I wish I had the skill to build such a box.  Do you recall value for the 
resisters?
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Steve Forst wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Not from QST, but if you are in tinkering mode, an external box with
> extra pf keys  is nice to have for the 590.    Colin from this list had
> built one for his TS-2000  maybe 10 years ago, and I  did one about a
> year and a half ago.  Since both use the 8 pin round mic connector, it
> is interchangeable between the 2 radios.
>
> While the 590 has 2 pf keys on it, it is always nice to have more.  When
> you set up the pf keys to give voice announcements  in TX like swr,
> comp, and alc, it kind of uses up the 2 keys.
>
>
> A couple of momentary push button switches, microphone in and out, and
> some resistors, and you are in business.
>
> BTW, if you have a mic with up/down buttons (even the stock hand mic)
> and can do without the up/down function, the 590 lets you reassign them
> to act as pf keys.
>
> Good luck with the new radio.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> On 10/21/2014 6:56 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
>> I'm just curious.
>>
>> I have applied a few of the Hints and Kinks through the years, and I
>> own a Tuna Tin 2 that someone else built.
>>
>> However, I have just recently bought the steel tape measure in order to
>> build the vertical from the August, 2014 issue.
>>
>
>