Yaesu MD-1 base mic

[CKY495]

I wired this thing up to my RCI 4 pin.1 black/shield 2.white 3.Red 4.Yellow and it sounds terrible. Am i doing somthing wrong? thought these were supoosed to be a great sounding mic?

[262 BrownStone NY]

I can't say anything on the RCI but I always got great reports from a MD-1 on my FT-102 and FT-757GX.

[Chop]

my buddy has a yaesu ft-890 with the MD-1c8 mic. it sounds great, and looks even better. i know his is wired 8 pin yaesu. maybe having your mic wired 4 pin is what is making it sound different? idk? i know before he got the md-1 he was using an 8 pin yaesu to 4 pin cobra adapter with a d-104 and it still sounded great. i'm stumped on this one?

[CKY495]

I see that the MD-1 takes 5volt dc and the RCI puts out 8 volts dc on pin 3. Dont know if this has anything to do with it. I

[Reno Radio]

check yer mic gain, try turning it way down. i had a 8 pin ham mic wired, and it sounded like shit, until i went to use my radio one day and unbeknownst to me my son had turned my mic gain way down and it sounded great.