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

Ah, ok. Thanks! I got a bit confused since both of my friend's call signs were almost identical to each other.

There was a post, I think, of someone mentioning that your GMRS call sign is usually based around your location. Since my call sign is WRYP550, and my two other friends' call signs start with WSDX or WSDV (both of my friends live about 10 min away from me and they also got their licenses this week, just 3 days apart from each other and my call sign was created back in September), this begs the question (from me, at least): Why do my friends' call signs start with "WSD . . ." instead of something like "WRY . . . "? Is it in relation to your location and the month + year your call sign was created, or is it just the month and year of when your call sign was created?

There was a post, I think, of someone mentioning that your GMRS call sign is usually based around your location. Since my call sign is WRYP550, and my two other friends' call signs start with WSDX or WSDV (both of my friends live about 10 min away from me and they also got their licenses this week, just 3 days apart from each other and my call sign was created back in September), this begs the question (from me, at least): Why do my friends' call signs start with "WSD . . ." instead of something like "WRY . . . "? Is it in relation to your location and the month + year your call sign was created, or is it just the month and year of when your call sign was created? Thanks!