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Does a Motorola Micom (MOBAT) 2ET HF radio with a remote head (which looks like an MCS2000 head) use a standard Motorola mic with standard pin outs?

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Not really. Some mikes will work, but be very careful with your pin out arrangements, as most mikes have the HUB pin grounded, whereas the Micom has +V on that pin. Smoke ensues.

OK thanks com501.

It looks like the real Micom 2 hand mic for a "MCS2000" type head is a FMN1615A.

This looks identical to a HMN3413 GM300 "all black" mic...but obviously is wired differently as per your warning.

I think this Micom 2 originally came with "probably" the wrong mic... it looked like an RMN4038B "heavy duty" style white mic (NOT the typical white mic which is a HMN1035). I don't know whether the previous owner ever used the "RMN4038B". So far I have only seen a picture of the Micom when he originally received the radio which included the "RMN4038B" heavy duty white mic rather than a real FMN1615A mic...the radio was working on RX... but the mic had not been plugged in at that stage...as far as I can tell !!! The owner is now SK.

Do you know if a RMN4038B can be used with a Micom?

Any idea what happens if you use the wrong mic...are you blowing a fuse or something worse?

It shows how careful you need to be....its so easy to assume that a Micom "MCS2000" head will use any standard Motorola mic!!!

I'm glad I am over cautious!!!

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