Icom: Speaker Mic Help - IC32AT

[WB3X]

Hello All-

I have in my inventory an IC32AT dual band HT - its been a great radio, and works fine. Built like a tank.

The original speaker mic was the venerable HM-9. Like so many, the two pin straight in connector and strain relief was molded onto the cord. Naturally after years of use the internal wiring fatigues and breaks and there's no way to open the molded plug housing the connections.

Does anyone know of a source for a two pin connector for this mic (Not sure I think they were 3.5mm and 2.5mm) that I could use to replace and re-wire it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[AK9R]

Maybe buy a cheap, Chinese speaker/mic with the appropriate connector and splice it to the cable from your existing HM-9.

 

[doc62]

It looks like it uses the standard Icom two pin connection. Any spk/mic wired for Icom should work.

 

[WB3X]

Thanks guys. I'd love to avoid going the China route (easily found on Ebay) but might have to. It's still a perfectly good mic other than the connector - hate to have it sit around as a paperweight. If a 3.5mm / 2.5mm connector could be found I should be able to duplicate the pin out arrangement. It's hard to believe such a simple part doesn't exist somewhere.

 

[chief21]

It's going to be difficult to replace the 2-pin connector that interfaces with the radio. It might be easier to purchase a new coil cord (with a new 2-pin connector) or maybe cannibalize another mic, and wire the good coil cord to the HM-9 internals.

 

[WB3X]

I'm sure you are correct. There may be replacement coiled cord assemblies, and for sure I'll keep looking.

 

[AK9R]

Here's a link to a cable with 2-pin Icom connector on one end and bare wires on the other. Yes, Scott gets these from Chinese suppliers. But, Scott does try to vet his suppliers. Speaker Mic Cable - Icom Type, Argent Data Systems

 

[N4KVE]

Maybe buy a cheap, Chinese speaker/mic with the appropriate connector and splice it to the cable from your existing HM-9.

I would not use a $5 CCR mike because they do not use shielded cable. It’s easy to hear the motor boating noise when someone uses a CCR mike.