Icom IC-7000 Mic Update (Icom SM-30)

Update - From my previous post I had mentioned that I had purchased a Heil Handie Mic iC.  Very Nice mic ascetically but it lacked punch to dive the 7000.  I dont know if this is an issue with all Icoms or just the 7000 but I tried till I was blue in the face with no results coming anywhere close to the stock mic.  Which is not the greatest for sure. So it was back to HRO to return the Heil and I asked to see the Icom SM-30. What a dandy little unit and I thought what the heck reviews on eham were good and whats the worst that could happen HRO would have another mic on sale as an open box.  Well as it turns out so far all is well and good on air reports on the SM-30. I really like this mic its well built and sounds great in monitor mode in both SSB and FM.
Next step is to send the stock mic off to 7000mic.com and let them do their voodoo to it and make a comparison.  Cant wait to try that one out
I hope to make some recordings and post them
Peace
Kelly

Mobile HF Ft-857 UPDATE the saga continues

Got the radio back from Yaesu on Monday. The sheet that came back with
the radio was a bit cryptic to say the least although it did show that a number
of diodes were replaced.
So re-installed it in the Jeep and guess what no sound on FM unless I broke the
squelch manually. So I called up Yaesu tech support and after about 30 min the
tech goes I think we have an "oops" here and you are going to need to send it
back again. Real nice fellow apologized up and down, I told him its not his
fault just a bummer on my side. So I took the radio back to HRO yesterday and
its off to Yaesu again.
So the saga continues


Peace
Kelly