Yes, but stations hear the Omni consistently as louder.  I am again 
askingg for input from other ts480 users.  I am especially curious to 
see if the audio sounds fuller and louder with different microphones 
than the hand mike.  This is not a discussion about the testing 
difficulties of accureately measuring PEP, I am trying to compare 
mikes and rigs to see if there is an inconsistency here, and or if 
paying for a new mike will put the radio in a better compedative position.
I don't really care about meter readings, I do really care about 
making and keeping contacts.
I have noticed this in listening to stations over the years.  ts440's 
and 520's for example usually seem clear but not particularly 
loud.  Icoms and tentecs seem fuller and louder as a 
generalization.  Yaesu's are in the middle over all.
Add amps and everything goes out the window.  I discovered about 20 
EB of noise in the house.  Never realized it was that bad until I 
turned off the breaker where it is comming from.  Absolutely 
amazed.  The noise sounds like standard band background, now to get 
rid of it permanently.
I was afraid to get this amp working because of how many stations I 
wasn;'t hearing.  Well, I am hearing them now.  Just heard a PA4 from 
Amsterdam on 3.794 SSB.  That was at 5-30 in the afternoon.  The band 
must be in fantastic shape, and or he has a hell of a 
station.  Either way, we don't hear that in a city in the Midwest.


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