Midland G7

lofthopper

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Bought new from Hein Gericke in Leeds, the radios work fine, they work fine when connected to helmet comms (albrecht closed face) but when my daughter and i set off on our bikes we cant hear each other just a noise which i am sure isnt wind noise. you can just hear each other saying something but it is drowned out by the white noise. am i doing something wrong other reviews have said fine up to 70mph we cant get above 10mph and hear anything. anything help full much appreciated guys and the bin is not an option due to the purchase cost. when i used to play with the old cb radios there was a gain adjust i have tried to read the manuel but it no make the sense please help!!
 
If they work at standstill, and not when moving, the obvious culprit is wind noise. It is amazing how quickly wind can 'overdrive' a mic, aven when you can hardly feel a breeze.

The other culprit may be electrical interferance from the bike's ignition. Do they work at a standstill with the engine running?

Are you routing them through an autocom system? You can set up a ground loop which will cause the same noise if you power the radio from the same supply as the autocom and don't use one of their isolating transformers.
 
If they work at standstill, and not when moving, the obvious culprit is wind noise. It is amazing how quickly wind can 'overdrive' a mic, aven when you can hardly feel a breeze.

The other culprit may be electrical interferance from the bike's ignition. Do they work at a standstill with the engine running?

Are you routing them through an autocom system? You can set up a ground loop which will cause the same noise if you power the radio from the same supply as the autocom and don't use one of their isolating transformers.

I agree. Have had similar problems with CB. Probably wind noise triggering the VOX. You should be able to adjust the sensitivity via the autocom unit.
 
If the Albrecht headsets lack a proper noise cancelling mic then they're going to be next to useless over 40mph. If they cost less than around £50 a set then I'm pretty sure that they'll just have a regular mic.

If you are relying on the VOX built into the radio then I'm afraid that's not going to work. It'll trigger far too easily from wind noise which it will then transmit. If the headsets have PTT switches then turn off the VOX and try using those, that should see you to 40mph or so but with deceasing audibility.

Earpiece and mic placement are critical for best performance, especially as the speed increases. This will apply to your set-up and the intercoms mentioned below.

You might want to consider a decent intercom each, Autocom or Starcom are the defacto standard. You can pick up older, yet very useable, versions of these off eBay. Autocom are probably more common. The Active Plus might suit as it's relatively recent but can be had for around £50-£60 or so. Bear in mind that you will need to factor in the appropriate lead to connect the radio to the intercom.

Effective bike-to-bike radio comms can't be done on the cheap, having said that buying 2nd hand can get you a decent set-up for a fair price.

I've gone from crappy Binatone radios with cheap useless headsets though to a decent Autocom set-up that can see bike-to-bike range of 1 to 3 miles in the real world (ignore radio manufacturers claims of 6-8 miles) and audible comms at autobahn speeds. I managed to buy the above for about £120 off eBay (Autocom, radio and lead to connect) before I added Bluetooth for my phone, isolated sat-nav leads and external antenna kit for the radio.
 
dumped and sorted

just to complete the story, found out that midland are not compatible with many bmw's due to their electrics so i took the set of radios and head sets back to HG in leeds and they fully refunded me as i demonstrated that they would not work with my 1200GS running. i have ppushed the boat out and bought a couple of scala G4's and after charging the units up and adjusting the settings they are superb i must say. So a happy ending for me thanks for your advice chaps
 


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