I need some help with the radio

Basically I can’t hear any responses from my radio when I use it. Apparently this is caused by having easy comms enabled. Here’s the kicker though, I don’t have it on. I still can use the backslash menu but it says that easy comms are off. I would use the realistic comms more often but I don’t want to use voice chat.

Is there any way I can communicate with the players around me but also not use voice chat? Does anyone have any other fixes for the lack of responses issue? Any help is welcome.