JohnnyAirtime
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Good day gents....
I have been a long time lurker, but thought to come and register to ask of you gurus.
I have several VX3200s that I use in a UTV, Jeep, and RV as a base station.
In the UTV, I connect the radio to an intercom via a 'jumper'. That jumper, is plugged into the RJ45 mic port and works just fine. However, I don't like having to remove the jumper from the mic port when I want to use the mic itself. I've been somewhat spoiled, in that... I bought a radio a LONG time ago that had a jumper connected to the DB9 on the back of the radio. But it has since... gone bad.
Not sure why it went bad, but it's an issue when used on other radios (telling me it's the jumper being problematic). I thought to disect the jumper and backwards engineer it, but I'm not super techy for that to be a solid solution.
What I'm asking, is if anyone is interested in doing so. To backwards engineer the 'bad' jumper (DB9 to 5pin connector) and make a couple new ones for me?! I have it to send... and, I can even send a working mic port (RJ45) jumper to assist in this This would help explain how the 5pin round connector (mini XLR) is configured that plugs into the intercom.
I might add; I'm currently using a radio that has a great feature. That is, when I plug in a helmet headset to the intercom, it shunts the radio's speaker. When I unplug the helmet headset, the radio's speaker works again. Not sure I can integrate that with the VX3200 and it's connections without understanding my current radio's workings. I'd continue to use my current radio, but even though it's a 200ch radio... I'm limited to 64 channels in a zone, and only 31 channels scannable at a time. To tune the radio from channel 2 to 70, I have to change to zone 2 with several button strokes. NOT my cup of tea, or I'd continue using it.
I love the VX3200, so if this can be done for minimal cost (since you're not engineering it from scratch)... I'd love it.
I attached the picture of the mic port to 5pin round jumper (that uses speaker out) so you can see what I'm talking about. I can take a picture of the DB9 to 5pin round too if needed. Thought to start here and see if anyone's interested to take this on.
I have been a long time lurker, but thought to come and register to ask of you gurus.
I have several VX3200s that I use in a UTV, Jeep, and RV as a base station.
In the UTV, I connect the radio to an intercom via a 'jumper'. That jumper, is plugged into the RJ45 mic port and works just fine. However, I don't like having to remove the jumper from the mic port when I want to use the mic itself. I've been somewhat spoiled, in that... I bought a radio a LONG time ago that had a jumper connected to the DB9 on the back of the radio. But it has since... gone bad.
Not sure why it went bad, but it's an issue when used on other radios (telling me it's the jumper being problematic). I thought to disect the jumper and backwards engineer it, but I'm not super techy for that to be a solid solution.
What I'm asking, is if anyone is interested in doing so. To backwards engineer the 'bad' jumper (DB9 to 5pin connector) and make a couple new ones for me?! I have it to send... and, I can even send a working mic port (RJ45) jumper to assist in this This would help explain how the 5pin round connector (mini XLR) is configured that plugs into the intercom.
I might add; I'm currently using a radio that has a great feature. That is, when I plug in a helmet headset to the intercom, it shunts the radio's speaker. When I unplug the helmet headset, the radio's speaker works again. Not sure I can integrate that with the VX3200 and it's connections without understanding my current radio's workings. I'd continue to use my current radio, but even though it's a 200ch radio... I'm limited to 64 channels in a zone, and only 31 channels scannable at a time. To tune the radio from channel 2 to 70, I have to change to zone 2 with several button strokes. NOT my cup of tea, or I'd continue using it.
I love the VX3200, so if this can be done for minimal cost (since you're not engineering it from scratch)... I'd love it.
I attached the picture of the mic port to 5pin round jumper (that uses speaker out) so you can see what I'm talking about. I can take a picture of the DB9 to 5pin round too if needed. Thought to start here and see if anyone's interested to take this on.
