Hook - Motorola maxtrac 300 User Manual

This is a top view of the "mic hook" as it is called.
The 2 red arrows point to the metal parts of the hook that
are conductive.
The white arrow points to a plastic circle that insulates
the two conductive surfaces.
If the 2 conductive surfaces are NOT connected, such as
when you are holding the mic, the unit will NOT scan.
This is a photo of the mike hook and holder together. In
my case, WØRCT, I leave the mic holder in place all the
time.
In many environments the user might hang up the mic on
the holder. In my case, I have a plastic dash board so the
mic gets hung up as shown to the right.

Hook:

The radio will only scan while "on hook", which means the mic is "shorted" or
"grounded", or "connected". The easiest way I've found to do this to is stick something
small and metal like a paper clip or a mic hanger clip in the back of the mic between the
metal plate and the hook itself. Here are photographs of multiple ways to accomplish
this:
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