What I do At Work

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Many of you have asked what I do in my day job. Well here is one of the microphones I repair. This is not the smallest thing I work on but it is definitely challenging. Our field production units damage these on a regular basis. The mic is a Sony ECM77B. The second pic is just prior to closing the connector. The third is the mic with long nose pliers and scribe for reference.

[JohnBoucher]

Nice. Looks like that iron has been around for awhile

[Mark McLeod]

So, you iron all day?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

John,
That's what my boss said, although I think he was actually talking about me.
Mark,
Yes, it's a sweat shop here. Help!

Even smaller is the 1.4 mm Phillips screw that locks the shell on the connector.

[GeeTwo]

Al,
Did you intend to invite other responses as to what other CD denizens do at work? If so, here are a couple of old threads on this general topic: 2004 and 2012-2013.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Gus,
As I was taking a break from this miniature work when I thought about some of the students who ask me sometimes what types of equipment I work on. It is easy to get cross eyed working on this stuff.

[Michael Hill]

That's not disgusting lead-free solder is it?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Thankfully, no.

[FIRST_Parent]

What flavor of radio's are you plugging the mic into?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

These are Sony's.

[feverittm]

So no countryman mic cables :-), those things are scary thin and very prone to fail right at the transition from the cable to the ear-piece. I especially don't like then when connected to Shure belt packs.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

These are about the same as the Countryman but are three conductors plus a shield.