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Glad it could help you out! 73's!

I have heard that several radios aren't CHIRP programmable. It can be a hit or miss.

I think the reset you are speaking of is a rest for your saved memory channels. Not quite the same thing as the "Reset" that allows you to put in GMRS frequencies.

It could be a "newer" UV-5R, which I have heard and read they don't need an "unlock".

I am having loads of fun with it!

If you talking radio to radio, I would give it a few miles at best. I have never really seen them communicate over 10 miles line of sight unless under exceptional terrain conditions.

Sorry to hear. Was yours already unlocked by chance?

@ I’m not sure. Would this unlock allow me to enter any frequency? I’m unable to enter several that I tried.

If that is the "OG" Uv-5R (8 watt) version, it's a starter radio. It's better than nothing, but I believe there are others out there that would be a bit better. Try looking at Radtel or TidRadio.

@NukaVaultReadiness I just got gifted a brand new set of these radios in the box with a bunch of antenna and microphones and cables so are they ok because I am new at this. Thank you for replying.

Sorry to hear you are in the area, hope you are safe! What frequency were you trying to use?

UV-5RM is locked and can’t be unlocked. Baofeng does sell an out of the box unlocked version from what I understand called the AR-5RM. Literally the same radio just unlocked from factory and don’t have to do anything as it’s ready to go.

Thank you! I have reached out to them with my findings (and this video). Looking forward to hearing from them myself. Maybe there will be a followup video!

I highly advise you NOT to use this radio to connect with your job's walkies. May I ask what frequency/band the job is using?

Usually unless you are connected to an external antenna, under most circumstances that degree of reach is not possible. To reach that with a handheld, I would suggest looking at a 10dBi+ gain Yagi antenna. Even then, from your point to reach 75 miles it would have to be over flat terrain without any obstacles.

@ thank you for your time and information.

I have to ask, when you first turn on the radio, does it flash that it's a UV-5R model?

I see “Welcome” I’ve messed with the settings so it’s not brand new. The radio is a UV-5R

So you start with the radio off when you are doing the unlock method. I asked what your screen says because I helped a fellow ham try to program his "UV-5R" according to the sticker on the bottom of the radio, but come to find out when I turned it on, it flashed that it was a BF-F8HP instead! So the mfg put a UV-5R sticker on a BF-F8HP radio, hence it would never "unlock".

@ how do I know if I have the other radio?

With the radio off, turn it on and look at the screen, what does it say when the voice says "Welcome", or rather when the opening beep starts up?

-Got to the menu (Green button top L of keypad) -Option #6 ABR (Always Backlight) -Change to your preferred -Confirm via same green button (menu button)

As far as my knowledge goes, you can buy one or use a web service to listen to trunked comm systems like that.

@ thank you for the response so you as a civi can buy digital trucked scanner? I am so sorry I am dumb.. what webservice is there for this also?

Most scanners are available to the public. Now, I am sure there may be some hiccups if you are wanting to say buy a military scrambler or something of that caliber.

Awesome! I thought about ordering some just to keep a "spare" 12V handy.

Facts. Strong winds cause interruptions and static buildup on the antenna and coax.

@NukaVaultReadiness it moves around ,and it will disrupt

a roll of chicken wire on the underside of the attic would be a good way ,all that metal net spread over a few square feet you should have no problems tuning, i set 1 up for uhf for the freeview TV it gets all the channels

Was about $25 on Amazon.

Agree 100%.

Woah super cheap! It is a legit radio right?

@ I haven’t received it as of yet BUT I’ll definitely get back to you once I do. I had a coupon that I applied and it brought it down to $10.

Right on, eager to find out!

I have a 100W solar panel that I know will charge it. I also have a smaller 60W foldable panel that I need to test on it.

You can if you are planning to use them on the Ham frequencies. If not, then I suggest getting an FRS or GMRS radio.

@ I have 2 gmrs radios just new to that style radio so not sure what to do

Try Zello Communication Application Hands free use if you wish with VOX (voice activated transmission) if Internet isn't problem

Yes

I think I did something wrong because I found a police frequency and I'm able to press the talk button and possibly talk to them if I wanted to and I don't lol but odd like to be able to listen to them all as of right now I can only hear 1 is that because I have to unlock it ?

