Hay Butch. I always wondered how a Turner +3 would 
work/sound on a ham type HF radio. I have an old one stored 
some ware from my CB days. 

Scott
 ZL1CHM / N0HOK
Auckland New Zealand 
 
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On 1/10/2015, at 2:24 AM, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yep, did that, main problem is the highs just aren't there.  I've been 
> doing this audio stuff with a good friend who is a broad cast engineer 
> since 1970.  In my opinion, it just isn't a good sounding  microphone. 
> Many of the people I get on the air every day with are picky about 
> audio, what some may consider good or o.k., we may not.  I have run the 
> hand microphone on the 590 and it actually isn't bad at all, really 
> better than the mfj desk microphone.  Oddly enough, the same hand 
> microphone sounds terrible on the 990, go figure.  Maybe that is why 
> Kenwood doesn't give you a microphone with the 990 which when I bought 
> that radio I thought was a little odd.  The microhpne I always fall back 
> on is the  turner super sidekick with the turner plus 3 and plus two 
> next in line.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2015, Steve Dresser wrote:
> 
>> Butch,
>> 
>> Did you try adjusting the transmit eq?  You can do a lot with that under
>> computer control.
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: September 29, 2015 20:19
>> Subject: Re: MFJ Microphone
>> 
>> 
>>> I suppose that depends on who you ask.  Perhaps the person's voice.  i
>>> tried mine on the blind-hams net one Sunday and no one picked it over my
>>> other microphones.  I was also told when I ordered it by the guy at h r
>>> o that they had many returns as pepeople didn't like the audio.  I
>>> ordered one anyhow, and although the functions were convenient, the
>>> audio wasn't great.  Just my two cents worth.
>>> 73
>>> Butch
>>> WA0VJR
>>> Node 3148
>>> Wallace, ks.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2015, Bob
>>> Tinney wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ron,
>>>> 
>>>> The MFJ mike is called the MFJ297 mike and I think it is an excellent
>>>> sounding mike.  Because it is a broadband mike there is a base cut
>>>> switch on the bottom.  The switch on the left bottom of the mike
>>>> switches between Kenwood and other rigs.
>>>> 
>>>> Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>>>> 
>>>> On 9/29/2015 4:02 PM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
>>>>> I am located in western Kentucky. I already have the Kenwood hand Mic
>>>>> with
>>>>> the extra buttons on it. I was just looking for a desk mic with buttons
>>>>> on
>>>>> it that I can program.
>>>>> 
>>>>> TNX,
>>>>> Ron, K8HSY
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 3:42 PM
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: Re: MFJ Microphone
>>>>> 
>>>>> Where are you located, perhaps we could get on the air sopme time and I
>>>>> can
>>>>> let you hear it.
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Butch
>>>>> WA0VJR
>>>>> Node 3148
>>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, 24 Sep 2015, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I was told that MFJ sells a microphone with buttons on it that can be
>>>>>> programmed to work with a TS-590s. However, when I tried to purchase
>>>>>> such
>>>>> a
>>>>>> mic, I was told no such mic exists. Can any of you recommend such a
>>>>>> microphone and from whom it can be purchased?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ron, K8HSY
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Retired Professor of Marketing
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
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