Well, Colin, it's now on my list of projects, and you never know, I may 
just do it!!!!

If it looks like I will be getting the time, I'll probably check with you 
for more specific details.

Thanks and 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: Taking S meter readings with TS480


Tom: it only takes a couple hours to build, not 4 days or a week or
something.
You wouldn't have to take a vacation from work or anything like that hi hi.
it takes an evening to build, and how ever long it takes to order the parts
off the internet.

And steve, having an RJ45 jack makes things easier as you don't have to
solder up an 8 pin round plug like I did...very tedious that.
All you have to do is sacrifice a piece of cat5 like the one that goes from
the computer to the router or whatever...I used a terminal block inside the
hamond box to connect the different wires and so on.
all I had to solder, other than the mike plug itself, was one leg of the
resisters to one lug of the switch.
sounds like menu A and B would work for now though.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: Taking S meter readings with TS480


>    Steve:
>
> Well, it's always good to have options, so I'll save this one in my pile
> of
> future projects that may or may not be tackled someday, time and resources
> permitting.
>
> Now, if I could only retire, so I'd have more time to do all this fun
> stuff!
> (grin)
>
> Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Taking S meter readings with TS480
>
>
> I hadn't thought of the a/b menu thing, but that is an idea.  Another
> way to go is to build a  box like Colin did a few years ago to mimic the
> pf keys on  whatever mic has the multiple pf keys.
>
> If I remember right, he built this for a Kenwood rig with round mic
> connector,so your in and out between mic and rig would be different, but
> the basic idea is the same. The box has push buttons, and inside are
> some components (resistors, if I remember right) between the switches
> and various mic wires.  So you get multiple pf keys that can be set in
> the 480's menu.
>
> Maybe not a project you want to tackle right now, but another option.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> On 4/3/2011 11:05 AM, Steve Dresser wrote:
>> Tom,
>>
>> There is a way to have it both ways, although it's not a perfect
>> solution.  You can create two versions of the menus and switch
>> between them with the A/b button.  You'll just have to make sure
>> that all other settings in both versions are identical.  Your
>> only other option is to play with menu 48.
>>
>> Steve
>>