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Microphone receiving but not sending..?

Thread starter orlanditon
Start date Jun 6, 2012
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orlanditon

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Jun 6, 2012

Hello All! I didn't know where to put this topic because I'm such a noob when it comes to radios but I need help. I volunteer with my police department and they use XTS2500 radios. I have the ARC S11 Series Heavy Duty Speaker Microphone for it with the 025 connector, which it says will work with any XTS radio (S11 Series Heavy Duty Speaker Microphone).

I used it for the first time on Sunday and for some reason, it only worked to play the audio out of the speaker mic part of it. But then when I would try to talk into the mic, other people couldn't hear me. They say they would hear the click and that the "Radio In Use" light would turn on in their patrol cars, but I was not able to be heard. Is it possible it was just the XTS2500 I was using (the department gave me one), or is my microphone broken? Thanks