yaesu and Kenwood are 2 completely different wiring setups as I recall.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 4:42 AM
Subject: Re: TS-120


> Hi.
>
> If the pin-out on the mic matches the pin-out on the radio, I don't think
> you'll have any problem with the Yaesu mic.  As I commented in my previous
> post, the only mic that did really poorly was the Shure 526T and the 
> reason
> was because I couldn't keep RF out of the preamp on that mic, and the
> TS130S didn't really need the preamp anyway.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>
> At 02:57 PM 3/1/2008 +1100, you wrote:
>>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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