Well, Steve, I think my problem may be solved, but it's due to error on 
my part.

By the mic key, I thought they meant the PTT, but instead, they mean the 5 
key on the keypad which sets the mic gain.

So, maybe you can do it with two hands after all!  (grin)

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: TS480 firmware update continued


Tom,

I'd tell you to use your head, but I think using your nose would work
better.

Seriously, though, you could wrap a rubber band around the PTT button on the
hand mic.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 07:23
Subject: Re: TS480 firmware update continued


>    Steve:
>
> That's an interesting observation.  Now, all I have to figure out is how
> to
> have three hands--one for the mic PTT, one for the NR switch, and one for
> the on-off button.  (grin)
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:28 PM
> Subject: Re: TS480 firmware update continued
>
>
> Tom,
>
> Depending on how that foot switch is hooked into the circuit, you may have
> to use the actual PTT button on the mic.  You may have just been keying
> the
> transmitter, which might account for why there was no speech.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 18:45
> Subject: TS480 firmware update continued
>
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> I tried to find out my firmware version on my home shack TS480, but did
>> not
>> get any voice read-out from the VGS1.
>>
>> Here's what I did:
>>
>> I used my Heil footswitch to activate the PTT on the mic, while
>> simultaneously pressing the power on key and the NR key on the radio
>> control
>> head.  The rig kind of turned on, and got silent, as if there may have
>> been
>> something on the screen, but I got no voice read-out.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>