[BC] Cell interfaces

[Tom Taggart]

Paul:

If you have a cell phone with an external mike input you can probably 
use a dynamic plugged directly into it.

We have Motorola V-60 style phones, the only difficult part of the 
project is the somewhat odd-ball sized mini plug (but they are 
available from Mouser.

As I remember tip and shield is the mike connection, while tip and 
ring is the headphone connection. A 635 works fine, while an RE-16 
did not have enough output to keep the phone's squelch open. You 
could also use a venerable Shure mixer with mike level out to drive 
the phone. We've tried the cell output from a JK sportscaster but the 
level was too hot, the audio clipped..

My lash-up used a headset phone cut up, headset mike run through a 
minibox with a switch to the cannon for the 635. We've only used it 
for "Hi, how are ya, we're here at so and so remotes" where there is 
no possibility of finding a phone line. Such as in the middle of a 
fairgrounds. At the studio, a Shure pa equalizer feeds a 424 then 
into the board

Of course, it's still a cell phone. Simple voice into mike works 
reasonably well, complicated sound such as from a basketball game 
"swims." Connection will vanish without warning.

It would be nice to revert to analog as Bernie suggested, but most of 
our analog sites are going away.