What is this box you mentioned?  Yes, I played with eq settings. 
Actually since this came up I put it on the air this morning and I must 
retract my totally negative report, they say it doesn't sound bad on my 
990.  Come to think of it, tests I ran were on the 590.  It doesn't have 
quite the highs my turner does, but not nearly as narrow.  As I said, as 
strange as it seems, 590 and 990 sound totally different on transmit 
audio using same mimicrophones.  Another strange thing I found with the 
590 is it is much more suseptable to rfi or rf getting into the transmit 
audio than my 2000 was.

It depends on radio, voice and so forth.  The main attracion for me was 
the extra function keys, has up down and 4 extra programable keys.  I 
don't know if they would work on tmv-71 as the 71 uses rj45 and Kenwood 
590 and so forth use standard 8 pin.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, Don Breda 
wrote:

> Butch, a couple of questions about the mic and kenwood rigs.
>
> 1. wit hthe ts 590s did you try using e q to get the mic sounding
> better? My heil mic also sounded like well you know before I equalized
> it. Unfortunately with that mic the only way I could get it to sound
> good was to buy a used w2IHY box.
>
> I don't suggest that for the mfj but wondering if you tried using the
> built in eq at all with the mic.
>
> 2. do you know if the pf keys work when you plug it in to a kenwood tm-v71a?
>
> Don't assume they do because the schemes are different for the two radios.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Don w a 2 i w c
>
>
> On 29-Sep-15 8:19 PM, Butch Bussen wrote:
>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
>