I agree with John, the gold line is always a good bet.  But there's also a 
much cheaper mic by Audio Technica and I'm not sure of the model number but 
I think it has 30 in it, that sounds quite good for a fraction of the price 
of a gold line.  Perhaps someone will know which one I'm talking about?  Lou
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From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: Heil mic for TS480


> I've heard them with the gold line mic, sounds good, but then what doesn't
> with that mic? If they used the mc-60 with a shielded cable between the 
> base
> and the mic, that problem wouldn't be there but I have made mine work on 
> my
> TS-2000 when I have to. I just have to go easy on the settings and keep 
> all
> preamp in the mic and processing off which is the only way to run a 
> kenwood
> radio I find anyway.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 1:11 PM
> Subject: Heil mic for TS480
>
>
>> Hi, folks.
>>
>> Sending out that video on Bob Heil got me thinking. ... Has anyone tried 
>> a
>> Heil mic with a Kenwood TS480?
>>
>> If so, which one did you use?
>>
>> I am seriously thinking of getting another mic for the TS480 in the home
>> shack, rather than trying to use the MC60, which, as many of you know, 
>> has
>> the grounding issue on the lower HF frequencies.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