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Is there any benefit to adjusting the allowed limit down? I would have assumed the higher power the better, but again I'm still green when it comes to radio comms

Can you please expand on K I S S? Sorry, I tried a quick search and I saw the mention of the KISS method, but no explanation of what it entails. TYIA

Thanks for the recommendation and for the encouraging words when it comes to Baofengs. Wanted to dip my toes without breaking the bank. Now that I see the handhelds with stock antennas are struggling I'll most likely be getting a couple magnet mount antennas (and maybe even upgrading to a car unit in the future).

Neither of the two vehicles have any kind of accessories (radar detector, cell booster, etc.). I figured I could have issues with a radar detector interfering as I noticed when I transmit it sets off K-Band, however I did not have a radar detector during this trip. I'll try testing them at 50 yards or so and then go from there.

I apologize for not specifying in my original post. I'm using the GMRS version of the UV-5R. I haven't adjusted any power settings, but we tested four 5W channels and one 50W channel. Using the stock antennas that came with the radios. The noise was when we would transmit to each other. It was extremely difficult to understand what each other were saying. I figured the stock hardware out of the box would work at least up to a mile on the freeway given there aren't 5 18-wheelers between us or something. Please excuse the silly question, but when you ask if they were set on high power, would that be a setting or just a specific channel (5W, 0.5W or 50W)?

Hello all, I apologize in advance for my ignorance. I have been a member of MyGMRS for a short time and I have been doing as much research as I can to diagnose my problem. I know a lot of people are going to roll their eyes at this one, so again, please excuse my ignorance. I purchased 2 Baofeng GMRS radios (yes I know, gross), and my brother and I were trying them out during a short caravan trip. With him being about 1 car's length behind me, we could not reliably communicate, simply due to noisy transmission. Note: I have not messed around with the DCS nor the CTCS settings, so in theory they should be able to communicate with one another at <30 yards reliably. Any and all advice is much appreciated.