they were but I liked them because of that, not to mention that 
characteristic creek when you keyed up and unkeyed.
back in my chocolate box days I use to take great delight in keying down 
and dekeying as slowly as I could, driving my old 520 to hell and back 
just so as to annoy everyone within a 20 mile radius.

Shaun
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On 6/04/2008 1:24 AM, the old scribe known as Lou Kolb was able to 
impart this pearl of wisdom:
> I always thought the MC 50s were too basy.  The 60 seemed to address that
> problem to some extent.  Lou
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Microphone Question
> 
> 
>> just on the old 440, best ever sounding 440 I ever heard was one that
>> had an mc50 up it's front end. although, the old mc60s weren't a bad mic
>> either. I've owned an mc50, mc60 and mc85 and was happy with the
>> performance of all three. teh best mike I have here nowa days is my
>> yaesu yd-148
>>
>> Shaun
>> web sites:
>> http://www.myspace.com/blindmanshaunoliver
>> http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/
>> skype: brailledude
>>
>>
>> On 6/04/2008 12:01 AM, the old scribe known as John Miller was able to
>> impart this pearl of wisdom:
>>> A hand mic will sound tinny anywhere, I've heard very few, much less on
> the
>>> newer radios that sound good. If you're doing dx or what ever it's
> livable,
>>> but try a local or close to it rag chew, it's very obvious what you're
>>> using. Especially since they use mostly the same mics now they have for
>>> almost 30 years, maybe changing a connector or so, the newer radios just
>>> don't sound as good I find, like the 570DG  sounds like absolute crap
> with
>>> most people with the hand mic, same hand mic that they used way back
> with
>>> the TS-440 and it sounded a bit better on that radio. I never even took
> mine
>>> out of the box until a flood in the cellar destroyed that box. I saved
> the
>>> TS-570 plugs and hand mic, but still will never use it and I've never
> heard
>>> anyone try it with the TS-2000 so I can't say what that sounds like. I'm
>>> told again, with most voices even worse.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:44 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Microphone Question
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> Getting back to the topic of high quality microphones on the TS2000S, I
>>>> would love to set up something that has good high quality sound but
>>>> employs
>>>> Colin's 4 button interface for controlling things out at the
>>>> microphone.  Sure wish that I was still good at building stuff.  I
> might
>>>> still consider the route of having someone build that box and use one
> of
>>>> the Kenwood or Heil microphones that has been set up for that radio.
>>>>
>>>> Right now I have one of the four button hand mics and they tell me that
> I
>>>> sound tinny on 2 meters with it.
>>>>
>>>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Louis Kim Kline
>>>> A.R.S. K2LKK
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>>>>
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