Cb radio squelch

People have told me that, but see when I do that I have to turn my squelch up more to shut it up and then I just don’t hear nobody near me ?? Or at least it seems like that

 

Like my objective, here is to be able to hear the people riding beside me without having to listen to static, that’s gonna make me go psychotic

 

No, I’m not talking about the people talking I’m talking about the static I don’t want to listen to static just to be able to hear the person beside me

 

Oh, OK.

 

OK and what exactly do those do?

 

Oh, so switch them when somebody’s talking and I hear static? Because they don’t seem to do anything when I’m just driving and I hear random static.

and another question so if I keep my squelch right at the point before I start hearing static, but I see the needles moving that means somebody right near me is talking right?