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Lou Kline <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:39:40 -0500
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You are probably right about that.  I had a Yaesu hand mic with my TS520S, 
but I bought that used, and the guy that I bought it from was pretty handy 
with a soldering iron, so I bet he rewired the mic.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 08:16 AM 3/1/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>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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> >>6:32 PM
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
> > Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5740
> >
>
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Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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