Cobra HG M73 Premium Dynamic Replacement CB Microphone (Black), 9 Foot Cord | 4 Pin Connector, Heavy Duty ABS Shell, Wire Mesh Grille, Left Side Push To Talk, Chrome Connector

Over the last couple of years there has been a lot of talk and posting about this microphone: that its performance right out of the box is substandard and that one will need to modify the circuitboard to really make it work correctly. But I decided to buy this mic. as an upgrade for the little Uniden Bearcat 680. (An inexpensive mic. for an inexpensive radio, you know.) If it didn't perform well, I figured I'd make the necessary corrections. For the price it would be worth it. This mic. worked great right from the start. The power settings go from 0 to 10. A setting of 4 gave full modulation and a superb signal with this radio! It gives solid contacts with units over ten miles away in suburbia. So...what's the deal? Is it a good mic. or a piece of junk? I think the M75 is a good mic.; certainly for the money. But I have noticed that most of the negative postings date from around two years ago. Perhaps Cobra has fixed an initial problem and it is no longer a concern. But an equal possibility is that this mic. works better with some radios than with others. It does not appear to be a problem with the new 80 series SMT radios from Uniden. It may be just one of those things where one tries it and if it works, fine. If not, then modify it if you feel capable. Either way I think it is a good deal for upgrading the signal of any radio at a very reasonable price.

so far so good

Before I bought this microphone I read the reviews that people left here in amazon and that made me buy it to try the mods and make it rocks as stated. Now that I have it, tested it and modified it, I can say all you can read in the reviews is true. New from factory, and set in 10 (max gain) this mike was better than the original mike of my Midland 1001z but not amazing, so I googled the fix("Cobra HG M75 Power Mic fix/upgrade (+20dB gain)"), followed the instructions and transformed this not surprising mike in an Amazing one, it really make you sound louder in the air, very good reports from friends, they noticed the incredible power it deliver after the mods, now I have to use it in 4 (gain adjustment) and that is enough to make your voice rocks in the air, more than 4 will make you sound extremely loud, that's nice, more power than needed. Now I can put the mike 50 centimeters away from my mouth and still make it loud, good sensitivity. If you have a basic knowledge of electronics and soldering and you do not want to spend a lot of money in a great mike, buy this unit and make the mods!. The cable is long enough and allows you to softly extend it for more reach. Also, its design is like from aeronautic devices, it really looks good, inside the electronics components are standard and the workmanship is not the best, so I took some time more to resolder wires. Bottom line, I recommend this mike and recommend to do the mods to get an amazing microphone for a good price.I am very happy with it. Michael Víquez Heredia, Costa Rica.

Overall pleased with the mic. Decent sound quality and noise suppression. It’s a close talker for sure. Good size and fits well in the hand. Only complaint is the cord a a little tight and short for my taste. It is a worthy upgrade to a stock mic.

This mic worked well on a Uniden cb radio.

Doesn't sound any better than my stock condenser mic, even all the way up.

These are good hand mics for the price. I purchased this after borrowing one that was pretty beat up from a friend and having a good experience with it. It takes a 9V battery and works well out of the box. After driving around and listening to my wife talk on it and the other one, I've concluded that these are probably one of the better power mics available. They are noticeably much louder and clearer than a stock hand mic. I decided to try one of these because I purchased a DM-452 echo mic, and borrowed a 2nd one from a friend, and although they're decent mics, they are bad to squeal under certain conditions. These Cobra/Highgear power mics work well even with the power dial turned down pretty low or all the way up, and don't squeal like the DM-452 mics do. There might be better hand mics out there, but for $16 this is a great sounding mic that appears to be built well and came with a 4 pin plug already attached so I didn't have to worry about soldering my own connector on. I'm rating this 5 stars because I've now used two of these mics of different ages on different radio setups and had comparably good results from both of them, even though the older one has been dropped and beat up enough to dent the wire mesh and break some of the plastic off. If you're looking for a good power mic without having to spend half as much as you paid for the radio itself, this is an option you should really consider.

Was a great replacement for the mic that died. Hooked right up with no rewiring to my cobra 19 cb

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I was excited to recieve this and I read the reviews about this mic sounding the same as a stock mic and it does! The audio is clear and barely above stock mic level. The modifications for this model are for an older model or should i say completely different circuit board and the components are tiny surface mount technology. Mic looks great and I am highly disappointed that it's not a power mic that needs a 9v battery..

This arrived quickly and worked as expected. It didn't quite fit my needs at the time, so I returned it and never got to try it out fully.

Muy mala calidad solamente me duró un mes bien

Como descrito, tudo certo.