Why Your Transmit Volume Is Low On Your GMRS or Ham Radio - The CORRECT Way To Transmit On HAM/ GMRS

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In this video I explain why your transmitting volume may be low when using your ham radio or GMRS radio - In other words, why people can't hear what you're saying even though you are transmitting a strong signal. This is a comment problem with people new to amateur radio and GMRS radios.
TL;DR: How to make sure everyone can hear what you say when you transmit on a ham radio, GMRS radio, CB radio, or even a child's walkie-talkie.
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@janetusa5129 2 месяца назад

Thank you for all the basics for us newbies. I think you might keep more appreciative viewers by wearing a different shirt than the one you wore here though.

@TheNotaRubicon 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching! But if I want any video-making advice from you, I'll ask for it. I shall keep wearing this, and similar shirts.

@ajax1137 3 месяца назад

Randy's units of measurements: Distance: Fars Volume: Louds Speed: Bald eagles per freedom

@AndrewB416 3 месяца назад

Pretty sure Randy likes to measure speed in Feet Per Second ;)

@loafboi_ 3 месяца назад

My transmit volume greatly increased as soon as I attached the included wrist strap. The nominal impedance of the radio is decreased because of the static electricity within your body. This allows the radio to transmit at full wattage, making your voice louder.

@JayTX. 3 месяца назад

Well damn I threw mine away soon as opened the box lol

@charlesterrell2603 3 месяца назад

Recently I learned that a wrist strap and mini carabiner are very useful on a ski lift. Otherwise I have to find and retrieve the radio in the snow on the way back down.

@philweed1603 Месяц назад

The wrist strap is NOT for wearing. It’s for picking up chicks at the mall. Duh.

@bpchristensen 3 месяца назад

Awesome video. Tip number 9 (holds up 5 fingers): hit the PTT button a second BEFORE you start talking, not after you've already opened your noise hole and are making noise.

@brianrydzeski6108 3 месяца назад

my #1 peave. Indeed, I agree.

@jayh.5100 Месяц назад

Thank you. This is even more important thru a repeater, as there's usually a little more of a delay.

@leewaddell8561 3 месяца назад

I did not know the effect of wide and narrow band...thanks so much.

@Aegisltd 3 месяца назад

This video was worth watching for the T-shirt alone. Everything else was just an educational and entertainment bonus. 👍

@etusuku8848 Месяц назад

As having over 50 years of experience in being at this side of the flat blue globe I can tell your viedos are better than sleeping pills at the night. Br, Eeli

@KaL_Tero_RET 3 месяца назад

Midland! Please tell Midland to allow a choice between narrow and wideband, Randolpho!

@NickFrom1228 3 месяца назад

Their mobiles have it but they don't seem to focus on those features in their handheld. They should. Midland is an interesting bird. They have radios that have animal call sounds built in etc but you can't do some of the useful things radios should do. Their web site needs help too...

@AZREDFERN 3 месяца назад

Midland radios are just unlocked FRS radios

@AZREDFERN 3 месяца назад

Motorola APXs can work some real magic with their auto gain and noise cancellation. But they can only do so much. Three things that drive me crazy at work is people who mumble into the radio at arms length, people who try to use the radio next to a running jet engine, even though they’re been told to use it in the cab dozens of times before, and people who start talking before they key up the radio. On a GMRS note, some radios like the TidRadio H8 have a “mic gain” option. However, max level 32 is normal on mine, and anything less causes buzzing issues on the receiving end by being too quiet somehow. It’s best to test all your radios at home with headphones or an earpiece on a monitoring radio.

@rubicon4wheeler 3 месяца назад

Some radios have adjustable gain. Depending on background noise too, this can affect how (un)intelligible a transmission is.

@tnewdad 3 месяца назад

The TIDradio TD-H8 had a known issue with low mic gain…the 2nd generation has a firmware workaround in the menu allowing users to manually change the mic gain for more ‘louds’. Seems to work, but you really have to ratchet it up!

@VideosOffRoad 3 месяца назад

4:05 As a proudly unlicensed HAM radio operator for over 250 years, I can say with expert authority that it's "HAM" and not "H.A.M." 😉🙃😂🤣

@user-oi4fg3os7t 3 месяца назад

Sweet Baby Zenu, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?!?!?!?

@stevenemert837 3 месяца назад

@@user-oi4fg3os7t And is it true that H.A.M.s, err... HAMs (or even Hams or hams) actually use narrowband FM? My head explodes with the previously unheeded information! I would have thought hams would want the greatest amount of louds they could produce!

