[athen] RE: Accessory mic for Telex FM units

[Stewart, Ron]

Nick, 
 
Then what you are looking for is called a shotgun microphone, ideally
with a lobar/gun patter that is highly directional and probably would
need to be adapted to work with a ALD system.  A sound screen can also
be put on the microphone to further increase its directionality, but
this may be something that the student is not going to want to use.  You
are going to need to make sure that it is self-powered, (i.e. has an
internal battery).  Here is a good supplier for this kind on thing:
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category/180/mics
<http://www.soundprofessionals.com/> 
 
Ron

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From: Baker, Nick [mailto:Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:51 AM
To: Stewart, Ron; athen at lists.oregonstate.edu
Subject: RE: [athen] RE: Accessory mic for Telex FM units



Thanks, Ron-

            The RS mic you suggest is an omni-directional unit, though.
The student needs to be able to aim the mic at the desired sound source,
so as to isolate it from the background sounds/noise. A highly
directional mic with a high level output is what we need. I'll check
RS's other listings.

 

            Nick

 

Nick Baker 
Assistive Technology Coordinator 
nick.baker at umontana.edu 
406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 
406-243-2663 (Voice only) 

Disabilty Services for Students 
The University of Montana 
EL 154 
32 Campus Drive 
Missoula, MT 59812 

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From: Stewart, Ron [mailto:ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:44 AM
To: athen at lists.oregonstate.edu
Subject: [athen] RE: Accessory mic for Telex FM units

 

I think all the ALD manufactures have a conferencing microphone option
that you can purchase.  At Oregon State we use the Phonic Ear equipment
and have had very good luck daisy-chaining their units together.
Another mic you may want to try is a PZM that you can get at Radio
Shack.
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fnam
e=CTLG%5F007%5F002%5F007%5F001&product%5Fid=33%2D3022

 

They are great self powered mics or for use in small classrooms or at
meetings, all of the Telex equipment I have looked at used a standard
plug so this should work with your equipment as well.

 

Ron 

 

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From: Baker, Nick [mailto:Nick.Baker at mso.umt.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:32 AM
To: Stewart, Ron; athen at lists.oregonstate.edu
Subject: Accessory mic for Telex FM units

 

ATHEN folks,

We'd like to enable our students who use Telex FM ALDs to hear questions
asked by students and other classroom interactions by providing a
hand-held microphone which can be aimed in the desired direction. The
mic would be plugged into the aux jack on the Telex TDR-4AA FM receiver
that receives the lecture.

I tried a generic microphone, but the level was too low. Though I could
put something together that will work, I wonder if Telex has an
accessory mic. I tried to find one on their web site, but was frustrated
by the lack of clear navigation--or maybe the info just isn't there.

So--does anyone have info on using a microphone with these older Telex
FM receivers? (The built-in mics are not directional enough and
introduce too much background noise.)

      Thanks,

                  Nick

 

 

Nick Baker 
Assistive Technology Coordinator 
nick.baker at umontana.edu 
406-243-2234 (Voice/TTY) 
406-243-2663 (Voice only) 

Disabilty Services for Students 
The University of Montana 
EL 154 
32 Campus Drive 
Missoula, MT 59812 

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From: Stewart, Ron [mailto:ron.stewart at oregonstate.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 1:04 PM
To: athen at lists.oregonstate.edu
Subject: [athen] A couple of reminders

 

The renewal on dues are slowly rolling in, keep up the effort!  So we
need to look at other uncompleted tasks: 

Election of Officers:  Currently the position of Treasures is unfilled,
and we need to hold formal elections for all the leadership positions.
Please send in your nominations for:

President - Currently held by Ron Stewart 
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Sean Keegan had sent out an email about implementing a mandatory service
requirement for members, if you have not please provide your feedback on
this important issue.

Ron Stewart 

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