Quote Originally Posted by Elkaddict View Post
My UV5rs worked very well for a couple of years. This last year they started to act up a bit. They still transmit and receive very well but the squelch breaks quite often now. If you have the volume set so you can hear it, it is impossible to remain silent unless you are wearing an earpiece. If you are wearing an earpiece you hear this annoying blast of squelch every couple minutes.

I don't believe the squelch is adjustable at all. If anyone knows how, I'm all ears.
It has been a while since I set up my UV5R's, but I recall the menu included provision for adjusting the squelch from level 0 to level 9.