Good VOX headsets for Motorola 2-pin

[knockoffham]

Hello. I’m not sure this is the right forum for this, but I am looking for recommendations for headsets that can plug into a Motorola 2-pin connector, do VOX, and don’t suck. Basically I have someone who needs that and is dead set on voice operated transmit. I fear that once he experiences it he will be disappointed because of people talking over each other, slight delays, stuff like that. But that’s unrelated. I bought these generic ones but the microphone level was way too low and they seem like they will last maybe a week in a construction environment. Does anyone have good recommendations? I’d rather not lead him on buying and returning a lot of things- this is the first person I’ve set up VOX for and don’t want to screw him over. He says price does not matter. Just needs to be able to do VOX.

I thought this would be an easy simple setup but is proving to be very difficult, and the guy isn’t the best at letting me know important information.

As an added bonus, know of any that would hook into a Motorola RJ45 or 16 pin connector, or a Kenwood RJ45? Thanks.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

You might want to check OTTO as they have been an aftermarket and OEM supplier to Motorola for decades. There are also blue tooth adaptors for two pin and you have option as for a remote PTT button. Don't know about BT and Vox,but that would make sense as you could employ a wide variety of headset options.

 

[knockoffham]

You might want to check OTTO as they have been an aftermarket and OEM supplier to Motorola for decades. There are also blue tooth adaptors for two pin and you have option as for a remote PTT button. Don't know about BT and Vox,but that would make sense as you could employ a wide variety of headset options.

Thank you! Will do.

 

[knockoffham]

This is proving to be a real pain. Every single one I show him is either “too bulky” or “looks like cheap junk” and now he wants Bluetooth as well. I wish this would have been communicated to me before I went and spent thousands on equipment for him and already installed some of it…

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

This is proving to be a real pain. Every single one I show him is either “too bulky” or “looks like cheap junk” and now he wants Bluetooth as well. I wish this would have been communicated to me before I went and spent thousands on equipment for him and already installed some of it…

I would invoice him for exactly what he has bought so far and end the discussion. Change the topic to, oh, I need to pay my suppliers, so here is your invoice to date. Who know what the customer will want next. There is no perfect solution for anything in this world unless you make it yourself or have unlimited funds for someone else to do it. The problem with recommending stuff, is that if you are in the transaction you start owning it.

 

[knockoffham]

I would invoice him for exactly what he has bought so far and end the discussion. Change the topic to, oh, I need to pay my suppliers, so here is your invoice to date. Who know what the customer will want next. There is no perfect solution for anything in this world unless you make it yourself or have unlimited funds for someone else to do it. The problem with recommending stuff, is that if you are in the transaction you start owning it.

Thanks. I basically told the guy “look you’re being really difficult and if you want me to keep working with you you have to tell me things ahead of time, pay, and return my calls on time” etc and he took it well and hopefully I will have this all sorted and done with soon, with both he and I satisfied. I thought this would be a super easy job and is turning into a real PITA. Seems it will be done with soon.

 

[knockoffham]

Update for the zero people that care: the headsets I bought that he said were junk we are testing today- I came to watch him operate. Everything is working great and he is happy, so am I. VOX is working great with some old Motorola mobiles as well. That said I’m probably going to get him some Otto headsets and just let him keep the cheap ones as a backup.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Glad you were able to reset the relationship on common ground. I have had a couple difficult customers and sometimes you just need to agree to part ways. It gets frustrating if you provide some system options (ranked worst-better-best) and then the customer decides they want to do things as cheaply as possible, the worst, least recommended, riskiest, option that some other party had originally suggested, (while spending earmarked money on totally different project) yet, still wanting you to "make it happen". All kind of red lights and flags. Nope...

 

[knockoffham]

Yep. It started off with him saying “money is no issue” and then going back on that to the extreme after already agreeing to a bill and me buying stuff but thankfully it is all solved now, and he now is happy with a pretty good system for pretty cheap.