@n4gix 3 месяца назад

@@stevenemert837 - Similar to companding, narrow band works just fine when communicating with another narrow band radio.

@Gruuvin1 3 месяца назад

A common cause is LOW MIC GAIN. Lots of radios have a menu setting for this, and many radios I've had needed the mic gain turned up. I'm certain Randy left this out on purpose because he is a master level troll.

@brianrydzeski6108 3 месяца назад

Putting the coffee cup down. Clicking play... "granite" he-he-he Keep on zinging Randy. I enjoy your videos. Thank you.

@larryberry2436 3 месяца назад

Ah yes, I was called out recently for low-louds. Normally, I use a Boofwang to call into the weekly ham net. As the battery was dead on said Boofwang, I tried my new and expensive Kenwoods radio and the sad-ham net controller told me that he could not hear me. 2-other people relayed me in as they could hear me just fine. Later, I contacted one of the gents that relayed me in and he said that it sounded as if I was too far away from the microphone and the net controller was just being a jerk. I held the radios the same distance away from my noise emitter, but the Kenwoods radio mic is not as sensitive as the inferior Chinese radio.

@WillieJu 3 месяца назад

True, I have a kenwood handheld and its audio is not as loud as my cheap chinese boofwang, although its receive is far superior.

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

So, is the problem solved or not?

@JohnAdams-or9xw 3 месяца назад

Keep up the good work Randy love the videos always a good chuckle involved with watching.

@defend223 3 месяца назад

Informative.... Thank you! The puzzle is an important responsibility.

@brassmanbart5076 3 месяца назад

Closives; accurate description of a problem. Thanks for helping us solve a real problem!

@n4gix 3 месяца назад

Plosives: Plosive thumps on vocal recordings are caused by strong blasts of air that result from certain consonant sounds hitting the microphone and creating large pressure changes.

@willdrumforfood7371 3 месяца назад

I've also heard if the radio is turned off it also effects how many louds and fars you can transmit... ;-P

@craigdavidson2977 3 месяца назад

I would like to buy a vowel!!!

@kendebusk2540 3 месяца назад

Wheel of Fortune for colostomy patients: "Pat, I'd like to buy a bowel."

@David2718281828 3 месяца назад

Re the flashed message at 4m05s... Hams nearly always or essentially always use Wide deviation (+/- 5 KHz) on VHF//UHF FM, not Narrow deviation (+/- 2.5 KHz). I am an expert and I know these things (and lots of other things).

@Redbaron3314733 3 месяца назад

Another great video Randy, LMAO. I've been a HAM so long that my license is on papyrus, and I advise buying a power mic and crank up that modulation. Make sure it's loud and distorted with a roger beep---the beep is just in case you turn the mic gain down by mistake.

@30aught6 3 месяца назад

Don't forget echo and reverb for ambiance

@grumpycat5991 3 месяца назад

@@30aught6 reverb yes but echo ruins the "color" of the music I'm playing

@thelinuxlearningcurve5394 3 месяца назад

On papyrus? Man that's new - mines chiseled in stone. A bit difficult to stick in my pocket so I just planted it in my front yard like a grave stone.. Funny thing is it stopped all those holy roller church goers.. Wonder why?🪄🖕😗🙂

@WillieJu 3 месяца назад

Also, there MUST be an echo function on the mic - people love an echo 😉

@bendeleted9155 3 месяца назад

You might have the answer to this one: why do they call it a Roger beep when it probably should be called an over beep? You know like the space program. "BEEP!" for "your turn"

@DC-ok6bk 3 месяца назад

So applaud your guidance!

@shannonstone5021 3 месяца назад

If you were going to suggest only one handheld transceiver, regardless of price or licensing requirements, particularly for distance, which one would be your first choice. Lol, by the way, never change, I've loved every video I've ever seen of yours, and it's usually the ancillary things that really get me, like your shirt this time, or your app selection is different every time, and never stop the attacking of "SOME PEOPLE". Again, thanks for any suggestions and keep up the great work of a RU-vid legend and superstar!

@biggdoggrichardfisher 3 месяца назад

Love your vids,dude.

@MourningConstitution 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@Quoodle1 3 месяца назад

I haven't noticed it before - I like the flashing lights on your radios in the background. (I'm easy to entertain it seems).

