I've been looking at speaker mics for my VHF XTS2500 (Model: H46KDH9PW7AN). I have come across speaker mic model numer NMN6243 and like the style. I have a similar one for my Astro Saber. I have noticed that the particular model listed above includes a High/Low switch and antenna connection on the speaker mic itself. Is the VHF version not capable of having a stubby antenna attached to the speaker mic. my second question, is there a speaker mic with the similar style/look with just the High/Low switch and no antenna connection?
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What makes you recommend this particular mic?
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There is not a VHF version capable of having a stubby antenna. The VHF antenna would have to be as big as it is on the radio itself.
I'm assuming the High/Low switch you're talking about is volume? If so the mic the poster linked above will do that. It has the volume up and down buttons. I have used that mic and it was the mic I always used when I had an XTS.
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I recommend this because it has the volume controls you are looking for, is a OEM mic, and is what I've used with no complaints.
Motorola does make several stubby VHF antennas. Here is one that is about 4" long.
PMAD4094A PMAD4094 - Motorola MotoTRBO VHF Stubby Antenna (NO GPS) 147-160 MHz - 11cm - ShopWiscomm
PMAD4094A PMAD4094 - Motorola MotoTRBO VHF Stubby Antenna (NO GPS) 147-160 MHz - 11cm - ShopWiscomm
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No matter. VHF performance is very poor on a RSM. They were never meant to have any VHF antenna on a RSM.
Not saying that they are good (they are definitely a compromise), but Motorola has in the past and still does today market stubby VHF antennas for public safety mics. I have one and it works okay for good coverage areas. We used them back in the 80s too on the county system in Winston-Salem. Some folks liked the look of them better than the helical whip and pulled them off of their mics and put them on their MT1000s. Their signal suffered, but they still worked.
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