VOX intercom question and opinions

footlong8 · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Karma :

Howdy

anybody know about voice operated intercoms?

Ive actually already got a couple of cobra MT975 intercoms which are reasonably good. fine for what i need. They come with a push to talk button which straps to the handle bar - which i HATE! the cable either interferes with the indicator, or it takes up too much room on the grip, or you position it in the middle of the bar and it slides and rotates all over the place. I really want to get a voice operated headset for these radios.

been looking at throat mics as an option - anybody got any experiences of these? seems the US special forces one is compatible:
https://www.rap4.com/store/paintball/game-enhancements-radio-throat-mics-c-33_1852_100.html

anybody tried anything similar?

just after advice really!

cheers!
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Teflon-Mike · tl;dr Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Karma :

Bike 2 Bike Communication.... where to start

Personally, I found VOX to be a pain in the lug-ole most of the time.

PTT is the reliable way to go.... but similar probs as described with PTT switch mounting & big hands.

I made my own......

Also proto-typed a permanent mount one to go on the DT, with a little bracket that bolted under the left hand switch cluster, into which I was going to incorporate a pair of connector sockets to go A - Helmet B - Radio; to save spaghetti... follow on plot was to make bracket to mount radio next to fork, so I could run it off battery eliminator with even less spagetti.... but bike got nicked before I could finish it.....

Have a play..... wiring is explained in link.
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footlong8 · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Karma :

cheers for the reply Teflon..

out interest why was vox such a pain?
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Bendy · Mrs Sensible Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Karma :

Autocom PTT was a ball-ache, it was extremely unreliable and lacked feedback on whether you'd pressed the button hard enough or not.

Vox worked far better for me.

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Benno · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 May 2012 Karma :

Problem with a throat mic is that it will be outside your helmet so may not work as well.
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Skudd · Super Spammer Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Karma :

c-m · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2006 Karma :

Vox for me.

Even my old 2002 autocom system worked fine over 140mph on tour with no wind noise. Speech wasn't missed either, so it must have kicked in much less than a second.
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Skudd · Super Spammer Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Karma :

VOX does need a little setting up, but once you have it right, give a cough then talk. Easy/
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