NOTE: this is not a discussion about one radio brand vs another, but the accessories.
I had tons of DTR Radios and used the fairly common HMN9026 speaker/mics which were great!
The radios I’m using now, Baofengs (hold your comments on the brand! ;-)) use a Kenwood pinout and the Moto speaker/mics don’t fit.
The suggested speaker/mics for the Baofengs are crappy plastic thin-sounding speaker/mics. The Baofeng audio through the radio is fine, so I’d like to find some used quality speaker/mics that are of the quality of the Moto speaker/mics.
I was able to find these quality Motos for $10-20 each used on eBay, but cannot seem to find or figure out what an equivalent quality speaker/mic would be with the Kenwood pinout.
Even a lot of the new Kenwood speaker/mics are tiny and thin sounding (like the SMC33/34) and a lot of the new bigger ones cost more than the radio!
I’ve bought a few Chinese $10 - $15 speaker/mics just to try out and they’re all crap.
Hoping someone may have found which used Kenwood compatibles are decent and has a suggestion.
Thanks!
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I had tons of DTR Radios and used the fairly common HMN9026 speaker/mics which were great!
The radios I’m using now, Baofengs (hold your comments on the brand! ;-)) use a Kenwood pinout and the Moto speaker/mics don’t fit.
The suggested speaker/mics for the Baofengs are crappy plastic thin-sounding speaker/mics. The Baofeng audio through the radio is fine, so I’d like to find some used quality speaker/mics that are of the quality of the Moto speaker/mics.
I was able to find these quality Motos for $10-20 each used on eBay, but cannot seem to find or figure out what an equivalent quality speaker/mic would be with the Kenwood pinout.
Even a lot of the new Kenwood speaker/mics are tiny and thin sounding (like the SMC33/34) and a lot of the new bigger ones cost more than the radio!
I’ve bought a few Chinese $10 - $15 speaker/mics just to try out and they’re all crap.
Hoping someone may have found which used Kenwood compatibles are decent and has a suggestion.
Thanks!
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