An idiots guide to programming your baofeng uv5r radio by. The baofeng uv5r is a great cheap little radio, but its notoriously difficult to use, with poor documentation. Uv5r programmer lies within system utilities, more precisely device assistants. If receive tones are needed use menu 10 to set rdcs or menu 11 for r ctcs. Manually programing your baofeng uv5ra dual band transceiver by bob peterson ke7rap, randall jones ae7rj and jack tiley ad7fo 1. Not without its flaws though, and one of them is the cryptic and incomplete manual. Needless to say i was quite overwhelmed by how sophisticated these radios are for the price. Ctcss tone and dcs code scanning option can be accessed with or without a signal being present. View and download baofeng uv2501 user manual online. These two systems are also referred to by other names, including cdcss, pl and dpl, but the official terms are ctcss and dcs. Baofeng ctcss functions scanning and programming youtube. Push orange vm button if necessary to enter frequency vfo mode no channel number is shown if voice mode is on the radio will announce.
The other method to communicate with a radio is through a repeater. How to set the tone for repeater use in baofeng uv5r. Quick guide to programming the baofeng uv5r from the. Trouble communicating between baofeng and midland walkies. This article will teach you how to set up the uv5r, and how to program frequencies into the memory by hand. How to scan the ctcss andor dcs codes on the baofeng range of ham radios.
Reprogramming only works with the 888s pc software. When installing the antenna, dont rotate it by its top, holding it. Reference oscillator harmonics can be heard on 156. Only all channels tx and rx frequency same as the other one, and ctcssdcs same as the other one, they can talk with each other. Baofeng uv5r funkgerat dualband amateurfunk ctcss dcs fm. I can t get my uv5r baofeng radio to scan for ctcs or dcs. I got that to download but i don t think it worked, but it managed to create an empty folder called pl2303 vista driver installer. Works with baofeng uv5r, uvb6, bff9 and other baofeng radios, kenwood two pin radios, wouxun, puxing, weierwei, quansheng and other two way radios with a kenwood connector. A repeater is an electronic device that receives a signal on one frequency and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, or onto the other side of an.
The videos don t explain this and seem to imply it must be done. When t ctcs is not set to off, ct is indicated to the left of the upper channel display requires tx or reverse mode 14 voice voice prompt not all voice prompts are easily understandable. Com for downloads and help uv2501 uv5001 chapter 1. Additional baofeng uv5 and variants settings for iss and satellite listening.
Easily program your ht for repeater or simplex channels along with adding ctcss or dcs settings. Ctctss transmit and receive tone frequencies can be set via the numeric keypad to any frequency from 60. My laptop does not have a disk drive, so i can t download the driver software off of the disk that it came with. I didn t have time to build it to scale or paint it. Xlt painless programming cable for baofeng, kenwood, and. Baofeng uv82hp upload win10tsql set off if freq is 88. End the pain now with the rpck1uf painless programming cable from xlt. Once the radio finds it, remember that tone, and put it on the t ctcs menu option.
To conclude, the baofeng uv5r can be difficult to program at first. The updown arrow keys srcoll through the standard tone frequencies. Baofeng radio programming software download homepage, chirp programming software, oem baofeng vip software. By programming the baofeng uv5r, youre not limited to just police stations. Quick guide to programming the baofeng uv5r from the keypad. Baofeng radio us is the authorized distributor of baofeng products, introducing new range of baofeng radios. Setting up and programming your uv5r ham radio blog pd0ac. Now test both ways by transmitting on the baofeng and the walkie talkie. Here are some tips and resources ive found to help me use them. The baofeng uv5r is an inexpensive dualband handheld radio, operating on 2m and 70cm. Only when vfo mode is selected, can the detected tonecode be saved to menu 1110. The other 2 radios are fine, i can use the up and down arrows to go through all the tones.
Page 1 baofeng uv5r stepbystep programming guide also applies to uv5ra, uv5x3, uv5rax, gt3, bff8, bff9 noji ratzlaff set the radio to communicate with a repeater at 146. You can tune into air traffic control, firefighters, and more. Your account database wiki broadcastify live audio help contact. Chirp can download the frequencies but can t upload the any changes made. The size of the latest downloadable installation package is 2. Should this radio be returned or will a factory reset. I have this baofeng and i want listen to my school radios.
Everything related to baofeng radios, and other similar models. If the value reverts back, it wasn t properly selected. These simple steps are easy to memorize, but if we don t. Tune to channel of interest, menu, 11, menu again to enter, press scan button and ctcs should light up on left side of display as the radio scans through the available options. Tried downloading the software off of this site, as recommended by baofeng. An idiots guide to programming your baofeng radio june 12, 20 get link. Is there some reason these radios cant have a r ctcs and t ctcs tones simultaneously in channel mode, only in freq mode. Tired of messing with baofeng programming cables that won t install or recognize your radio.
The problem is that i want to find the ctcss tone for the fun of it, but when i scan the tones on the baofeng it cycles through but does not stop on one. To program the uv5r for gmrsfrs, you can download and find all the frequencies here. Press menu 12 and complete the remaining steps to set the t dcs needed. The trick was to download the existing default config, in. Baofeng uv5r preprogrammed ctcss issue radioreference. R ctcs aka tone squelch causes that the radio for that programmed channel to listen for a tone coming from the repeater before it will break squelch. I admit that i had to watch a video on youtube on how to program the baofeng, if i hadn t then then the issue with. This will bring you to the section of menu where you can edit the. One if the 5r only has a few ctcss tones to scroll through. Emmet brown this manual started out as a bit of a joke between friends, saying that someone should write a better manual. Ich habe seit langerem einzwei baofeng uv5r amateurfunkgerate. In telecommunications, continuous tonecoded squelch system or ctcss is one type of circuit that is used to reduce the annoyance of listening to other users on a shared twoway radio communications channel. It does this by adding a low frequency audio tone to the voice. An idiots guide to programming your baofeng uv5r radio.
I admit that i had to watch a video on youtube on how to program the baofeng, if i hadn t then the. Channel 02 rdcs d051n r ctcs off t dcs d051n t ctcs off channel 01 rdcs off r ctcs 192. Where more than one group of users is on the same radio frequency. Transmits specified code t dcs transmit dcs code off no dcs code transmitted 67. I know that the school uses a little 35 watt repeater. I received license a few days ago and just got a pair of baofeng uv5xps. I made the mistake of not having a programmable download cable to download the free. Additional baofeng uv5 and variants settings for iss. This radio may be of interest to blind hams, since unlike more expensive radios from the big three manufacturers baofeng has managed to implement limited speech feedback for some functions. How to easily add a channel on a btech or baofeng handheld. Ctcss and dcs are systems used to ignore other users who you may be sharing a radio channel with. Incorporates 105 codes dcs and 50 privacy codes ctcss programmable. Navigate to option 12 to to input the tctcs or tdcs. Its might illegal in your country to transmit out of band on your specific frequency the baofeng.
Frequency a or b can also be used as a scanner of channels, frequencies, ctcss and dts tones. I used a baofeng variant, the quansheng uvr50 right, to listen to satellite so50. And one of the first ones shows programming r ctcs receive tones, which i don t recommend. T ctcs, transmission continuous tone coded squelch. How to program a baofeng ham radio easy and fast with chirp duration. Just make sure youre aware of the police scanner laws in your area. Baofeng uv5r the chinese radio documentation project. Scanning for a ctcss tone or dcs code can be done while either the frequency mode vfo or channel mode mr is selected. So far, the baofeng uv5r seems to be a steal of a deal.
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