I'm not sure I remember, but grounding up or down direct is one 
function, and then through the 22k another and the 100 k another 
function.  Do I have that right?
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Steve Forst wrote:

> I don't have any real skill, but just took my time, and I was lucky
> enough to have everything I needed laying around,  so if it failed, no
> big deal.
>
>
> Originally (in the 2000 literature) the values were 2  each of 100k and
> 47 k ohms.  In the 590's In Depth Manual, it was 2 each of 100k and 22k
> ohms.
>
> Not sure why the change, but I used 22k and it works on both the 590 and
> 2000.
>
> Since the whole thing is based on grounding 2 microphone pins through a
> higher or lower resistance to get a particular action, Perhaps it is
> just that the spread between the 2 sets of values is greater  with 100k
>  and 22k.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> On 10/22/2014 11:24 AM, Butch Bussen wrote:
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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