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

Ya. Thats because you have a big quawdiddlediddle

@mason8997 3 месяца назад

Always entertaining!

@2009KVFD976 2 месяца назад

Our countywide Harris 700MHz P25P2 system has this same issue. It's either too loud or too quiet. Someone is talking into the mic while still wearing it or they are eating the mic. Lol! Nobody has a clue as to why there's so much difference in audio. Some of us brought up the idea of having the AGC enabled if it has that option. Tired of adjusting the volume to keep the speaker from blowing out (or blow an ear drum) and keeping it on full blast to barely be able to hear what we need to hear.

@ajc60803 3 месяца назад

Another reason could be too small of a mic hole on your handheld. I have found that sometimes "drilling it out" can increase the louds. :~)

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

Drill it baby...drill it

@waylonk2453 3 месяца назад

Funny shirt! Got a laugh when I noticed it

@bluecollarbiker8005 3 месяца назад

Love the shirt 😂

@UnfilteredOverland 3 месяца назад

@NotaRibicon I’m trying to get into overland camping. There are loads of different types of radios out there. I would like to be able to monitor weather, forestry services, and land management channels for potential closures and danger to help protect my family. Being able to talk to new friends we meet along the way would be nice to. What would you suggest.

@Adamdaj 3 месяца назад

This is exactly why people need a ham radio license. Granted an Amateur Radio license would be helpful, but there are few Amateur Radio Licensees that still get stuck on problems that aren't an easy fix.

@SecuritySpecial 3 месяца назад

On the ole' original model UV5R even on wideband, my audio was so quiet. Shouting at my radio attracted too much attention so I removed the case & microphone, widened the mic hole, put everything back together, popped it in the bucket and bought a Yaesu. Problem solved.

@CAMO-hb8wc 3 месяца назад

I feel insane when i watch this but i like it!

@terryrauh6647 3 месяца назад

I like your wall to your right!

@pluckypurcell7186 3 месяца назад

Thanks Randy.

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

Aww. Thanks Randy. Ya. What he said

@RussellNelson 3 месяца назад

The cause of low louds is that people fail to hold the radio by the antenna as you are doing now. By holding the antenna, you turn your whole body into an antenna, which increases your signal strength. To make sure you have a ground plane, stand on the roof of your car, or any other large metal surface.

@LatitudeSky 3 месяца назад

My louds greatly increased when I stopped whispering and started actually talking. Seriously. What's with the soft voice trend where nobody has a loud voice any more?

@gregsmith1116 3 месяца назад

I am a fan of inexpensive radios despite some RF falling to the floor or some spurs emitting from the antenna. Since my duty cycle of Xmit is so low with them, there is little risk of interference. A better radio might be used in an RF rich environment since the interference may get into some other persons communication equipment. But common sense is not really all that common sometimes.......

@pipingcalifornia3476 3 месяца назад

He's suffering from the low louds! 🤣

@richerich853 3 месяца назад

"Can you heeeear the words... that are coming outta my mouth?"

@paulstein 3 месяца назад

Now I finally understand. It's all about the SWR's😅

@TeamTopKick 3 месяца назад

Great video. I myself find i will talk to low sometimes. Just not used to trying to eat the mike and having a domestic on my radio.

@RussellNelson 3 месяца назад

EAT THE MIC! How many times have I had to shout that at speakers?

@jayh.5100 Месяц назад

From experience with Chingreshese radios for the past 15 years or so, I think some of them are designed for the Asian language in noisy environments. If we all speak like the Chinese do when they yell orders to the kitchen in the restaurants, the audio level would probably be about right. Though, on a Wouxun KG-UV2D (And KG-UV1D) I did find a mod that removed 3 capacitors from the board, little tiny flecks of parts, which improved the tweeter end of the louds much goodly, and made the radio sound less craptastic.

@thelinuxlearningcurve5394 3 месяца назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣 OMG OMG OMG!!!! I Love that T-Shirt - I want one... I'm a bit obnoxious (Mines not an act lol) and there are a bunch of people I would like to see me in that shirt...Where did you find that one?? - Yes the intro was intentional. 😇 🤣😂🤣😂Note: Happy Ham here - no sad ham.. I'm from the generation that liked to help new hams - you know back when our licenses were chiseled in stone.. Not like papyrus that dissolves is water.

@AngryTaco22 3 месяца назад

Love the game show on the TV!😂

@ShortLivedSaint 3 месяца назад

😂 great message!

