Found this little gem at a yard sale.....Astatic

[MCQUADE]

Amp’d Astatic D-104

 

[skiles]

That looks like something I would see on American Pickers. Pretty cool looking.

 

[Geezer]

Back in the 70's, everyone that had a base station CB had a D-104.

 

[InvisibleOne]

Now, when you key-up late at night, you'll sound just like Orson Wells.

 

[MCQUADE]

Now, when you key-up late at night, you'll sound just like Orson Wells.

Ha! That’s right. Funny thing is, I ain’t had a CB in years. I just couldn’t pass up a deal.

 

[mj1angier]

They make pretty good tap handles too:

 

[Button Pusher]

Good info on the D-104. Many of us used them with our vintage tube radios for amateur radio aka Ham.

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[InvisibleOne]

I was into CB radio in the 70's. The D-104 had a very distinctive sound when it keyed up.
They were valued for their deep resonance. Very nice find!

 

[Les White]

They make pretty good tap handles too:
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Part of my head thinks that's pretty cool... the other part, the loud part, thinks it's sacrilege.

 

[Les White]

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Nice! Fair price?

 

[Tatershooter]

Good deal!

 

[mj1angier]

Part of my head thinks that's pretty cool... the other part, the loud part, thinks it's sacrilege.

Hey we’re all non working parts I inherited

Lol


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[Pogue]

Those are awesome. The one I used to run had 5 momentary switches in the base for the “toys” as I knew them back then. A thousand watt linear and a 30’ Amtron with ground skirts made for some pretty annoyed neighbors and police around my house when I was in my teens!

 

[Deplorable me]

“PING”. Remember that sound well

 

[MCQUADE]

Nice! Fair price?

Just saw your post. I got it CHEAP! Any idea of what a fair value would be? I’ll probably sell it since i ain’t got a base station, or anything else except 2 cans and a string. Oh, wife reminded me that we also have a blanket and a book of matches😁

 

[JohnFreeman]

40$ or so.

 

[lasttombstone]

I'm in the process of setting a CB back up to mess with and my D104 is on standby. I'll probably just put a 102" whip on a 4x4 till spring when I can get a tower up.

 

[Daryl Turner]

I have a Silver Eagle D104

 

[Button Pusher]

Every one needs a D-104, even if it sits on the radio desk disconnected.

 

[rolangunslinger]

Every one needs a D-104, even if it sits on the radio desk disconnected.

I have 2 of them, a tug-8 and a Silver Eagle. The plain jane one talks better.

 

[jfanatic]

Very cool and a quasi homage to Larry King. Just something about the style of what I sort of consider "art deco". I would have bought it for the simple style of it and wouldn't even have known what to do with it!

 

[JohnFreeman]

I have 2 of them, a tug-8 and a Silver Eagle. The plain jane one talks better.

Fun fact: These operate by having a rochelle salt crystal attached to a thin metal membrane. There's conductors attached to the salt crystal. When you speak, the metal membrane moves and applies pressure to the crystal. That generates a voltage proportional to the pressure created by your voice.

TUG-8 is the designation for the base. There's circuitry in certain models of the base that functions as an amp , but more importantly as an impedance matcher. The output from a crystal mic like this is WAY higher to begin with, than a dynamic mic. With my tube type transmitters, the plain , unmatched base varieties work great.

They're subject to degradation by heat and shock.

Astatic sure got their engineering development money out of that design . They're great mics.