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Baofeng Baofeng A-58 Mic Weird issue ??????

summitry

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I am seeing a strange issue with the A-58 Waterproof speaker mic. When attached to a UV9R Plus/Pro using UHF the mics work great. When using a VHF freq the mics don't work or they are very quiet. Can anyone tell me what is going on ?
 

summitry

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It's all Wideband in the program. If I select narrow or wide in Menu 5 makes no difference. With mic off the radios work perfect in either UHF or VHF. Tried 4 new mics all the same really.
 
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summitry

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Tried low on both vhf and uhf. Mic wont transmit but will receive in vhf. Uhf works fine. Had a unit on mountain was transmitting but very weak. In vhf only. Uhf was fine.
 
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rescuecomm

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I tried one of my 3 UV-9Rs with the inexpensive speaker microphone and pretty much got low audio on 52 and 446. I had thought the audio would be nearly as good as the internal microphone?

Guess I'll look into an addition GT-12 and two Icom F-4061 speaker mics. I'll donate the 3 UV9-R radios to the local ARES group with the four various radios I just sent.

Thanks for making this situation known.
 
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