[BobbyDangerous]

I have mine set up radio to hand mic and hand mic into the Howard Leights. I made a cable that goes from unbalanced 3.5mm to Balanced 3.5mm. The output of the hand mic is an Unbalanced female jack (mono 3.5mm)

Using just a stereo or (balanced) 3.5mm male to male, the signal will come out of one side of the headset only. My way you can hear coms in both ears. Kind of a stereo cheat but not stereo. Still mono.