I only have one RK56 and it's hooked up to my vintage MB8719 Grant (grey face), I usually do a flea-bay search for "telex" in their Radio Parts and Accessories category and that should weed out the newer, less robust made in China mics. The original RK56s usually are embossed with "Turner by Telex" on the back of the mic. Even used Telex RK56s on flea-bay go for $30 and up, mostly up but worth it. The Turners I bought lately have been from the 1970s era amplified hand helds, that take the long discontinued 7v mercury batteries, but I tape together 5x1.5v LR44 button batteries to get the 7v. They're a little cumbersome when I wire them up for modern radios. Those Turners need to be rewired for electronic switching between TX and RX instead of relay switching. I've owned a Cobra 138XLR that uses relay switching and my base at the home QTH Realistic TRC 457 has a relay. The turner base mics, like the +2 SSB mic and +3 mic I have a switch on the bottom of the base for electric or relay switching. There are a few radios that use a relay for switching that are worth buying and restoring, like a President Honest Abe am 40ch, usually those radios have the UPD858 PLL chip.dnguillory wrote:Eskimo_Pie wrote:Well, I think I need help......my name is Greg and I'm a cb/ham radio junkie!!
A couple of RCI's: a 2950 and a 2970, Uniden Madison, Uniden Washington, Uniden Grant xl, a Uniden grey face 4 button Grant, a President Lincoln, couple of Cobra/Uniden am only small rigs, a handful of mics, astatics and a couple of Turners, a k40 mag mount, a used Wilson 1000, and in honor of Rat Shack, a couple am 40 ch cb's, a couple 40 ch handy-talkies, and a 4 ch-crystal scanner. I guess it's time for a yard sale LOL!!
I'd be interested in an old turner RK56 mic if it works and is not a new one you can get from flying j. let me know and I can thin out your list.
Hope this helps.
What radio are you using that you'd like to find a Turner RK56 for?
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I use an Astatic Road Devil, the red one that is both noise canceling and amplified on my RCI 2950 and works well. Just my 2¢
that fixed the output issue, then i looked at the speaker connection, the negative wire was off from it's board connector, put that back on and the speaker works fine. This has to be the easiest fix i have ever had. She talks real good and has quite the audio swing.
