Voice & radio

Proximity voice

Voice is by distance. Hold N to talk to people near you (“Speak nearby”, it is push to talk). How far you are heard has three modes. The key that cycles them (“Change speaking distance”) has no default, bind it in GTA Settings > Key Bindings > FiveM:

Mode	Distance (default)
Whisper	3 m
Normal	15 m
Shout	35 m

All keys can be rebound in GTA Settings > Key Bindings > FiveM. /voicehud opens an editor where you move and resize the voice and radio indicator and change its opacity. It is saved on your PC.

Handheld radio

You need a radio item in your inventory. There are three levels and the better ones reach further through relays:

Item	Relay hops
Field radio	2
Expedition radio	4
Military radio	no limit

Use the radio item in your inventory to open the radio. Enter a frequency from 1 to 9999. Frequency 0 leaves the channel. Hold Caps Lock to transmit (“Transmit on equipped radio”). Better radios also sound cleaner.

Two radios hear each other directly up to 450 m. Further than that you need a relay: the map has relays at Sandy Shores, Mount Chiliad and Los Santos, and relays link to each other. If your route to the other person is not connected, they do not hear you.

Portable antenna. A portable_antenna item can be set down as a portable relay. It covers 900 m, runs on a battery for an hour, and you can have 2 out at once. Walk up to it and press E (“Press E to recover the portable relay”) to pick it up with the battery it has left.

Faction frequencies. A rank that can manage the squad can lock a frequency to the faction from the radio. Other factions get “That frequency belongs to another faction.” A faction holds one locked frequency at a time.

Car radio

Cars play the emergency broadcast on every station. It loops and everybody hears the same part at the same time. Your volume is in the Settings tab, and the server sets the default volume.

Server owners can change the distances, ranges and relays, see Voice, radio & themes.