Nowhere near the audio that you get on a good AM or FM signal.  It's like 
cell phones--they just aren't designed for high fidelity.  Generally, I 
pick microphones for SSB that have the most punch, but on FM where the 
microphone generally has less to do with the amount of punch, I tend to 
select a microphone that has a pretty faithful reproduction of the audio 
that is being transmitted.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 03:01 AM 4/6/2008 +1000, you wrote:
>I dunno about that, if you think about it you can get some halfway
>decent audio happening on ssb.  it just requires some forethought.
>
>Shaun
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>
>
>On 6/04/2008 2:26 AM, the old scribe known as Louis Kim Kline was able
>to impart this pearl of wisdom:
> > Hi.
> >
> > It just goes to show that everyone has their own opinion on how a
> > microphone should sound.  Most of the people that I talk to have no use 
> for
> > the MC60.  I have one on my Kenwood TS690S.  I used to have an MC50 on my
> > old TS430S with the appropriate adaptor to change it over to the 8 pin
> > format.  No one ever complained about my audio there, but then again, it
> > was SSB and most people don't expect much out of SSB.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 09:24 AM 4/5/2008 -0500, you wrote:
> >> I always thought the MC 50s were too basy.  The 60 seemed to address that
> >> problem to some extent.  Lou
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:52 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
> >>> web sites:
> >>> http://www.myspace.com/blindmanshaunoliver
> >>> http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/
> >>> skype: brailledude
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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