HR-2510 Mic

[Brewmeister]

I ran mine as a base. I used an Astatic 575M6 and IMO they paired up nicely. If you're putting it into a noisy vehicle, I'd look into a noise canceller like an Astatic 636L. When I ran my Uniden Grant XL and my President Jackson as mobiles in my pickup; I used an Astatic 575M6 with the Grant and a D104M6 with the Jackson. Like 2RT307 posted, I ran my mic's gain about half way and received no complaints.

 

[Jericho]

+1 for the 575M6 if you can buy one. They sound marvelous on that radio.

 

[TIN_CAN]

Road Devil mic or 575-M6.

My vote goes for the road devil! sounds great on my 2510...

 

[Terrster]

I like the RCI mic like comes with the 2950dx. Good reports and still has the up down buttons, easy to re-wire for the 2510.

How do you wire the 2950dx mic to work on the hr2510?

 

[fourstringburn]

How do you wire the 2950dx mic to work on the hr2510?

Easy,
Change the 6 pin plug to a 5 pin plug and rewire the audio, transmit and ground to the proper pins 1,2,and 3. And if you want the channel up/down buttons, wire those to pins 5 and 6 on the 2510.

Cap off the extra wire from the RCI mic which is from the receive pin-out since it won't be needed.

So all is needed to do is reverse pin 1 and 2 wires and move up wires from pins 5 and 6 from the RCI to pins 4 and 5.

Pin out HR2510
1. AUDIO
2. GROUND
3. TRANSMIT
4. UP
5. DOWN

Pin out RCI
1. GROUND
2. AUDIO
3. TRANSMIT
4. RECEIVE
5. UP
6. DOWN

 

[ExitThirteen]

Amplified mics tend to drive the mic audio circuit in the radio into a state of "compression" and isn't ideal. Your best bet is to find a nice dynamic element stock mic to use. If you go aftermarket, one of the nicest sounding mics I've used in the past is just a cheap Workman DM507-4. It's a stock 4 pin mic with a dynamic element. If you get one, I highly recommend you replace the cord on it, as the cords are cheap and the wires break inside easily.

Will this radio be used mobile or base?

~Cheers~

 

[radioreddz]

Mics you can buy brand new the Astatic Road Devil or D104 M6 but the very best if you can find a used one in good shape would be the Astatic 575 for amplified mics and the Sky thumper 65 for none amplified, I know with the Sky Thumper 65 I got the best reports on SSB