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Reviews For: Pryme SPM-2100 Series

Category: Microphones for ham radio

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Review Summary For : Pryme SPM-2100 Series
Reviews: 1MSRP: 54
Description:
The Trooper® is a heavy-duty speaker microphone with a high impact resistant, rubber sealed housing. The speaker microphone head has a large PTT button that is easy to activate with gloves on. Every aspect of the Trooper® features heavy-duty construction practices. Polyurethane jacketed microphone cable with ample strain relief and an impact resistant, rubber sealed, polycarbonate housing, prepare the Trooper® for a long product lifespan, of heavy-duty use, in wet environments. The Trooper® has a large Push-To-Talk switch, on the side speaker microphone, that extends over the top and can be easily activated while wearing gloves. The Trooper® has a spring loaded metal reinforced clothing clip that can rotate a full 360 allowing the user to wear the Trooper® securely with most types of uniforms. The Trooper® has a high quality electret condenser-style microphone element that transmits clearly. The Trooper® also has a powerful speaker that provides ample sound. For added privacy, the Trooper® also has and a 3.5mm earphone jack that allows the user to privately listen to their radio, and provides a clean and professional look.
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More Info: http://www.pryme.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2213
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K7RNO Rating: 2013-05-18
Great speaker mic, but too heavy-duty Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Excellent speaker sound: loud, clear, undistorted.
Microphone is reported to produce clear, full sound.
This SPM has a good grip with its size, its two rubber pads on the side and its large PTT switch that gives a confirming click when pushed.

The headphone jack sits on top, which is convenient to access but exposed to rain, should that happen.

For a more detailed product description, see their website.

My major gripe with this SPM is its RINO cable: way too stiff and too stubborn. It has a life and will of its own and doesn't want to submit to your ideas on how to route it. On my HT (Yaesu FT-60), the slightest movement of the cable transfers to the plug, which will then move out of its jack slightly and loses contact (and worse: bridges two contacts inside the HT to key the transmitter!)

I will contact Pryme to see if I can exchange that cable for the previous version, if that is softer. If not, I will have to return it. Too bad, I really like the actual speaker mic!