hahahaha. gotta get the 120 yet, so might even be able to swing an mc50 
as part of the package. have to do me some careful looking.
it's a pity them old rigs didn't have any speech processing or 
compression feature. what I remember of the older kenwoods, the speech 
processor was second to none. and with the mc50 driving it, it was just 
that much better. I do have a Yaesu YD-148 which I got for nothing and 
it still works. so if all else fails, I'll use that. it has a nice sound 
and a flexable gooseneck, and the head looks like a golf ball. maybe 
that will drive the radio just nicely.


On 1/03/2008 2:40 PM, the old scribe known as John Miller was able to 
impart this pearl of wisdom:
> 1 thing I learned, cables and mics, you never get rid of because when you 
> need them again, you can't find them anywhere for a reasonable price if at 
> all. I've been looking for a reasonable Icom SM-8 since I got my current 
> IC-706 3 years ago or so, maybe 4 years ago now, anyway, I can't find them 
> for anywhere near what I paid for my first one and the prices I see them 
> for, when I do see them, I wouldn't pay for it quite honestly. I should have 
> kept the first one.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:35 PM
> Subject: Re: TS-120
> 
> 
>> I'm gonna try get an mc50 to go with the 120 as I like them old mics.
>> even the squeaky key noise. I use to love sitting there on cb bands and
>> keying down ever so slowly just to give people the tom tits with my 100
>> watts of squeaky mc50 key.
>>
>>
>> On 1/03/2008 2:05 PM, the old scribe known as John Miller was able to
>> impart this pearl of wisdom:
>>> With the MC-50, all those older radios sounded great. 520, 120, 130, I 
>>> think
>>> 140 was 4 pin, 530, 820, 830,  and any I missed with the 4 pin connector.
>>> The hand mics don't impress me, the the MC-50 does and the commercial mic 
>>> I
>>> have I got with my TS-520 isn't too bad either, or the other similar 
>>> mics.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:57 PM
>>> Subject: Re: TS-120
>>>
>>>
>>>> hahahaha. the radios I blew the bum outa were on air at the time. I was
>>>> making some adjustments and I needed an ear a fair way away to inform me
>>>> of any changes in the audio and well you get the idea.
>>>> oh well, while I'm on it, what do people think about the tx audio of the
>>>> old 120s, from what I remember of the things, they had some grunt even
>>>> without any kind of compression or processing. even the 120v had some
>>>> balls.
>>>>
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