[G6Tanuki]

Found my Lowe TX40 but not its microphone, nor could I find a suitable 4-pin plug in my "connector conspiracy" box.

The TX40 mic wiring is odd; the PTT switch is actually a changeover switch. on receive it grounds the -ve side of the speaker, on transmit it opens the speaker-circuit and grounds the transmit-line.

So unless the mic is plugged-in there's no audio from the speaker. Meh!!


And I doubt it would be considered to be 'in the spirit of things' for me to come up on 11M with my Yaesu FT897D !

But listening around on the 897, there are still quite a few operators on the old CB27/81 FM channels. Best I've heard so far are in Newbury, Swindon and Pewsey.