I just ordered an UV5R with a data cable so I could use it as a scanner. Your video will really be of great help to me when it arrives. Thanks a lot for making it, this saves me a lot of work and research! :)

Thanks for uploading this- I followed your steps last night and it used the links you provided and it worked the first time! It's great using the radio as a scanner- I really appreciate you uploading this video to youtube! Thanks Matt

@GTFD8215

9 жыл бұрын

+montyvox0510 Your welcome matt. Thanks for the comment I am glad that the video was a help

@timevideogameplay

6 жыл бұрын

will this setup guild work for the BAOFENG UV-5RE handheld two way radio as well?

good video, but if I could make a suggestion, if you are worried about transmitting on the public safety frequencies, instead of setting your transmit to an FRS frequency, you can set duplex to "off" . and you will not transmit at all, on any frequencies. well for that channel. this works in chirp, not sure about the other software.

Thanks. This was perfect for someone that just picked up this radio with no radio experience.

Great video Bro. Very helpful to newbie that has never picked up a Ham Radio.

Hi. I've had the UV-5R for about a week; watched many videos on this subject and found yours the easiest to follow. Thank you. My problem is that I must be missing something. My primary intent was to use the unit as a scanner - listen in on police & fire incidents in the area with GF (now I'm going to get basic HAM license). Anyway, I followed the steps on the video and everything worked as it ought to. I don't get much activity though. I'm in a very urban area, Hartford CT, and would think that there would be a lot more on the radio. Plus, when I manually enter some frequencies, on the last digit I get a 'Cancel' response from the radio. When I use the FM, it picks-up many stations, even those further away than I would expect. I manually entered a few local fire/police frequencies I got from RadioReference (I signed-up for a subscription), some work, many don't. So, I think the radio it's self is okay. Can you give me an idea of what I might be doing wrong, please? On the Baofeng site I see the newest radio is available for about 65 bucks; do you think I ought to return the UV-5R and upgrade? I've spent about a week working on this and really haven't gotten what I expected; other than on the FM band I've gotten reception maybe on only 2 or 3 VHF signals? I'm frustrated right now. Any advice or instruction will be appreciated. Thank you.

Thanks for saving me a migraine and a radio sized hole in my sheet rock.

Thank you for your help. You have helped a lot of people. God Bless you !

I recently purchased a few of these radios, and have to say I'm pretty impressed with its abilities. Programming the 'normal' 80channels for UHF CB use only took a few minutes via the radio itself. All the FREQ. are here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_CB (AUS/NZ) Once you realise the Factory default 21channels need Deleting and not Editing its then a breeze to program in the frequencies. Use Menu#1, 25.0K STEP to manually step up from 476.425........... Cant wait for the cable to arrive and setup other ranges. Thanks for the tutorials.

thank you. I'm novice 3 days in. This help me alot.

Do you know what happens if you hit PTT while scanning? Say I'm scanning local repeaters and want to respond once I hear activity on a repeater. Do I have to disable scanning, and then pick the repeater channel and then start transmitting? Or will it stick to the correct repeater and also stop scanning if I stop PTT?

Fabulous, thanks for your work sir.

I've only had my UV-5R+ a few days and I have been able to program most of the Chirp information that you showed but I can't seem to get any of the Tones or DTCS to stay using the Chirp program. As soon as I enter say 88.5 it changes (None) in Tone Mode to (Tone). I'm thinking perhaps I have a setting in my phone interfering with entering these. Anyone else have this issue?

Excellent vid, very informative and detailed. I just bought a BF-F8HP and assume that this is similar? Looking for vids on the F-8HP...

Nice job!! good to know about the 2nd frequency for split programing 73 all the best Dan ve3tvb

Shiet Son !! ...TYSVM ;) very informative cheers on the vid bro awesome advice TY Again :) 4 taking the time to help educate ev1 on this i myself am gr8ful ...just pruchased a UV-5R & this will make life alot easier now :D :D

Thanks for software and driver links. Great video on setting up as a scanner.

@GTFD8215

8 жыл бұрын

+James Uncapher Thanks for the Feedback... I had a lot of issues getting started so I though I should share my experience for the benefit of others.

@jamesuncapher3812

8 жыл бұрын

I was programming 2 of them for my brothers for Christmas for their bug-out bags. I also wanted to make sure I turned off transmission on the programs so they do not hit the transmit button. I also bought them a book on radio technician license. Thanks again for the info.

