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I have a low band HT750. I bought a VHF public safety mic for it. I thought it would work, but it's proving me wrong. Does anyone know if this speaker mic should work with a low band radio? And if not, why?

Maybe because the antenna would be TOO FREAKIN' HUGE?

Really, I don't know - maybe something to do with the ground plane or RF traveling through the cable? I know, I know...what kind of ground plane can an HT give you anyway, but I'm just throwing out an idea.

would length of the actual cable have anything to do with anything? i've honestly allways had horrible reception on the VHF side using the /\/\ stubby vhf antennas.. and im SURE you don't have the full VHF antenna up there...

I'm a wildlife officer and out in remote areas very often. I need all the help I can get with reception and transmissions. I was hoping that by having the antenna up on my shoulder, it would improve both, but it sucks.

Best I can suggest is to use a standard speaker mic and talk through it while holding the actual radio up in the air. That's what we have to do here on our 46mhz simplex system.