Microphone Clip

[WNYEVS]

I am having a HUGE brain-fart right now. Google isn't helping at all (maybe I'm not helping Google).


Does anyone know of the microphone clips that have the wiring exiting from it (not for grounding). I've seen a few Chiefs vehicles with them and basically they are wired up so when the mobile radio mic is in the clip you can hear audio from a separate scanner in the truck. When the mic is lifted out of the clip, it cuts the audio from the scanner preventing feedback.


If anyone can give me a link, name, picture... or ANYTHING, you will be nominated for the "Carl Bourke Person of the Year Award"!!!

 

[Respondcode3]

The old silver box with the green and black wire? Those are PL hangup boxes from the Micor/syntor era. I actuall have a few NOS ones here

 

[WNYEVS]

The old silver box with the green and black wire? Those are PL hangup boxes from the Micor/syntor era. I actuall have a few NOS ones here

That sounds right. Do you have any pictures?

 

[Respondcode3]

id have to dig them out of storage. I haven't used any in about 10 yrs

 

[rwo978]

They can actually be used to enable/disable audio from anything. We have them in our squads to turn of the AMFM.

 

[cpd1212]

So you are not looking for this:





This harness has the hangup box with the green and black wires:

 

[shues]

That's the best idea I've seen in years. How did I not know that these existed? Does anybody have about 20 of these for sale?

 

[WNYEVS]

That would be it.


Now how would one wire this up to cut audio out from a scanner with an external speaker? I am thinking one of the wires from the scanner to the external speaker spliced with the Hang-up box in between to complete the circuit when the mic is in the holder.


Here is a better picture (I finally got my google skills back).


[Broken External Image]:http://www.repeater-builder.com/maxtrac/maxtrac-mikes/hang-up-box.jpg

 

[WNYEVS]

Did anyone find these in their stash?

 

[Pimp]

If only they made one that would turn down the officer's portable radio to prevent that awful back feed into the dispatcher's earpiece!

 

[TCO]

+1

 

[kinnelonfire75]

If only they made one that would turn down the officer's portable radio to prevent that awful back feed into the dispatcher's earpiece!

Lol...i guess it happens more often than you like?


Can you wire/solder this on your own from a basic mic hang up clip? I have no need for it but it would be a cool project to try out.

 

[dustymedic]

Back in days before interoperability and scanning radios, we had a crystal scanner mounted in our medics. We used a mike clip like that to kill the scanner speaker when transmitting in case our own channel was left on on the scanner.

 

[Steve0625]

If only they made one that would turn down the officer's portable radio to prevent that awful back feed into the dispatcher's earpiece!

+1

 

[dustymedic]

If only they made one that would turn down the officer's portable radio to prevent that awful back feed into the dispatcher's earpiece!

The only thing worse is the emergency banner going off in your earpiece. My FD has new people tour dispatch and part of that is having them put on a headset & hear a banner go off.

 

[shues]

What is a "banner"?

 

[PJD642]

If only they made one that would turn down the officer's portable radio to prevent that awful back feed into the dispatcher's earpiece!

How about when the officer knows the feedback is happening, and instead of stopping his transmission for a second or reaching down to turn off the portable, he simply yells in an attempt to outdo the feedback?

 

[Steve0625]

How about when the officer knows the feedback is happening, and instead of stopping his transmission for a second or reaching down to turn off the portable, he simply yells in an attempt to outdo the feedback?

I love it when the same officer files a complaint against a dispatcher. First thing we always did was play the tape of the incident for the police supervisor who then promptly withdrew the complaint. Some officers can not remember that all channels and telephones are taped all the time. :roll:

 

[WNYEVS]

Just wondering if anyone happened to find some clips laying around?

 

[dustymedic]

What is a "banner"?

Emergency Alarm button on a radio. If you're on a Motorola Elite series console radio, The alarm switches your receiver to full volume with a very annoying alarm while showing the ID of the radio that was triggered. Worse that feed back in the headset IMHO..

 

[shues]

I see. Thanks for the definition!

 

[Henry455]

Those switch hangers were also used on 1960's vintage RCA radios, if I am not mistaken Super Carphones. The radio was completely transistorized except for the final amp that used "instant heat filaments" tubes. Guess it was a power saving feature.Took mic off holder and tubes would come alive.