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Re: TS480 firmware update continued
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Yes, Keypad 5 makes more sense; it's just so hard to find three-handed 
people these days.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 14:52
Subject: Re: TS480 firmware update continued


>    Well, Steve, I think my problem may be solved, but it's due to error on
> my part.
>
> By the mic key, I thought they meant the PTT, but instead, they mean the 5
> key on the keypad which sets the mic gain.
>
> So, maybe you can do it with two hands after all!  (grin)
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:10 PM
> Subject: Re: TS480 firmware update continued
>
>
> Tom,
>
> I'd tell you to use your head, but I think using your nose would work
> better.
>
> Seriously, though, you could wrap a rubber band around the PTT button on 
> the
> hand mic.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 07:23
> Subject: Re: TS480 firmware update continued
>
>
>>    Steve:
>>
>> That's an interesting observation.  Now, all I have to figure out is how
>> to
>> have three hands--one for the mic PTT, one for the NR switch, and one for
>> the on-off button.  (grin)
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: TS480 firmware update continued
>>
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Depending on how that foot switch is hooked into the circuit, you may 
>> have
>> to use the actual PTT button on the mic.  You may have just been keying
>> the
>> transmitter, which might account for why there was no speech.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 18:45
>> Subject: TS480 firmware update continued
>>
>>
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> I tried to find out my firmware version on my home shack TS480, but did
>>> not
>>> get any voice read-out from the VGS1.
>>>
>>> Here's what I did:
>>>
>>> I used my Heil footswitch to activate the PTT on the mic, while
>>> simultaneously pressing the power on key and the NR key on the radio
>>> control
>>> head.  The rig kind of turned on, and got silent, as if there may have
>>> been
>>> something on the screen, but I got no voice read-out.
>>>
>>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>>
>>
>

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