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ORAWA01 · 14th Sep 2019, 8:49 am

I feel the audio distortion is very likely to be due to the POWER Mic supplied with the old TS-130SE.

I don't have any other Kenwood/Trio mic, so I am stuck with this mysterious power mic for the time being. The supplier promised to send me Trio mic, but it is not arriving for over 10 days since the promise.

But yes, I used to think low SWR is absolute must for TX antenna, but that is not the case, I learned. That is good to know.

Yeah, please gives us a shout if you are around.
I think we might have worked before on 2M band many years ago. GM4ZNX sounds familiar call to me.

Hope to hear you on the band. 73

14th Sep 2019, 8:49 am	#47
ORAWA01 Hexode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stirlingshire, UK. Posts: 407	Re: Antenna recommendation for 40 and 80M bands I feel the audio distortion is very likely to be due to the POWER Mic supplied with the old TS-130SE. I don't have any other Kenwood/Trio mic, so I am stuck with this mysterious power mic for the time being. The supplier promised to send me Trio mic, but it is not arriving for over 10 days since the promise. But yes, I used to think low SWR is absolute must for TX antenna, but that is not the case, I learned. That is good to know. Yeah, please gives us a shout if you are around. I think we might have worked before on 2M band many years ago. GM4ZNX sounds familiar call to me. Hope to hear you on the band. 73