I'd rather rewire a 4 pin than an 8 or 6 pin for sure, even the 5 pins were
a pain as I recall.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: TS-120
> it won't take much to rewire that mic, it's a 4 pin after all and
> knowing the pinouts would help greatly.
> it was not dissimilar to the old cybernet radios i.e. pears sympson
> super panther and radio's of that ilk.
>
> On 1/03/2008 3:08 PM, the old scribe known as John Miller was able to
> impart this pearl of wisdom:
>> I've never needed the processing on Kenwood radios. Icom's yes, but never
>> on
>> a Kenwood. I don't know if I have a big mouth or what. You'd have to
>> rewire
>> that yaesu for the Kenwood but it probably could be done. I do like the
>> sound of those older Kenwood radios though for sure. The new ones sound
>> great, but the old ones sounded very good too.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: TS-120
>>
>>
>>> 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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