And...
It may be a good idea to use a spare CB radio as a monitor - this way, you can then verify the squeal or not.
Don't need much for the monitors antenna - a simple wire, or even a test lead with the banana plug will fit in the back of the SO-239 center just fine. 3 feet is a good length.
All you need is to verify the squeal occurs - if you can't re-create the squeal with the engine on or off or when the car is moving then the noise from the other day you had the radio check - may have been from another radio interfering due to a totally separate isolated incident not your fault. Heck, even a local baby monitor or security alarm proximity to the receiving antenna can form an "image" making you sound like you have a squeal. It's more like a tone that rides in on your signal.
It's hard to say, but if you weren't getting any type of squeal before - it may have been from another local that has issues...you were "hetrodyning" on another signal - that was slightly off from your frequency. It happens.
Even worse? They may have told you it was squealing - when you really weren't. People do this just to "***" someone's day...
Nothing serious. The "experiment" I mentioned about the R84 and R85 - are so you experience the reasons why limiters work like they do - they can clean up a dirty - noisy - full of ambient noise level around the microphone - so that you don't sound distorted - which could happen when you overload the audio amp with all the power that microphone has - you could have "so much of you in the audio" the only thing missing is your shoe...
People are not as dumb or ignorant - act more like ingrate - when they know that they are talking to someone that can possibly make their day. Don't do the obvious obnoxious stuff - save that for a battle on another day. I find a lot of those on the channels these days have little patience with someone they don't know - so keep those efforts in mind when it comes to dealing with trying to get the right information from someone.
Even if a friend has a means to use a phone by their radio - call them, then talk while listening and hear from their side - how you sound - that is one of the best methods - is to hear yourself thru someone else's equipment.
:+> Andy <+:
