Well at least Alinco, Icom, and Yaesu had compatible microphone/ speaker jacks until they went to the "super jacks" and water proof jacks. Kenwood always seemed to think they could do it "better" (at least locking in an accessory market).
I think the whole water proof thing is driven by two secondary markets: 1) 3rd world military, para-military, and police who buy the same radios we do at a price cheaper than US commercial rigs. 2) Emcomm groups who can't conceive of another way to keep their radios dry in a hurricane The rest of us, keep 'em dry, even if it means popping them in a plastic bag during a hurricane. Though I would probably take my VX-7 on a fishing trip before my 91AD, just in case. On Jun 24, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: > > > I like the quality of the audio from my IC-91AD, but would > appreciate more of it... (louder). > > My TH-F6A's audio amp and speaker smoke the IC-91AD for both > quality and loudness... until you plug in the tiny Kenwood > speaker mic. They were kind enough to put an earpiece connection > on the bottom of their speaker mic too, but then made it 3/32" > instead of the standard 1/8" plug every earbud in the world > uses... > > The IC-91AD sounds bettery quality-wise than my wife's VX-7, but > the VX-7 is louder. > > Generally, it seems to be related to the craze to "waterproof" > the rigs... whatever the heck they needed to do that for. > -- > Nate Duehr, WY0X > [email protected] > > . > > > John Hays Amateur Radio: K7VE [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