On your last video about the baofeng scanner you read my mind lol. I wishing you wouldve explained it step by step, at that moment, you mentioned that you would upload another video.

I just got my Baofeng uv5r and trying to fingure out the programming disk 16 items which one to download for windows 10

Just FYI, to truly avoid breaking any laws, which actually includes transmitting on FMRS with this radio as you recommend, set duplex to off. If you set the duplex to off you can NOT transmit on that channel. FCC rules restrict FMRS to a type specific radio which the UV-5R does not meet. The only frequencies within the US that these little radios are legal to use on area HAM frequencies, and those require a license.

@SunnyWu

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, but a ton of people do it anyways, I'm guessing because family and friends cheap out and get those clam shell walkie talkies.. I mean if you keep the transmitting power down at 1W, it probably won't even transmit as far as those cheap ones (the FCC now allows them to be 2W)...

@thomasholdings

5 жыл бұрын

The UV-5R can also be used for GMRS, so it is legal to use on non-ham frequencies with that license.

Thanks.. well done.

been trying to find the drivers and programming software for my baofeng uv5re. As the mini disc that came with the radio will not launch on my laptop. I believe it is because my laptop is running google chrome OS. I would love to see a tutorial using my OS and details of software and drivers etc.

allot of problems for windows 10 but found the Chirp works good the other one will not link with the radio know matter what I do. I tried for 5 hours to troubleshoot but could not get it to work. Thank you for your video it was very helpful. without it I would still be trying to figure it out.

I just got a baefeng radio uv 82 and has a S on it , can't use radio or get menu radio

Thanks for to video.It was very helpful. I tried to set mine up for scanning with the Baofeng software per your first video and it wouldn't upload to my radio. Had a communication error. Tried it with the Chirp software using you video step by step. The issue i was having was it cutting out in the middle of a transmission. Changed the TO to CO and all is good now. Thanks for taking the time to make and upload this video.

@GTFD8215

8 жыл бұрын

+Randy M Your welcome... thanks for the feedback :)

@worshamken

7 жыл бұрын

GTFD8215 ,

Can this radio be used as a scanner and transmit to talk to someone at a NASCAR race?

Will can it be able to program 800mhz

I love all the different pronunciations of BaoFeng lol

I program my radio but instead of the name showing up on my raido im still getting channel one what did I do wrong

Thanks for the video. Everything worked as shown on Windows 10. Had to install the special usb driver as well. Got nearly 40 channels programmed into it. The only disappointment is that my local airport frequencies are too low for the radio.

Do you have to enter transmit channels?

Nice video, if I set "S" under the skip option at each channel. When beginning to scan by pressing"*" at keypad, the radio will ignore the channel with "S" automatically? Is that right? I mean it won't scan them, am I getting the point? Seldom did use the chirp people, but it seems quite a popular tool,especially getting no good program cable. Thank you for your sharing:)

this was an awesome video very informative thank you very much

Love the video. Very informative. Have you tried doing any of the other Baofengs? I am guessing that others would also be able to be programmed like this one. Thanks. Like your channel

@GTFD8215

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your feedback. I expect the steps in my videos would work on many baofeng radios. Right now I only own two different models.

Well in Windows 10 it just worked with chirp, there were zero issues with the baofeng uv5r+ so I dont understand how people over complicate things. I didnt even look at the device manager.

Hi, is there any chance we can speed up the scanning rate of the UV-5r? The default scanning speed is way too slow.

@GTFD8215

8 жыл бұрын

+陈厚邻 I would shut off the power saving feature.. not sure if that will help. But if you are unhappy with the scanning speed I would suggest you consider getting a regular scanner..

Thanks for the video- it was very informative as I was able to get a few frequencies programmed and working. I do have a question for you. I want to scan some local PD frequencies that are in the 800MHZ range... how can I get those programmed?

@GTFD8215

8 жыл бұрын

if you want to scan 800mhz you will need a device capable of scanner that range. I have not seen or heard of any hacks to make the Baofeng radios do this

Can I change from frequency mode to channel mode using the keypad only or must I get the cable and do it from chirp or Baofeng software?

