I'd agree with that assessment, but, that doesn't mean you let the
quality of your audio slide whatever mode you choose to converse on.
Shaun
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On 6/04/2008 12:34 PM, the old scribe known as Louis Kim Kline was able
to impart this pearl of wisdom:
> Nowhere near the audio that you get on a good AM or FM signal. It's like
> cell phones--they just aren't designed for high fidelity. Generally, I
> pick microphones for SSB that have the most punch, but on FM where the
> microphone generally has less to do with the amount of punch, I tend to
> select a microphone that has a pretty faithful reproduction of the audio
> that is being transmitted.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 03:01 AM 4/6/2008 +1000, you wrote:
>> I dunno about that, if you think about it you can get some halfway
>> decent audio happening on ssb. it just requires some forethought.
>>
>> Shaun
>> web sites:
>> http://www.myspace.com/blindmanshaunoliver
>> http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/
>> skype: brailledude
>>
>>
>> On 6/04/2008 2:26 AM, the old scribe known as Louis Kim Kline was able
>> to impart this pearl of wisdom:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> It just goes to show that everyone has their own opinion on how a
>>> microphone should sound. Most of the people that I talk to have no use
>> for
>>> the MC60. I have one on my Kenwood TS690S. I used to have an MC50 on my
>>> old TS430S with the appropriate adaptor to change it over to the 8 pin
>>> format. No one ever complained about my audio there, but then again, it
>>> was SSB and most people don't expect much out of SSB.
>>>
>>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At 09:24 AM 4/5/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>>>> I always thought the MC 50s were too basy. The 60 seemed to address that
>>>> problem to some extent. Lou
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:52 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Microphone Question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> just on the old 440, best ever sounding 440 I ever heard was one that
>>>>> had an mc50 up it's front end. although, the old mc60s weren't a bad mic
>>>>> either. I've owned an mc50, mc60 and mc85 and was happy with the
>>>>> performance of all three. teh best mike I have here nowa days is my
>>>>> yaesu yd-148
>>>>>
>>>>> Shaun
>>>>> web sites:
>>>>> http://www.myspace.com/blindmanshaunoliver
>>>>> http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/
>>>>> skype: brailledude
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/04/2008 12:01 AM, the old scribe known as John Miller was able to
>>>>> impart this pearl of wisdom:
>>>>>> A hand mic will sound tinny anywhere, I've heard very few, much less on
>>>> the
>>>>>> newer radios that sound good. If you're doing dx or what ever it's
>>>> livable,
>>>>>> but try a local or close to it rag chew, it's very obvious what you're
>>>>>> using. Especially since they use mostly the same mics now they have for
>>>>>> almost 30 years, maybe changing a connector or so, the newer radios just
>>>>>> don't sound as good I find, like the 570DG sounds like absolute crap
>>>> with
>>>>>> most people with the hand mic, same hand mic that they used way back
>>>> with
>>>>>> the TS-440 and it sounded a bit better on that radio. I never even took
>>>> mine
>>>>>> out of the box until a flood in the cellar destroyed that box. I saved
>>>> the
>>>>>> TS-570 plugs and hand mic, but still will never use it and I've never
>>>> heard
>>>>>> anyone try it with the TS-2000 so I can't say what that sounds like. I'm
>>>>>> told again, with most voices even worse.
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:44 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Microphone Question
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Getting back to the topic of high quality microphones on the TS2000S, I
>>>>>>> would love to set up something that has good high quality sound but
>>>>>>> employs
>>>>>>> Colin's 4 button interface for controlling things out at the
>>>>>>> microphone. Sure wish that I was still good at building stuff. I
>>>> might
>>>>>>> still consider the route of having someone build that box and use one
>>>> of
>>>>>>> the Kenwood or Heil microphones that has been set up for that radio.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Right now I have one of the four button hand mics and they tell me that
>>>> I
>>>>>>> sound tinny on 2 meters with it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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