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I do not remember the specific microphone model number. It was purchased from a dealer at a hamfest and is the OEM lapel speaker-mic combo. The connector was right angle and when plugging it in it did yield the distinctive tactile feedback a simple 3.5 mm connector does. Initially I wrote it off, then I experienced an overheated FT-60R. The connector popped part way out and triggered the PTT. I can only hope the microphone disconnected as in traffic I frequently utter insults at other drivers that include elements of a vocabulary that would get your mouth washed out with soap when a kid. Overall I was disappointed in the FT-60R engineering of the system. During a pre-divorce tiff with the XYL the base stand charger walked out of the house. So I stopped in at a dealer and purchased a replacement wall wart, not realizing the power connector on the charging stand was different than the power connector used on the FT-60R. The end result was the old battery did not charge so I decided the battery being a few years old and not recently charged had simply dropped to zero. After buying an OEM replacement and having it run down I finally put two and two together and ponied up for the base stand. By the time I bought the base stand, wall wart and battery I had more spent than what it would have cost to buy a new FT60R with the charger stand, wall wart and included battery. Ouch. Eventually I discovered comparable piece parts were available on e-Bay for about 15% of the ham shop prices. Overall I find the FT-60R to be - ok -. I guess I was spoiled by the Icom IC-2AT. Nice thumbwheels to dial in a frequency, no memories to program and could survive being rolled over by a vindictive XYL in the 3/4 ton axle rating truck. I can only wish Icom still built a handheld with the same look, feel and XYL resistance. The Wouxun's and Baofengs are a mixed bag. Sometimes you get a good one, sometimes a bad but most of the time a mediocre one. I sure would not depend on one for critical emergency comms. About 10 years back I went to Shelby with my uncle, his step son, and a high school friend of my uncle. The four of us had Wouxuns. As my uncle had one interest and I another we broke into two, two men foraging parties. We decided to use simplex and changed to 145.52. Three were golden but the 4th person sounded like they were off frequency when running a radio check. So we switched to another simplex frequency and again ran a check to make sure we could hear each other. Again three of us were golden, but now a differing op sounded as though he was off frequency. We never succeeded in finding a frequency that all four of the handhelds sounded ok. At least I have not encountered that issue with the Yaesu. On November 18, 2019 at 2:38 PM, "Clint Bradford via Groups.Io" <clintbradford@...> wrote:
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