Hi Kevin;


I'm sure all of us will benefit from this news.

Thanks & 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Nathan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: mics for TS480


> Hi Anthony,
>
> It's not the grounds on the MC-60A.  At least not totally.  When Kenwood
> built the 480, for some reason they reversed the mic and system grounds in
> the RJ-45 plug.  I believe these are pins 3 and 5.  The MJ-88 and the 
> MC-60A
> are wired for standard Kenwood use.  It is necessary to reverse these two
> grounds somewhere in the process to make the MC-60A work on the 480.  I 
> had
> a friend who simply cut off the old RJ-45 from the adapter and crimped a 
> new
> one in its place with these grounds reversed and all worked great.
>
> The other problem, of course, is the old one of the MC-60 and the A 
> version
> not being at complete ground but floating slightly above ground potential.
> Heil has a great recommendation on their web page for fixing RFI in their
> mics which also works great on the MC-60 series.  They go into the mic 
> plug,
> attach a small bare wire to the ground and bring it back to the case of 
> the
> plug which then grounds it to the radio when connected.  If you don't want
> to solder, you can run a wire from a screw on the bottom of the mic 
> through
> the curly cord and attach it to the ground lug on the rig.  This will also
> take care of that problem.
>
> Take care and very 73.
>
>
> Kevin :)
> Amateur Radio:  K7RX
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Anthony Vece
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 04:29
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: mics for TS480
>
> Hi Everyone;
>
> Yes, their is an adapter.
>
> It's the MJ88.
>
> However, their is something about the grounds on the MC60A.
>
> When I had the 480 I could not use the MC60A at all.
>
> The audio was just about unintelligible.
>
> I spoke with Kenwood about it and, the claimed they didn't know anything
> about it.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CHRISTOPHER SCHULTE" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 11:56 AM
> Subject: Re: mics for TS480
>
>
>> As far as the mc60, I thought there was an adapter that you could buy for
>> the ts480 to make it work?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 11:54 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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