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

Save us Randy pitter patter. You're our only hope

@TBIguy 3 месяца назад

Randy, I have a midland gmrs repeater, (before I spend more money) I thought I would ask… Can I add more of the exact same repeaters across the mountain tops (with permission) to extend my range? Cell service sucks and using the tops of the mountains would be extremely beneficial! My thought was that the repeaters would bounce back and forth between all 6 of them until I powered every single one down… Can you explain how to do this with a midland or if it’s even possible… Thanks Brian Btw i got extra tickets to the “Wrecker Games” with Matt’s off road recovery if your interested in a trip to southern Utah, I got 2 for you

@crashdsnowman1 3 месяца назад

Have you tested antennas for handheld GMRS and are the Abbree antennas like the 18.8 much better than the Baofeng 15"

@dvalinut 3 месяца назад

You truly are the king of trolls! 😂😅 I love it

@jd415 3 месяца назад

Video quality looks much better than previous videos, did you change your lighting?

@TheNotaRubicon 3 месяца назад

New camera and new lens - You're the first/only that noticed!

@craigdavidson2977 3 месяца назад

@@TheNotaRubicon How come I didn't notice?? I got my youtube resolution/quality set to 144p. That should be good enough. [update] Hey, when I click on 2160p the picture gets much better. Who knew?

@desertrat4532 3 месяца назад

I love Vanna

@TRYtoHELPyou 3 месяца назад

The lolz with this one are a plenty

@MrJack556 3 месяца назад

I just transmitted on my UV-9G without a license

@thundertmf 3 месяца назад

I'd like to buy a vowel, I'd like an "I"

@HUGH_JHANIS 3 месяца назад

Literally made first contact this past sat and had this I was pissed... went over all my connections blah blah blah, swapped out the gfci 6 way I'm plugged into now no noise and turned mic gain all the way up.. I was also getting like a digital humming like I was making Frankenstein.. all due to that stupid outlet extention with lights on it..

@OnAirVoice 3 месяца назад

I’ll get the D104 from my CB and be really loud. :)

@markcapozzoli6756 3 месяца назад

As I am re-entering the world of two-way radio, suggest a few of your videos I should watch. Thanks

@TheNotaRubicon 3 месяца назад

Here you go! ru-vid.com/group/PLku2B9MS_IITQ5J1575vuHBgBBCu5SHbK&si=wqm1E7LdCYlnmQKN

@markbonney2511 3 месяца назад

More fars does not equal more louds.........got it!

@otsigo 3 месяца назад

Alternativly theres always the one guy on the trail ride that has the front of his radio riding his moustache, and you can't understand shit

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

You might be on to something there big boy

@jeffkesler1547 3 месяца назад

Ok I get the narrow band vs wide band issue but my question is this: Why do "some" radios use narrow band? There must be some benefit or else all would just use wide band and be done with it. Please educate me Oh Exalted GMRS Master so I too may someday be a GMRS "expert".

@RenaissanceThinking 3 месяца назад

So im looking for a comparison of the "yeah-sue" VX-6r and the "ocean" KH-Q10H. Of course, Im planning on having the MARS/CAP mod....and no I don't have a ham license yet. Can you point me in the right direction?

@latergator3367 3 месяца назад

Canada

@rocklickranch2804 3 месяца назад

It’s YAY SUE

@wdsracer 3 месяца назад

Vx6r all day.

@richsanders1934 3 месяца назад

Saw the blink. Dang. Disappointed that you aren't a space alien. Nice video tho.

@lowandslow3939 3 месяца назад

I was listening to a conversation replete with lots of “roger” beeps. Shouldn’t they really be called “over” beeps. They announce the end of your current transmission, but do not acknowledge that you copy someone else’s transmission, or agree with what they have said.

@charlesterrell2603 3 месяца назад

Agreed, though we could start sending just the beep by itself to indicate "roger". Not that I actually do that. It feels too vague.

@12ROOSTER3 3 месяца назад

I have a small home base setup w an amplifier and converter and a handheld radio. My question is when I use either of my baofeng uv 5r+ radios it recieves w lots of static. But my baofeng 5rm is as clear as a bell. Any explanation on what may cause this?

@TheNotaRubicon 3 месяца назад

either the squelch settings are different or, you are just experiencing the miracle of modern cheap electronics.

@12ROOSTER3 3 месяца назад

Will check. And yes I understand

@garycook5125 3 месяца назад

Amateur radios are operating in wide band mode. It's the commercial radio users who have moved to narrow band.

