An irritating and potentially dangerous situation in radiotelephony is a “stuck” microphone button. Operators should always ensure that the button is released after a transmission and the microphone placed in an appropriate place ensuring that it will not inadvertently be switched on. Should your microphone button be stuck in the "transmit" position, your radio will keep transmitting permanently, and since VHF communications are not telephone communications, nobody else will be able to talk on that particular frequency, although they will hear everything you say.