yes to the kerchunk/click/static sound back, is it possible the mike is messed up not getting my voice out but still able to trip the repeater, I loaded up a bunch of emergency frequencies for scanning the way you had shown in your videos, yes, you might say I'm a fan, the scanning channels I loaded are working great, just want to make sure people can hear me also want to make sure I didn't get a dud (lemon), I know it's only 25.00, just want to make sure it works right, I have found that I can't do a busy channel lockout either by input on the key pad or through chirp so I have my mind thinking there could be other issues