Doesen't SOUND as good? How about won't work at all. Not only do the
electret elements present an impedence mismatch, but they also require a
bias voltage which Yaesu allmode rigs do not supply.
Tracy
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Fajardo AH7D <ah7d@...>
To: FT817@... <FT817@...>
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FT817] DTMF Microphone...Backlight
Hi...
Spoke with folks (Amateur Radio Techs) at Yaesu today and asked if
it will come with a DTMF mic and they said no. I mentioned it
would be useful to have a DTMF mic (esp for rpt use) and was told
you can use (buy) the MH-36 mic that has the DTMF pad. They said
the mic that ships with the radio is a dynamic mic that has better
sound quality especially on SSB , while the DTMF mic has an
electret element that doesn't sound as good (Is this true?) . He
said it would be better to use the original one, but one can use
the MH-36 though the sound quality will not be as good.
I thought that since the FT-100's mic already has the DTMF pad it
would make sense that the FT-817 would come equipped similarly.
Hope this helps
Aloha and 73, Dale AH7D
PS: By the way is the blue display the same light violet blue
color as the FT-100/FT-847/FT-90 and is the orange display
basically LED backlighting or is Yaesu using blue and amber LEDs?
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