that mic uses all 8 pins I believe. 7 of them anyway.
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Subject: Re: ts480


John,

Very interesting.  I wonder how they did it since the Mic connector has at
least four connections.  Then again, Icom has always been good at designing
tricky circuitry, whereas Kenwood always goes with more conventional
approaches.

Steve

On Saturday 5/21/05 16:18 John Miller wrote:
>icom 2720 or 2027 what ever it is, the duel bander has a standard telephone
>plug from he face plate to the radio but the standard RJ045 mic plug so it
>is doable since all controls on that radio are on the face plate and the
>mic
>connector is on both the radio and the face so you have a choice. Too bad
>that's not a little more accessible, that might be a good mobile setup,
>would not be handy in the shack, we have them at the EOC and the face is
>constantly falling and in the way but mobile, I think it would work out
>very
>well.
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>
>
>Howard,
>
>If they had put the Mic jack on the control head, they would have had to
>use a cable with more conductors to go from the head to the radio.  That's
>probably why they didn't do it.  I'm not thrilled with that design, but I
>don't think they had much choice.
>
>Steve