Yet it was possible to hear up to another 1000 feet worst case opening the squelch toward the end and maybe half that distance without having to open the squelch but fuzzier and the Motorola did nothing at all

At a distance (few tens to hundred feet) -- received voice stutters and varies in volume at random and abruptly - very hard to listen and discern what's being said

When testing them I stood 5 feet from him and it would not work, I'd have to try 5 or 6 times before it would send anything