Midland 76-860 Base Radio With A Turner Plus Three.

[hatebreed]

I purchased A Midland 76-860 Base radio, In ment cond. Never had been opened, but only had a stock mic.
I tried to wire up a Turner Super Sidekick to it, And could only get it to squeel when you put the red wire on for receive.
As long as the wire was left off, you could key up, mod, And transmit.
I herd that you needed to add a resistor in line, so i took aprt a old radio, And found this green thing(I think it's called a transformer?)
It say's Yamah, 50k .1. If you solder It to were your placing your Red wire, And on the other leg, place the red wire, you Get receive, But it's Very Very Quiet. Does ANYONE!!! Know how to get a Turner wired up to this radio? I have tried three dif mics, And none will take it.
Only power mic that has worked, Is the Road Devil Power Mic..

Please help, I have asked everyone and there brother, and we can not figure out why it will not work.

[dirtyjob]

audio 1
ground 2
rx 3
tx 4


so if you wish your turner super sidekick to be wired to this radio it would be:

1- white
2 shield
3- red
4 - black

make sure you have the switch on the bottom of the mic in the correct position for that radio

[hatebreed]

audio 1
ground 2
rx 3
tx 4


so if you wish your turner super sidekick to be wired to this radio it would be:

1- white
2 shield
3- red
4 - black

make sure you have the switch on the bottom of the mic in the correct position for that radio

There's no relay in this radio. i'm trying to wire up a Turner plus Three Now, I traded my Sidekick. And the switch has been removed on the plus three. But, It squeels Just the same as my sidekick would when you place red wire on 3. if you don't put red on 3, it will work fine, but no receive.

[dirtyjob]

try reversing pins 3 and 4

[hatebreed]

try reversing pins 3 and 4

No sir. Still no go. It keys up, No mod, And when you press the key up button, it squeels. It keys up without pressing anything.

[dirtyjob]

ok then
1- white
2 shield
3- red
4 - black

is the correct code as 1st thought, try leaving the white wire off pin 1 , you will have no audio but the squeel during rx should go away and the radio should key normally when you press the ptt
found this on the net, perhaps this is the issue your facing ?

the plus3 or any other 4 wire turner does not seem to work on some of the newer electronic switching radios, the plus3B has extra contacts in the mic , as a result has 6 wires to make it work with electronic switching necessary to switch between RX and TX, there used to be a switch kit available at one time to to make the plus3 work on the newer radios with electronic switching .

[MDYoungblood]

That is what the problem is , looks like the radio requires a 6 wire mic. You proved it by saying the Astatic mic worked. It needs the switching ground for the TX/RX to be separate from the audio negative. A regular 4 wire Turner mic will not work without what is called an S-kit, try to find one of them now a days, and than still may not function properly. If the Turner mic is what you want than you will need to find a 3B or the Super Sidekick Special, both are 6 wire mics.

3's

Greg

[Night Crawler]

the switch has been removed on the plus three.

That's what your problem is the switch has to be in the electronic switching position for that radio.
Who knows how it was wired after it was removed.

[hatebreed]

the switch has been removed on the plus three.

That's what your problem is the switch has to be in the electronic switching position for that radio.
Who knows how it was wired after it was removed.

No it's in electronic because like i said, if you put that transformer on the wire pin that the red wire goes to, you can receive and transmit. but it's very low.

[Night Crawler]

For testing purposes take that red wire and connect it directly to the braided wire and I bet that receive will come up.

[hatebreed]

For testing purposes take that red wire and connect it directly to the braided wire and I bet that receive will come up.

No luck there. It seems to only come up, Even if a little if i solder that green 50k thing on the pin for the red wire, and touch or solder the red wire to the other leg.

[Night Crawler]

No luck there. It seems to only come up, Even if a little if i solder that green 50k thing on the pin for the red wire, and touch or solder the red wire to the other leg.

It has too unless something"s not wired right in that mic.
That 50k potentiometer hasn't anything to do with getting it to receive go to cb tricks and look at the schematic for that mic.

[hatebreed]

No luck there. It seems to only come up, Even if a little if i solder that green 50k thing on the pin for the red wire, and touch or solder the red wire to the other leg.

It has too unless something"s not wired right in that mic.
That 50k potentiometer hasn't anything to do with getting it to receive go to cb tricks and look at the schematic for that mic.

But this makes no sense. Two dif Mics, one untouched squeels when red is solder on, And this mic squeels when red is solder on.

The sidekick was never touched inside, both work fine as long as you don't place your red wire on it.

[dirtyjob]

you need a 6 wire mic

[hatebreed]

you need a 6 wire mic

Alright.
Thanks. That Sums It up.

[MDYoungblood]

That is what the problem is , looks like the radio requires a 6 wire mic. You proved it by saying the Astatic mic worked. It needs the switching ground for the TX/RX to be separate from the audio negative. A regular 4 wire Turner mic will not work without what is called an S-kit, try to find one of them now a days, and than still may not function properly. If the Turner mic is what you want than you will need to find a 3B or the Super Sidekick Special, both are 6 wire mics.

3's

Greg

you need a 6 wire mic

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