Sennheiser G2 TX dead? (Revised: Not dead, unless you mean Randy's brain)

[RandyHall]

obviously what we have here is a failure to employ basic troubleshooting techniques...

Yup, I was stung by multiple user errors (all mine) stacked on top of each other. Mostly in a hurry and didn't have another working lav or transmitter to test against. Hence the mention of wasting a perfectly good thread. It all ended well, at any rate.

" I wrote "Senny". "

personally, I've never used, or even cared for that slang, or "Panny", either.

now I have a reason!

Yup, having recently adopted the slang, I'm dropping it now that I know that someone could read "Senny" and see "Sony". Big difference.

[RandyHall]

Eric, of course, is right. After a friendly phone call from him (where he told me to shut up and listen -- I like him already) I desoldered the red from the ring and resoldered it to the sleeve.

I wanted to close this chapter by mentioning that I did get email back from OST regarding resoldering. They confirmed that yes, this was soldered to Sony UWP specifications.

Their instructions were to unsolder the black from the tip and solder it to the sleeve (with the braid), and then solder the red wire to the tip. So I re-resoldered the connector to correspond to that. The mic worked in either configuration, making me wonder where the braid is actually attached inside the mic itself.

[studiomprd]

" where the braid is actually attached inside the mic itself. "

maybe not connected on the mic end... it is the shield

[sounddguy]

" try a line level signal to ring and sleeve? "

to prove it is not completely broken ??

Yes, like you advise others, swap things until you find the problem.