The MC-60 is another one I have no luck on the newer radios with at all, 
that crap unshielded cable between the base and the mic itself will bite you 
bad on these new radios, by that I mean it caused RF feedback on my TS-2000 
and my TS-570. I've had 2 of them like that and I think mine's going back in 
the box and possibly up for sale. I might keep it for a UHF/VHF radio down 
the road, but I'm not even sure about that. I'll be putting it back in the 
box though, I just can't stand to look at the thing anymore. If I bypass the 
base and hook the mic cord direct to the mic everything's alright but I 
guess the unshielded cable won't hurt me so much on FM so we'll see how that 
goes. The MC-80 is a good one, I'll keep that with the 570. MC-50 is a good 
one too, I have one of those for my TS-520. It sounds good on the 120 as 
well, but for other projects I'm going to have to sell the TS-120 I think. 4 
HF radios is more than enough anyway, 5 is real bad when you don't have room 
for them all. The TS-120 is just the one I think I'd miss the least.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: Microphone Question


> just on the old 440, best ever sounding 440 I ever heard was one that
> had an mc50 up it's front end. although, the old mc60s weren't a bad mic
> either. I've owned an mc50, mc60 and mc85 and was happy with the
> performance of all three. teh best mike I have here nowa days is my
> yaesu yd-148
>
> Shaun
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>
>
> On 6/04/2008 12:01 AM, the old scribe known as John Miller was able to
> impart this pearl of wisdom:
>> A hand mic will sound tinny anywhere, I've heard very few, much less on 
>> the
>> newer radios that sound good. If you're doing dx or what ever it's 
>> livable,
>> but try a local or close to it rag chew, it's very obvious what you're
>> using. Especially since they use mostly the same mics now they have for
>> almost 30 years, maybe changing a connector or so, the newer radios just
>> don't sound as good I find, like the 570DG  sounds like absolute crap 
>> with
>> most people with the hand mic, same hand mic that they used way back with
>> the TS-440 and it sounded a bit better on that radio. I never even took 
>> mine
>> out of the box until a flood in the cellar destroyed that box. I saved 
>> the
>> TS-570 plugs and hand mic, but still will never use it and I've never 
>> heard
>> anyone try it with the TS-2000 so I can't say what that sounds like. I'm
>> told again, with most voices even worse.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: Microphone Question
>>
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Getting back to the topic of high quality microphones on the TS2000S, I
>>> would love to set up something that has good high quality sound but
>>> employs
>>> Colin's 4 button interface for controlling things out at the
>>> microphone.  Sure wish that I was still good at building stuff.  I might
>>> still consider the route of having someone build that box and use one of
>>> the Kenwood or Heil microphones that has been set up for that radio.
>>>
>>> Right now I have one of the four button hand mics and they tell me that 
>>> I
>>> sound tinny on 2 meters with it.
>>>
>>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Louis Kim Kline
>>> A.R.S. K2LKK
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>>
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