They work very well, I have several turner microphones, and used them
since the 60s when I first got on the air with a tube rig. Plus two,
plus 3, and super side kick. All sound good, and work well with older
rigs with high impedence inputs.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Thu, 1 Oct 2015, Scott Gillen ZL1CHM
wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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