CapNBall

I'm pretty sure I got the right one. If not, I'll have learned something and also have more parts in my box of trinkets that may be useful later (aka, stuff my kids will have to haul to the landfill when I die).

I ordered one to give it a try. I was wanting to get one anyway, hopefully that takes care of it! Thanks! Thanks for the links for the adapters! There are so many connector types, it still gets confusing.

I was driving around this morning trying to see if I could hit some repeaters in the area. I have an aftermarket phone interface in the car (search "carplay screen" on Amazon for an idea...). I noticed that every time I keyed the mic on the HT, the carplay screen would turn off, including the red light where the power cord plugs into the 12v. I don't know enough about electronics to know how to isolate if the RF signal is somehow disconnecting the power supply and the unit is losing power or if it's the electronics inside shutting down either via protective circuitry or just being overwhelmed. The device uses Bluetooth and has an FM transmitter, but neither of those are close to GMRS frequencies. But maybe just 5 watts at any frequency is too much that close to the device? I'm curious about the mechanism, but more importantly looking for a solution. Would an external antenna mounted further back on the car help? Is there any kind of shielding that can be done while still allowing the Bluetooth and FM to work? Something else altogether?