well, only one way to find out.
Did your friend offer further explanations as to the resister values, and
their corresponding functions?
If its mearly four resisters, or perhaps more depending on the values
needed, and four small toggles or some kind of momentary button, it would be
pretty easy to build a box and offer instructions on how to build it.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: mics for TS480
> Colin,
>
> I know from talking to a friend of mine that the PF keys for the TS-2000
are
> controlled by grounding pin 3 or 4 through high or low value resistors,
> which means that pin 3 controls two PF keys and pin 4 controls the other
> two. Hopefully, they use the same method of obtaining these functions for
> the TS-480, but as others have pointed out, we can't be sure.
>
> Steve
>
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 17:18
> Subject: Re: mics for TS480
>
>
> > yep.
> > And now with the rj45 connecters being used, it is even harder to wire
up
> > your own mike jack cleanly.
> > I simply got a friendly ham to look at the pin out of the older 4 or 8
pin
> > mike jacks, and tell me in a clock wise, top to bottom manner, what each
> > pin
> > was for.
> > Now, with rj45 connecters, even if you have the crimping tool, its
> > terribly
> > finicky and difficult to make sure that the wires are being crimped in
the
> > right place...
> > I guess a guy could take a short RJ45 to RJ45 cable, usually used to go
> > from
> > the router to the lan card on a computer, cut it, and then use a
> > continuity
> > meter to figure out which wires went to which pins on the jack....
> > Then by use of a couple momentary mini toggles, you could have your up
and
> > down buttons, and probably even the PF keys if a guy got fancy enough.
> > Radio shack has some nice hamend boxes for projects like that, sometimes
> > even predrilled.
> > I think the PF keys use combinations of resisters to decide the
functions,
> > and It really wouldn't be hard at all to build one using a hamend box,
> > some
> > momentary one way toggle mini switches and some inteligent design.
> > I can get the parts probably for less then 20 bucks.
> > If the PF keys are indeed controled in such a simple manner, I'll will
> > seriously look into building such a thing.
> > If not, then it might be more difficult.
> > 73
> > Colin, V A6BKX
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:54 AM
> > Subject: Re: mics for TS480
> >
> >
> >> John:
> >>
> >> Well, that's why I'm not going to try anything like that, and may just
> >> buy
> >> the recommended mic with the PF keys. I just thought that maybe a
> >> Kenwood
> >> mic from one rig to another might work, but am not about to risk
hurting
> >> anything.
> >>
> >> These rigs are just too expensive for experimentation like that.
> >>
> >> 73 from tom Behler: Kb8TYJ
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:48 AM
> >> Subject: Re: mics for TS480
> >>
> >>
> >> >I can say, check before plugging a mic from another radio in to it. I
> >> > plugged the mic from my TM-271A in to my TM-G707A and it did all
kinds
> > of
> >> > strange things, it didn't hurt anything, but it sure looked like it
> > until
> >> > I
> >> > got that mic off that radio. I'm very leery now about stuff like
that.
> >> > I
> >> > don't like hand mics though and have no problem with the desk mics
> >> > other
> >> > than the known RF issue with the MC60A and pretty much any newer HF
rig
> > I
> >> > plug it in to but some day I'll get around to doing the mod to fix
it.
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:28 AM
> >> > Subject: mics for TS480
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Hi, all.
> >> >>
> >> >> I am now seriously thinking about purchasing another mic for my new
> >> >> TS480.
> >> >>
> >> >> The turbo-tuner device that I'll be using to tune my
screw-driver-type
> >> >> antenna in the motor home with the TS480 requires that the PF key on
> > the
> >> >> control head itself be used to activate the tuning device, which
> >> >> leaves
> >> >> me
> >> >> with no other PF keys, should I want them for some reason.
> >> >>
> >> >> So, I have two questions:
> >> >>
> >> >> 1. What would you suggest as a good mic for the TS480 that has PF
> > keys?
> >> >> And, what's the approximate price?
> >> >>
> >> >> and
> >> >>
> >> >> 2. Just for kicks, I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried the stock
> > mic
> >> >> with either the Kenwood TMV71A or the TMV7A on the TS480? As you
> >> >> know,
> >> >> those mics have PF keys, but I don't know if they'd interface well
> >> >> with
> >> >> the
> >> >> TS480 and am hesitant to try it for fear of damaging the TS480
> >> >> somehow.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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