Lou,

I have that microphone, and I like it.  It does pick up a fair amount of 
background noise from the room, so you may want to turn down the gain. 
Other than that, it sounds quite good, especially when running through my 
W2IHY 8-band equalizer.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 23:11
Subject: Kenwood Microphones


> Hi.
>
> I have been contemplating the replacement of a microphone here in the ham
> shack for one of my Kenwood HF radios.  I ran across a used listing for a
> Kenwood MC80 Desk Microphone.  I seem to remember that there was one of
> their desk microphones that wasn't very good, but I cannot remember which
> one.  Can anybody shed any light on this model?
>
> Thanks, and 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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