yep.
And now with the rj45 connecters being used, it is even harder to wire up
your own mike jack cleanly.
I simply got a friendly ham to look at the pin out of the older 4 or 8 pin
mike jacks, and tell me in a clock wise, top to bottom manner, what each pin
was for.
Now, with rj45 connecters, even if you have the crimping tool, its terribly
finicky and difficult to make sure that the wires are being crimped in the
right place...
I guess a guy could take a short RJ45 to RJ45 cable, usually used to go from
the router to the lan card on a computer, cut it, and then use a continuity
meter to figure out which wires went to which pins on the jack....
Then by use of a couple momentary mini toggles, you could have your up and
down buttons, and probably even the PF keys if a guy got fancy enough.
Radio shack has some nice hamend boxes for projects like that, sometimes
even predrilled.
I think the PF keys use combinations of resisters to decide the functions,
and It really wouldn't be hard at all to build one using a hamend box, some
momentary one way toggle mini switches and some inteligent design.
I can get the parts probably for less then 20 bucks.
If the PF keys are indeed controled in such a simple manner, I'll will
seriously look into building such a thing.
If not, then it might be more difficult.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: mics for TS480


>    John:
>
> Well, that's why I'm not going to try anything like that, and may just buy
> the recommended mic with the PF keys.  I just thought that maybe a Kenwood
> mic from one rig to another might work, but am not about to risk hurting
> anything.
>
> These rigs are just too expensive for experimentation like that.
>
> 73 from tom Behler:  Kb8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:48 AM
> Subject: Re: mics for TS480
>
>
> >I can say, check before plugging a mic from another radio in to it. I
> > plugged the mic from my TM-271A in to my TM-G707A and it did all kinds
of
> > strange things, it didn't hurt anything, but it sure looked like it
until
> > I
> > got that mic off that radio. I'm very leery now about stuff like that. I
> > don't like hand mics though and have no problem with the desk mics other
> > than the known RF issue with the MC60A and pretty much any newer HF rig
I
> > plug it in to but some day I'll get around to doing the mod to fix it.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:28 AM
> > Subject: mics for TS480
> >
> >
> >> Hi, all.
> >>
> >> I am now seriously thinking about purchasing another mic for my new
> >> TS480.
> >>
> >> The turbo-tuner device that I'll be using to tune my screw-driver-type
> >> antenna in the motor home with the TS480 requires that the PF key on
the
> >> control head itself be used to activate the tuning device, which leaves
> >> me
> >> with no other PF keys, should I want them for some reason.
> >>
> >> So, I have two questions:
> >>
> >> 1.  What would you suggest as a good mic for the TS480 that has PF
keys?
> >> And, what's the approximate price?
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> 2.  Just for kicks, I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried the stock
mic
> >> with either the Kenwood TMV71A or the TMV7A on the TS480?  As you know,
> >> those mics have PF keys, but I don't know if they'd interface well with
> >> the
> >> TS480 and am hesitant to try it for fear of damaging the TS480 somehow.
> >>
> >> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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