I do have another mic, John, and can try that.  I believe that I've tried that
in the past and it didn't help but I'll give it a try.  The other mic is the
little Kenwood mobile mic that comes with the rig.  It is all plastic so would
at least not have me in contact with metal.

Tom


Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

On Wed, 17 Apr 2013, John Miller wrote:

> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:29:32 -0400
> From: John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: mfj 931
>
> IF you're getting a shock and have a hum, the hum isn't RF most likely, do
> you have another mic you can try? Have you tried that already or maybe even
> another radio? You can have the coax shield not making contact and have it
> still have a good SWR, I learned that lesson once.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:09 AM
> Subject: Re: mfj 931
>
>
> > I've got swr of 1.2/1 and do have a choke in place.  No shocks from the
> > radio
> > itslef, just the mic when transmitting.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> > web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>