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They say it sounds fine on my stock mic, but high pitched on my Shure 58... also tried an electret mic and they still tell me it's high pitched... But the stock dynamic mic sounds ok... I hear lots of people say that Yaesu radios tend to be a little lacking in the base range. The radio DOES have a new 2100hz SSB filter... not sure if that is that cause as I am new to Amateur Radios

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QTH: Vert 160/80, Fan 40/20/10, Fan 17/15/12/6, 2m J pole, 2m halos Mobile: 12/15/17/20/40, 10, 6, 2/440

Yeah, the 2.1 is pretty narrow. Yikes! 'Inrad' does make a 2.8 SSB filter that will help out for $170/new and prolly 1/2 priced for used if you can find it. Then you will need to re-center the carrier point for LSB and USB:
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BASE: Kenwood TS-2000 w/Alpha Delta DX-CC, Diamond X50A, Sirio SY27-4, and IMAX 2000.
MOBILE: Galaxy DX99V w/RF Limited CR-577 mic, Sirio Z-180. Yaesu FT-8800R & Diamond NR-770.
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you may need to adjust the tx IF shift to get the frequency response that best suites you, narrow filters trade fidelity for selectivity,

good luck.

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tom bearden taught me that quantum entanglement allows thought to travell faster than the speed of light, this explains why at first you can think somebody is smart but if you wait a while you will see they are not very bright at all.

looks like I called it then. it is the narrow filters that cause the issue

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QTH: Vert 160/80, Fan 40/20/10, Fan 17/15/12/6, 2m J pole, 2m halos Mobile: 12/15/17/20/40, 10, 6, 2/440

Can the filters be opened up? Or maybe bypassed?

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QTH: Vert 160/80, Fan 40/20/10, Fan 17/15/12/6, 2m J pole, 2m halos Mobile: 12/15/17/20/40, 10, 6, 2/440

filter bandwidth skirt shape and insertion loss are effected by the impedance the filter is terminated with, they only work to spec when terminated with their design impedance,

changing the terminating impedance of the filter will alter its roll off/skirt shape,
inserting series resistors either side of the filter so the filter sees a higher impedance than its designed for broadens the response,
it can cause other issues like more ripple in the response/more insertion loss,

its ok to mess like that in a cb but i would find a wider filter before trying to bodge mod a narrow filter in a hf set.

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tom bearden taught me that quantum entanglement allows thought to travell faster than the speed of light, this explains why at first you can think somebody is smart but if you wait a while you will see they are not very bright at all.

I think you are right... no reason to F up a nearly new INRAD 2.1k filter i am sure someone would be happy to trade for a wider one... To me it is a sad day when I fired up the HR2510 and said, "how does she sound now?" and they reply... "Oh my GOD what did you do!? Whatever it was keep it that way."

When I told them I was running the same mic and mixer setup on my HR2510 as I had on my FT-890, they said, "Well HELL, just ge rid of the Yaesu and keep the 2510!" LOL, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN

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QTH: Vert 160/80, Fan 40/20/10, Fan 17/15/12/6, 2m J pole, 2m halos Mobile: 12/15/17/20/40, 10, 6, 2/440

the 'shift knob' or is that an internal adjustment?

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QTH: Vert 160/80, Fan 40/20/10, Fan 17/15/12/6, 2m J pole, 2m halos Mobile: 12/15/17/20/40, 10, 6, 2/440