc67 and echomax 2000 in the catalog and i was just wondering. i have heard the echomax out here and i like it. its going to be my next mic.
Taz |
Straycat
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2001 - 10:07 pm: |
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I knew a guy up in north Texas who had a PDC-67 on his Washington base. He sounded like he was transmitting on a radio as big as a desk. Awesome strong audio. |
Vernonott
| | Posted on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 6:42 am: |
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I just bought two Echomax 2000 mics from a local CB shop.After I paid for them I asked the owner if he knew that Astatic no longer made them.He said he didn't and if he had known he would have marked them up $50.00 higher.I already had the idea that shops would possibly pull that stunt,hence the reason I paid for them first. |
Harpoonman
| | Posted on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 12:06 pm: |
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I have an EchoMax 2000 due to arrive in the mail today. Already wired for the Cobra 2000 (2000 seems to be a theme around here!). I'll let you know what I (and others) think of it.
Harpoonman |
Vernonott
| | Posted on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 12:43 pm: |
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Roger! |
Vernonott
| | Posted on Monday, October 29, 2001 - 12:51 pm: |
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Harpoonman:I can tell you right now that the mike is a great performer.The one thing that I really dislike about it is the loose fitting phone style plug in for the mike cord.It can be hard wired.All of my contacts love it.73's |
jebbai109
| | Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2001 - 12:47 am: |
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You tell me how the Echo max2000 sounds.
109 Southern California
27.4450 |
Warlock
| | Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2001 - 6:59 am: |
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It is the coolest base mike ever made. More suitable to export and older radios though, it has high treble and will sound quite "tinny" on Uniden/Cobra radios. |
Starlighter
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 12:49 pm: |
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In my local area there is a operator who is running a 2980 barefoot and a PDC 67.The other night I asked him what kind of mic he was using because it sounded "Studio" quality! He said that it is a PDC 67.He got it and the 2980 he was talking on from Copper Electronics.Prior to that night I had seen the ad for the mic in their catalog, but because it was priced so low I figured it couldn't be much of a mic. Boy was I wrong!He really likes it and has had no trouble with it. He said it adjusts to the level he wants and doesn't have to move it around like he did with his D104. I was very impressed with the audio quality as it was both super clean and rich sounding! I have a new Silver Eagle and an older D104 on a TUG 8 and plan on selling one of them and try a PDC 67. I like the idea of the flexible gooseneck so that you don't have to keep picking up the mic to move it withing reach every time you want to key up.73 to all! |
Taz
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 7:23 pm: |
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Is it loud? |
RCI2990
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 9:06 pm: |
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Just curous. Why is everyone concerned about being "LOUD"? IMHO id much rather sound clear and have a clean strong signal than be "loud"... |
Taz
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 8:12 pm: |
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Thats exactly why I asked!
I dont like being loud. I like to be crisp and have good sound. |
Vernonott
| | Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 2:36 pm: |
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For those of us with faultering hearing a loud radio on the receive is a good thing sometime.I wouldn't recommend wearing headphones though,been there and done that. |
Taz
| | Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 7:17 pm: |
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Haha, I did that a few times vern,
I hooked up the headphones to what I thought was the cb, i did it in the dark and then WAMM!! i hooked it up to the radio and i pressed the remote at the same time I plugged it in and there came hells bells blowing out my eardrums |
RCI2990
| | Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2002 - 1:54 pm: |
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problem with phones is when you have a guy far away you are litening to then all of a sudden your neigbor 2 blocks away keys up and talks then you are picking your ears up off the floor!! BTDT!! |
Funtimebob
| | Posted on Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 1:05 pm: |
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YES! Just won a Echomax 2000 on E-bay. Should go nice with the TRC-490 I just recd from the Auctions. Now all I need is A Maco 5/8wave, Some RF-9913, And a good set of meters, I'll have a Base back together  |
Lonestar
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 11:45 am: |
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Has anyone ever tried or heard a PDC 69. Paradynamics is now selling a PDC 68 and Pdc 69 desk mic. |
Taz
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 10:00 pm: |
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wow cool. I had no idea I might have to get one. |
Redfalcon
| | Posted on Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 12:57 pm: |
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I have had both mics I found the "67" to use batteries like crazy and couldn't get a adapter to work unless run by battery it buzzed,but that was just my 67 and could have been an isolated problem.
As for the echomax they are great sounding mics but two things need to be watched out for,since you can't switch off the echo you can and most likely will get a tiny ping or blip in your audio from the echo when turned all the way off hardly noticable unless you look for it,and on my last echomax and a neighbors the phone mic cord connection went bad so baby that cord or it's 15 bucks for a new one.but you'll love the sound and it's beep is not annoying. |
Geekster
Member
Username: Geekster
Post Number: 61
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 3:20 pm: |
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Ahh yes the PDC 67-69.
We used to make a PDC 66 which started it all. The PDC 67 was a nice mic and sounded good. I don't think the echo was quite as long as the 2000 but the audio quality was decent.
The 68 and 69 are basic power mics and I imagine they are discontinued unless Astatic brought the line back. The 68 and 69 era was the begining of the end for PDC (Valor owned) and the 68 and 69 were good basic mics too. I find it amazing all the NOS floating around on the net.
Glad you guys still support the products after all these years...
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Hollowpoint445
Intermediate Member
Username: Hollowpoint445
Post Number: 104
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 5:59 pm: |
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Didn't the PDC mics have compression? I've never used one, but I like compression mics. Are they comparable to the Turner +3? |
Geekster
Member
Username: Geekster
Post Number: 62
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 7:05 am: |
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I don't remember a compander IC in them. I can look over the schematics again. The 67 had a 20dB "L" pad since we had some problems with the high gain it introduced.
I will check the schematic but I don't recall any compression? |
Hollowpoint445
Intermediate Member
Username: Hollowpoint445
Post Number: 108
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 1:26 pm: |
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Don't sweat it Geekster. If you don't remember they probably don't have compression. They're not in production anymore so it doesn't really matter. I was just curious. |
Geekster
Member
Username: Geekster
Post Number: 69
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 7:24 pm: |
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Nope didnt see any. Euro CB was the original mfg of the PDC 67-69 |
