PeterM

I'll have to check it out tomorrow morning, hopefully it works!

I was thinking that it might be the mic itself. I'll unplug and plug it back in.

It's not a stupid question, lol. Its on all frequencies.

No, it's different places each time.

I kinda assumed that when I turned off my car when the guy said "you have some type of alternator whine". But I do know that my mobile radio has some weird background noise, even if I turn of the car.

The wires are connected to my battery I use a 2011 Nissan Altima. The antenna I use is this one right here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TPZ221K?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title The antenna is placed on my trunk

The whine is there when the engine is on or off. The whine does not change (I believe, gotta check) I do not have any LED in my car

Hey everyone! So for some context, I managed to contact someone on a repeater last night on my mobile radio (BTech 50V-2 GMRS Radio) and the guy I managed to contact responded by saying that he can barely hear me and that there's this "whine" coming from my end. Said that it can be an "Alternator Whine". I tested it on my handheld, and he was correct: there is some sort of weird whine every time I transmit on my radio (and plz don't roast me on my choice of mobile radio. I like the radio and I think that radio is cool and it was the best one I could afford, I just need help getting it back to "normal"). I switched to my hand held radio to talk to him, and he recommended the ferrite chokes for it. Do you have any other tips? If I did get the ferrite chokes, how would I be able to apply them to the radio? (If needed, I can record a video and send it here for some more context.) Thanks! EDIT 1: Turns out it was the mic, thanks everyone for the advice!!

IDK where you got that from, but where I am located, its about 160 miles away from me.

I actually started to watch him two years ago when I got my Beofeng (Or how he calls it "Boofwang") UV-5r

I'm planning to get my HAM license sometime soon, anyway, haha.

Awesome, thanks!

I live near Elgin, IL, and I overheard a conversation on the Devil's Head repeater 160 miles away. I want to ask: is it illegal for me to use the GMRS repeater 150 miles away from it? Thanks! WRYP550

Ahhhh, ok. I got confused earlier. Thanks for the clarification!

Thanks! Understood