@JayMoney-zh2ou

8 жыл бұрын

+JustDanO You can do this without the software however all you will see on the display is "CH-001" or what every ch you are on, you need the software to program the name IE: "POLICE"

i love Baofeng radio! purtroppo in presenza di ostacoli il raggio di copertura della radio diminuisce drasticamente!

its not working for me can some one help

Where can I go find the frequencies to use for the scanner

@crimsonangel8027

7 жыл бұрын

radioreference.com or broadcastify,com

my program shows a bunch of ?

Great video. Even an idiot like me was able to comprehend this one. One question- what is "duplex" and if it have it set to none does that mean I will not be able to talk, or transmit? What about tone? My page shows the frequency and channel name and thats it. Is this right? Thank you so much.

Since the radio itself does not come with the USB cable perhaps you could put a source for this cable in the links? Thanks, helpful videos. I suspected this could be used as a scanner (among other things) and happily I was right - thanks for doing the research!

@GTFD8215

9 жыл бұрын

aliensporebomb I would shop amazon.com for a cable here is a link - amzn.com/B00MGVMFO0 Thanks for the suggestion.

Prolific states that the cloned counterfeit chip uses driver 3.2 most UV5R cables have the counterfeit chip

@GTFD8215

8 жыл бұрын

+Galen Thurber Thanks for that info... I think that is correct... so the updated driver checks for the authentic Prolific chip and fails when an authentic chip is not present. The older driver works because it does not check for counterfeit cables. I have a Cable with the Baofeng brand label. Apparently it has the counterfeit chip in it so I have to use the old driver. www.amazon.com/Amcrest-Baofeng-Programing-Radios--Authentic/dp/B015YEM5C2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449583307&sr=8-2&keywords=baofeng+authentic+cableI wonder if the above cable would be a good way to go. 2-3 times as much money as the one I bought that is branded Baofeng but according to the description it does not use the prolific chip set and is compatible with the Baofeng radios

I cannot get the driver for this radio even though I downloaded it really confused

@billjohnson5951

7 жыл бұрын

You need to get a cable that supports FTDI. The cheap $10.00 cables won't work. This is what you need:PC03 FTDI Authentic Genuine USB Programming Cable for BaoFeng, Kenwood, Wouxun.

@Synthematix

7 жыл бұрын

then you have a fake

Thanks for the info, by the way Amazon doesn't have that usb cable anymore

@jayson4131

7 жыл бұрын

I Ordered 1 From Here They R A LiL Slow But It's On The Way :) www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Baofeng-USB-Programming-Cable-for-Baofeng-Two-way-Radio-UV-5R-BF-888S-BF-F8-With/2158008_32650218021.html

very helpful thankyou

Can u listen to random mobile phone conversations with these ??

Good video, but way too complicated just to program.

Keeps saying failed

@GTFD8215

9 жыл бұрын

Trooper Alan hey trooper are you getting the yellow explanation point in the device manager? If so did you make sure the software is configured for the same com port that your device manager shows? additionally you need to make sure the radio is plugged in a powered on before you select receive from radio... those would be first things to check

Hello ! I don't know why you feel the need to use bogus transmit frequencies for all of the channels , it is still illegal , even at one watt you are running twice the power that that radio service was intended for . You can fix it one of two ways . in the column that you changed to give you " split " ( the duplex column ) , simply select " off " . Or if you don,t plan to transmit at all ( you need to be licensed to transmit on ham bands , and you need to know what you are doing to get a license ) You should go into the " chirp " software , under " settings " , " other settings " and uncheck the " VHF TX Enabled " and the " UHF TX Enabled " Then you will be legal ! Cheers , take care , and have a good day !!.......73

@neonharp

8 жыл бұрын

+Neon Harp BTW , I saw where you had some issues with the programming cable . Mine is an " Anytone Tech , Baofeng Tech brand " the label says genuine FTDI cable . I just plugged it in , the little red light on it flashed , and it installed it's self with no hassles ! No Worries ! Mine was about $20 , I saw some for a lot less money , some even came with. a CD to install it . Cheers !

Beyond disappointed got to be a rocket scientist to program this fucking thing.

@WickdPerfekT

6 жыл бұрын

djustice5252 I'll program it for you if you ship it over to Los Angeles.

I appreciate not wanting to transmit on public safety channels but what you suggest is still illegal, not to mention inconsiderate. You are transmitting on the repeater input frequency and even at low power could easily interfere because you are still using higher power than the legal transmitters on that frequency are using. Why teach people to break the law, especially when they don't know any better?