OffRoaderX

Try 100 feet and report back.

I asked this question twice on your other post and still have not received a response, so i'll ask more slowly this time: How ... farrrr.. aparttttt.. areeee.. theee... twooooo radiosssss ..whennnnn youuu are testinggggg themmm?

Yes, but the rules, personalities, social-abilities, and cultures of the users are vastly different between services..

How far apart are the radios when you are testing?

You can't (should not be able to) transmit in "frequency mode" on either of those radios, so forget that idea Try removing the receive/RX tones/codes from both radios Get the radios at least 50 feet apart when testing Report back with your results

Sir, this is a GMRS forum. GMRS people and normal people don't know what a QSL is.

Because the reality of everyone being able to very quickly look-up where they live will hit them. and.. Because they would likely realize that anyone obsessive enough to look up their callsign, find their address, and write a letter for something so un-necessary is clearly a very socially unbalanced and possibly mentally-ill person.. that now knows where they sleep...

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Jeezus... Stop trying to over-complicate everything and use the damn fuses that came with it.

That's only 3 paragraphs! Dont worry, the 10 paragraph answer will come.

Short answer: NO Someone will come along shortly with the 10-paragraph longer answer but it will say basically the same thing.

A Glad Ham!

Might be faster, cheaper and easier to just buy a new radio.

More waterproof.

Yah, sounds like you bricked it.

You bought the wrong radio. Because it is a H.A.M.s radio, it likely will not be able to transmit on GMRS frequencies. IF it does transmit on GMRS, or IF you can get it unlocked, it is going to take multiple semi-complicated steps to program a repeater.. Good luck. ..you really did buy the wrong radio... UNLESS you bought the GMRS version, in which case if you did, you dont need to enter any frequenices - just pick the repeater channel, enter the TX tone, and talk..

If they were working a few days ago, you changed nothing, and suddenly they aren't working, then you aren't missing anything - they have both gone defective.. OR .... You DID change something, you're on the wrong channels, or committing some other user-error.

How close are the radios to each other when you are testing?

This is the correct answer.. and for clarification, because you are new, "Part 95 certified" means that it says "GMRS" on the box. .Any radio/box/advertisement that says "GMRS" on it is Part 95 certified, meaning it is a true "GMRS Radio".. if it does not say "GMRS", then it is a business radio, a H.A.M.s radios, or lord knows what else, and will be more complicated to use and may not transmit on GMRS frequencies.

He lied to you. He lied, right to your face.. That is not a GMRS radio and it is the LAST thing anyone with a brain would recommend to someone "new to GMRS" and looking for a GMRS radio. You should never listen to anything that idiot ever tells you again.

As a very wise-man says in my videos all the time: You snooze, you miss out.

This is not an issue. All GMRS radios/brands manufactured after 2017 can communicate with all other GMRS radios/brands, and most manufactured before 2017 can also. There may be isolated incidents of one radio not talking to another radio, but those are.. isolated...

The bandwidth setting has nothing to do with your issue. Either there are tones on the radio that cannot 'hear', or the two radios are too close to each other when transmitting.

I like either the AR-5RM or the XTS5000, depending on how many monies you want to blow and how strongly your radio-dork gene is presenting.

That's not 'feedback', its noise, or engine noise.. or, ignition noise.. Feedback is a whole 'nuther thing. what kind of car is it, does it have any LED lights, and how is the radio wired for power?