[Milsurplus] [MRCA] T-17 Mic Part Needed

[Mark K3MSB]

Thanks Clare for your generosity!

I sent you my address in a private email.

73 Mark K3MSB

On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM Clare Owens <clare.owens at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Mark,
>
> I would be happy to send you three T17s that I have had for many years in
> the hope that I could someday assemble a working command set station in
> basically original condition.  I replaced the mic in one with an N1 mic,
> one seems to have possibly decent audio and one seems to have low audio all
> based on primitive testing.  I have had to give up on the idea of a working
> classic station since I am now legally blind.
>
> And me your shipping info and I will box them up, all free.  I only have
> access to shipping on Mondays so they will not go out until this coming
> Monday.
>
> 73,
>
> Clare. N2RJB
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 2:22 PM Mark K3MSB via MRCA <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> During my re-enactment event this weekend, I lost AM on the SCR-274N
>> early Sunday afternoon.
>>
>> I did a quick test on-site and I was getting no PTT from the mic.  The
>> the radio worked fine on CW.
>>
>> I came home and disassembled the mic and found a cracked part associated
>> with the pushbutton, which I had epoxied some time ago.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> When the PTT button is depressed, the relay rotates in the case and the
>> PTT contacts don't quite connect:
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> Might any of you have the replacement part, or perhaps an empty T-17 case
>> they'd care to sell?
>>
>> 73 Mark K3MSB
>>
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