What is the best power mic for the ranger vr 9000

try putting fresh batteries, but disconnecting the ac adapter temporarily. If power is intermittent, the power button could be internally dirty. I normally open it up to clean the plastic buttons.

# 1) shield #2) yellow #3) red last wire goes to 4

since this is a fairly new radio, your only resource is your manual and schematic.
As a Ham you should be able to read them. If you are thinking of installing an aftermarket mic, you don't do this on most ham radios, they are not CBs that you can put a "power mic" on. too much audio input on an FM transceiver can make your transmission unintelligible

If I remember right those mics were for relay switching radios and not transistor switching radios like todays models. Also I would bet you would be very disappointed with the results as the ranger radios have an excellent modulation circuit that does not need any help from a power mic. A trustworthy radio shop tech can tune up a Ranger and make it sound excellent without a power mic. I haven't installed one in years. They are a waste of money and time in most cases except for the D104 which can be used with some base stations.

RCI is part of the Galaxy company based in San Diego, California---

A call there may resolve how if possible to do this--if built into the radio it may be possible to defeat it---if someone added it then it will be a part very close to the speaker jack on rear of the unit.

First , is this radio new or used ? If it is new I see no dial for talk back and if it is used then was talk back added to it ? Open the radio so you can check out trace side of the radio and look to where the speaker jacks plug in. If you see a resister soldered across them then disconnect it and your talk back is gone,unless you still want it then solder a 220 ohm resister in place of the one you removed. if the radio is out of the box new then it should be adjustable but as I look at the face I see no knob marked as talk back.If you ordered this radio and asked for talk back on a seperate switch then which one ? look at it and make the call as to which wires to cut and do it .

Here is a diagram of the wiring.






Regards, Tony

hello jenn firstly this could be a number of faults its best to check ,when you press the ptt is it registering on the signal/power metre iff not then the problem lies with the final transistor and will need to be replaced ,iff it is registering the problem is with the mic ,check the wirering for shorts remove connector on the mic entering the radio these wires are very delecate and easily broken turn mic gain up fully to test goodluck

radio needs to be aligned.

tintlady, here is the info you requested;
the AM limiter is R 276

These are the variable adjustments inside,and what they control.
VR-1 AM S-METER
VR-2 SSB S-METER
VR-3 SSB SQUELCH RANGE
VR-4 AM SQUELCH RANGE
VR-6 SSB CARRIER BALANCE
VR-7 TX OFFSET
VR-9 RF METER
VR-10 FINAL BIAS
VR-12 DRIVER BIAS
VR-13 SSB ALC
VR-14 AM HIGH POWER
VR-15 AM MODULATION METER
VR-16 AM MODULATION
VR-17 SSB POWER
VR-18 AM LOW POWER
VC1-10.240 MHz Frequency adjustment

Hope this helps you out, let me know,,Mechanic