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+++ title = 'Lab599 Discovery TX-500' summary = 'A nice radio for portable operation. None of my other radios can beat this one out in the field.' date = "2022-11-04T15:13:43+01:00" #lastmod = "2022-11-12T19:51:31+01:00" categories = [ 'amateur-radio' ] tags = [ 'lab599' ]

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This is the third HF transceiver that I bought. I was looking for a while for an alternative to the FT-891, because I wanted something leightweight for my little hiking tours.

TX-500 in action on a stone

Low quality mic?

It's like many plastic mics on other radios, it definitly feels a bit “cheap” and it was the first (and only; until now) thing that broke. I haven't noticed the broken mic until I tried to call CQ in the mountains and I fixed it on the same day. I haven't been out since then...

I bought a Laravel mic from Amazon and I already got a spare in-ear plugs from Sennheiser which I combined with the adapters from Robert W2ENY (including a hand-held push-to-talk button adapter (like the Heil HS-2 but smaller).

This is pleasing to use and you got the sound directly in-ear.

Original CAT cable settings

Setting Value
RIG type KENWOOD
Baud rate 9600
Data bits 8
Parity NONE
Stop bits 1