I have the mc47 for my kenwood radios and it looks just like the 
standard kenwood hand mik with four little buttons across the bottom.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On 
Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Steve Forst wrote:

> Don,
>
> I looked around a bit and see that the optional MC-47 can be used with
> the 480 with an 8 pin round to  modular adapter.   It looks like it is a
> hand mic with 4 programmable buttons.   I can't swear to all this, but
> may be a place to start.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 6/25/2014 12:11 PM, Steve Forst wrote:
>> Don,
>>
>> There was  such a mic made by Kenwood, but it has been out of production
>> for some time.   Don't know about the mic from the other radio, but
>> there is a list of Kenwood mics that can be used in the manual.  Also a
>> list of  Kenwood mics that should not be used.
>>
>> I assume you have made menu changes in the radio to see if the other
>> mic's pf keys work.
>>
>> For Jim's question:  The 590 allows you to remap up/down buttons on a
>> mic to act as pf keys, but you can't do it on the 480.   I *think* you
>> can change them on the 480 to do cw dits and dahs.
>>
>> If you want extra pf  keys, there are aftermarket mics out there.  I
>> think Butch has one.   Or you can build a box.   Colin built one maybe
>> 10 years ago and I got brave and built one last year.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>> On 6/25/2014 11:50 AM, Don Breda wrote:
>>> I thought there was a hand mic for the ts-480 that had 4 pf keys on it.
>>>
>>> Does  anyone have the model number or any info on it?
>>>
>>> I can't seem to find it in product listings.
>>>
>>> I tried the mic from the tm-v71a but even though it works for audio the
>>> pf keys are not seen by the radio.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>>>
>>> Don
>>>
>>>
>>>
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