Hi Tom,
the conventional setting just identifies itself as C on the menu 19
settings. It is the next to last if I remember rightly.
Also, if you are testing at low power, you will not know for sure if you
have RFI from high power or not.
Good luck and very 73.
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio: K7RX
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of T Behler
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 17:07
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: status update on MC60 problem with TS480
Steve:
Now you've got me. ... I haven't found the "conventional" setting in menu 19
on the TS480, but might have somehow missed it.
Will check the next time I'm down in the shack.
Will also keep playing with the various settings, using the monitor function
and headphones as you suggest.
Perhaps the best setting for me will become very evident.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: status update on MC60 problem with TS480
> Tom,
>
> The setting that comes closest is Conventional. It's right there in the
> menu. Personally, though, I'd leave it off, set the impedance switch to
> Low, and turn the preamp on. If you can, find another receiver and listen
> to yourself through headphones and then make the final decision.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 14:22
> Subject: Re: status update on MC60 problem with TS480
>
>
>> John:
>>
>> Well, I'll check the book, and see if I can find which setting comes
>> closest
>> to "conventional".
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: status update on MC60 problem with TS480
>>
>>
>>> No, off is off. There is a difference between off and conventional.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:55 AM
>>> Subject: Re: status update on MC60 problem with TS480
>>>
>>>
>>>> Well, thanks, John.
>>>>
>>>> What I don't know is whether the "off" equalization setting on the
>>>> TS480
>>>> means "conventional", as you say. I may have to get the book out on
>>>> that
>>>> one.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, you've been helpful, and we'll see what others who have a TS480
>>>> say.
>>>>
>>>> At least I'm making progress.
>>>>
>>>> I was afraid the extra ground wire on the mic would be a big anoyance,
>>>> but
>>>> since you run the extra wire through the coiled cord, it is hardly
>>>> noticeable.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, will keep working on it here.
>>>>
>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:33 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: status update on MC60 problem with TS480
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Your signal might get worse with it out if you're not driving the
>>>>> radio
>>>>> hard
>>>>> enough with it out. With the preamp on, it will make you louder, so
>>>>> that
>>>>> will drive the radio more and on SSB, make your signal better, unless
>>>>> you
>>>>> take it too far but with the newer radios it's almost impossible to
>>>>> over
>>>>> drive. You can do it, but it's not easy. with the preamp out, you can
>>>>> turn
>>>>> up the mic gain and your signal may go up too to a point. Usually, if
>>>>> that
>>>>> EQ in the radio is like most of the newer Kenwood radios, usually
>>>>> you'd
>>>>> set
>>>>> that to conventional, base boost is way way too much base, high cut,
>>>>> is
>>>>> almost painful to listen to, flat is way too flat, conventional sounds
>>>>> good,
>>>>> and I think you need software for the other setting. That's if it's
>>>>> the
>>>>> same
>>>>> as most Kenwood radios, I don't know about the 480 not having one, but
>>>>> that
>>>>> may help. In fact I'd say it will if it's the same. Me personally,
>>>>> I've
>>>>> never sounded all that great with the MC-60A, good enough, but not
>>>>> like
>>>>> I
>>>>> want except on the TS-440. I never hooked the W2IHY box and a better
>>>>> mic
>>>>> to
>>>>> that one so I have no clue what that would have lead to.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:05 PM
>>>>> Subject: status update on MC60 problem with TS480
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, this evening, I made the ground connection that has been
>>>>>> discussed
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> a way to solve the RFI problem with the MC60 mic, when used with the
>>>>>> TS480.
>>>>>> I screwed one end of a 14-gauge piece of wire to the base of the mic,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> the other to the ground screw on the TS480 using spade lugs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did a test on 75 meters, which seemed to be the band where the
>>>>>> problem
>>>>>> had
>>>>>> been most apparent, and it looks like I might have solved the
>>>>>> problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, the people I talked to said my audio needed more base, so I
>>>>>> may
>>>>>> still have to work with the TX equalization settings on the 480 to
>>>>>> see
>>>>>> which
>>>>>> setting might sound best. Right now, I have the TX equalization set
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> "off".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did notice one interesting thing, though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Even with the new ground connection, my audio gets much worse when I
>>>>>> switch
>>>>>> the pre-amp to "out". If it is "in", I get good audio reports.
>>>>>> Wouldn't
>>>>>> the "in" setting mean the pre-amp is in the circuit? Why would my
>>>>>> signal
>>>>>> get worse with the pre-amp "out"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Still learning here, obviously.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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