Kevin,

If your speaker mic uses the larger plug for the microphone, and the
smaller one for the speaker, there's a good chance it will work with the
TH-F6A.  You may still have to worry about how the PTT is implemented, but
I think the larger problem will be the jack configuration.  Icoms usually
use the larger jack for the speaker, and the smaller one for the
microphone.  Too bad the manufacturers couldn't agree on a standard.  I
wonder what Yaesu does.

Steve

On Wednesday 6/4/03 11:26 Nathan, Kevin wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>I might be in a position shortly to purchase one of these radios.  Right now
>I have an Icom IC-T7H which is very blind unfriendly and the display doesn't
>work so I can only program it effectively from my computer and sometimes
>this just doesn't work such as this week when I'm in a new city and
>programmed 35 channels in this thing only to be able to hit about 3 of them.
>I suspect this is due to having the wrong tones in it but since I can't ask
>anyone which menu I'm on, I can't change them.  So, I need to acquire a new
>hand held rig I can use.
>
>What I want to find out is if the Radio Shack speaker mic I have for my T7H
>might work with the 6A.  What kind of speaker mic connection does it use?
>
>Thanks much all and very 73.
>Kevin, K7RX
>
>Kevin Nathan, Independent Living Coordinator
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