@NickConteSC 3 месяца назад

Makes me wonder if there is ever a reason to use narrow band. Please enlighten me oh wise one. Thanks!

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

Uh. Hey Nick. Quite a while ago, the FCC Mandated commercial radios and some others to go narrow band for frequency spectrum space

@Whosewinewhatwine9 3 месяца назад

This can happen if the you are holding the radio and have the back of it facing you when you talk. Seen that before LOL.

@myself7630 3 месяца назад

I'll take : What needs to happen: for 1000.

@breakalegfpv9532 3 месяца назад

I think you should wear that same shirt twithought the red line in the first half. and then wear that one. it would be even funneyers.

@johndowd7010 3 месяца назад

Some radios have a mic gain..that helps.

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

Uhhhh???? What radios Johnny Boy

@DX-Rev 3 месяца назад

Another reason the audio might be low is because someone played in the menu and set the microphone gain too low. Most radios from the factory it’s set halfway. I usually turn mine all the way up unless it’s windy

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

Thanks Reverand. Thats a solid fix right there

@davidyummus6259 3 месяца назад

It's actually our Duty you know ;)

@thefallen446 3 месяца назад

I have a question is someone can help . I went and got my gmrs license but I can't find my call sign can if anyone has a way I would mutch appreciate it new to the gmrs world

@Joe_Goofball 3 месяца назад

Is too few louds caused by too many fars?

@andrewyoung-n8ary 3 месяца назад

I have so many folks telling others to turn up their RF electricities when they are full quieting but low louds. Annoying.

@RichardMartinke6rji 3 месяца назад

I wired up a D-104 to mine and now everyone wants to know what kind of a CB radio I got

@morthomer5804 3 месяца назад

Was that a "granite", Janet?

@derreckpolanco2464 3 месяца назад

Does the Baofeng uv5r GMRS radio need to be programmed?

@TheNotaRubicon 3 месяца назад

No. Despite what one of the "experts" have already said, the GMRS version of the UV-5R comes ready to use on all 22 GMRS channels, right out of the box.

@derreckpolanco2464 3 месяца назад

@@TheNotaRubicon what about repeaters

@TheNotaRubicon 3 месяца назад

The standard 8 repeater channels are pre-programmed so all you have to do is add the TX tone.

@derreckpolanco2464 3 месяца назад

@@TheNotaRubicon are they all the same?

@leewang6686 Месяц назад

I attach stickers to mine and it blew out the receiving radio speakers.

@kb6lcw99 3 месяца назад

😊😊

@terryjwood 3 месяца назад

Number 6, you are holding your radio by the antenna?

@rocklickranch2804 3 месяца назад

Would you please blink? BLINK!!!

@bendeleted9155 3 месяца назад

"Some people" are so narrow-banded.

@martyjohnson4833 3 месяца назад

Should i have a glazed doughnut or chocolate doughnut!!!!

@dreamstate207 2 месяца назад

Randy, I just turned on my U V 5G Plus and it said input password! I never put in a password. Do you have a workaround for that?

@TheNotaRubicon 2 месяца назад

Yes! The workaround it to send it back to wherever you bought it and tell them to give your money back or send you one that someone didnt put a password on. If you purchased from Amazon (as I always recommend), this is very easy to do.

@dreamstate207 2 месяца назад

@@TheNotaRubicon Thank you Randy. I found the solution by imputing 5 zeros and it cleared it up.

@Therick305 3 месяца назад

Just get a dynamic mic and crank up the gains like a real expert. 🤪

@RandallRash 3 месяца назад

People with small noise holes can turn up MIC gain in the menu.

@TheNotaRubicon 3 месяца назад

Too many H.A.M. radios and 98% of all GMRS radios do not have a MIC gain option in the menu.. But, yah...

@mitchh6702 3 месяца назад

More MANLY radio tx'ing!! Tell the TRUTH BRO!

@k6usy 3 месяца назад

Cue the sad hams, he used the B word.

@rudykay5618 3 месяца назад

Lol and to the point

@HOTRODMONZA 3 месяца назад

WOW the last time I was ELUCIDATED I woke up on another PLANET

@andrewyoung-n8ary 3 месяца назад

You too? Was it Tralfamafore? I once got locked in a terrarium by aliens from that planet with a supermodel. We had a bunch of kids because there was nothing else to do.