I use an MC60A on my 570 and when I get involved with nets I use the Heil
headset with the No. 5 mic element and it works just fine.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: kenwood 570


> I'll be honest, all the 570s I"ve ever heard with a hand mic sound like
crap
> no matter how the radio is set, I use my trusty MC-80 on everything HF and
> get great reports. I don't know what it is, but I've heard 3 or 4 hand
mics
> on 570s and they're horrible! same one sounds great on my 940 though and
the
> 2000 the hand mic sounds good, I've heard a few. The gold line by Hial
> sounds good too but that's a little pricier then the Kenwood MC-80 and in
> comparisons, they really don't sound that different.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard and Karlene" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:47 PM
> Subject: kenwood 570
>
>
> > Hi Everyone;
> > I was surprised to see so few messages on this list. I am currently
using
> a
> > Kenwood 570 and a mc50 microphone.  I have gotten consistent audio
reports
> > that the hand microphone has better audio than the desk mike.  What desk
> > mikes have people had good luck with when using the 570?
> > Also, there was a Braille quick start guide offered last year for the
> ict90.
> > Has anyone seen anything available in Braille for the 570? There is a
lot
> on
> > cassette but a Braille menu list would be nice.  The cassette manual
> > discusses menu items based on function, transmit, receive, cw etc.
Trying
> > to pull out a simple list in numerical order wasn't easy.
> > Rich
> >
>