VOX

Anyone know of some good quality noise cancelling VOX headsets for use
inside a full face helmet to use with walkie talkies (the ones with both a
2.5 and a 3.5mm input).

Ash

 

http://www.autocom.co.uk/ ?

 

Mine came with my chatterbox intercoms.
Probably available somewhere [1] on the internet.

[1] Left as an exercise for the reader.

 

Mike,

I'd be interested in your opinion of the Chatterbox system, if you'd be so
kind.

Cheers, Mick.

 

I use a maplins headset on my flip front. Earpiece with bendy boom mike,
which works well up to about 55mph and is apparently OK at 70mph[1].

For the full face, I use one of the Maplin 'bike mikes' which I've
semi-permanantely fitted. These should be PTT, but I shorted the switch out
to use as vox. This works very well at 70mph[1]

The Maplin 'bike mike' has been subject to a few threads on here recently.
I'm considering the open face lid version for use with the flip front when
the boom mike finally succumbs.

HTH

[1]Based on asking pupils what they thought of the day they've had,
facilities, bikes, instruction and communication etc.

 

IMHO Cheap as chips and works (eBay GBP12.99) not ideal at high speeds,
but who cares?

HTH

 

Works as well as I expected - I didn't pay Autocom prices so I didn't
expect Autocom quality. There are probably systems which allow you to
listen to CD-quality music as well as chat at two miles range, but
that's not what I need. We can communicate well out of sight (assuming
fully harged batteries) once we get it set up.

Setting up needs doing every trip. The VOX can be a pain to set
correctly due to large stick-out adjuster knobs (oo-er missus) which
catch on things, and the shape makes it hard to get in a pocket.
This may be different in current models.
<googles>
No - still the same shape.

SOs helmet appears to generate wind noise directly to the mic whereas
mine doesn't. We find it best to turn the sensitivity down a bit and
talk louder - it's like talking in a pub, not your living room if that
gives a better idea of what I mean.

Range is good as long as the batteries are charged - a nine-hour ride to
North Wales ended up with line-of-sight range only. That is OK as by the
end of nine hours we were at the "not speaking due to differences in
opinion over directions" stage anyway.

One big advantage (and other parents of nine year olds may not believe
this is an advantage) is that two riders and pillion sprogs can talk to
each other. I am working on an 'are we there yet' in-line filter.

HTH

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember MikeH

RF breakthrough is probably quite entertaining for the drivers of cars
you pass.



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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

When I was instructing we used to occasionally pick up wireless baby
alarms/intercoms from houses we passed.
I often wondered if the parents heard a blokes voice coming out of the
babys room saying "I'd like to stop when its safe to do so" or "Take the
next left turn".

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember MikeH

"You fooking blind ****!"

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10