So most police and fire departments use encrypted UHF frequencies, that can only be listened to usually via the internet and certain websites (unless you have the means to listen to encrypted via radio). If you are able to hear one then they are still using analog frequencies that you can program in your Baofeng, which it sounds like you did. It should NOT require unlocking to hear analog PD and FD frequencies, but I guess it couldn't hurt. I highly suggest NEVER talking to PD or FD directly on those channels, unless loss of life is at stake.

@NukaVaultReadiness ok and thank you for your response I appreciate that. I do have one last question if it's ok. There is deeper settings in the menu that a video I watched told me to set at something like 000.600 something and a few other things because I couldn't figure out how to set up the scanner to listen to the police fire and rescue. So on one radio I have those settings and the other I don't. Is there a video or a way I can get told how to operate my radios fully and the right way ? Me and my wife would like to use them for long distance communication if need be and I want to set up a channel for just her and me for the just in case day if you know what I mean

There's a way to set that you can only hear and can't talk back but I just programmed my 5R and don't remember what it was you set the "off" on. But I went thru mine and set those channels to off.

You are probably referring to the Offset, which has to do with Repeaters. The long short of it, Repeaters Transmit on one frequency (i.e. 146.900) but Receive on another frequency (146.300 [AKA the frequency you transmit on]). For 2M repeaters, the offset is usually 0.600 Mhz shifted either +/-. There are plenty of videos about how to program this in, but if you go to my LIVESTREAM where I spoke about programming radios I showed how to do it on the UV-5R along with a few other models. Hope that helps.

That's awesome, so a Shortwave antenna of sorts?

@NukaVaultReadiness yes very much so while on field duty my Capitan ...his child was stuck under gun point of terrorism. I gave him minute by minute up dates "the piolet kicked the gunman off the aircraft." And gave my commander the relief needed. he then gave permission to Cary my sw radio ...where we went out. . With out harassment what so ever...

A real winner...a three story balcony. Do your work and settle.

Welcome to the hobby and service of Amateur Radio! There is plenty to learn, and probably more than you may ever learn in your lifetime, but it's all fun!

Alot of these are my backups, but I do want to get another Yaesu.

Hi just purchased two mini baofeng uv-5r want to know how to use these and what is a good antenna to get for long range that is short

Hope it helps, I plan to do an actual build it video in the future.

Can you imagine!

I do need to try that, thanks for the input!

Totally appreciate all the information you are giving in this comment! This video was made to be a very wide overview of how I did the setup. Have gotten feedback that some of the technical terms I do talk about has gone over people's heads, so I decided to try to explain it in best layman terms as possible. Another video, probably detailing how I built it, along with all the actual technical happenings will be planned for the future.

@@NukaVaultReadiness Yeah, it is one thing to use simpler words. The "layman's terms" as you say. It is quite another to use incorrect terms which end up being misleading. You're trying to dumb it down for some, without making them dumber. Instead of saying that "radios like to have balanced systems", perhaps just say "a compatible match" or "a good match". Then perhaps a simple analogy of what a good match is. Here's an example off the top of my head: A good impedance match between the transmitter and the antenna system is like riding your bike in an appropriate, comfortable gear. If you're going uphill and your bike is in a high gear, it's very hard - maybe impossible. If you're going downhill fast and your bike is in a low gear, your legs can't keep up with how fast the pedals would need to go to apply any power. So choosing a 4:1, or 9:1, or 49:1 un-un (or bal-un as the case may be) is like the bike's front set of 2 or 3 gears, getting the match roughly in range. And the antenna tuner (be that internal in the transceiver, or an external unit) is like the bike's rear 5 to 7 gears, allowing further adjustment to find the most comfortable, appropriate match.

Appreciate your input good sir!

That may very well be in the future!

Pondering doing that.

That feeling when you get something like this to work is like no other. Such a great feeling of accomplishment. Awesome stuff!

Enjoy hearing stories like this. I intended to keep trying to make antennas for myself. Want to try something out of coat hangers next for VHF/UHF.

@@NukaVaultReadiness Thank you. Another that that works is chicken wire. 😅 LOL!

I am having loads of fun with it! May run it NVIS next.

That is awesome! So it works well in the NVIS setup as well, that was my next experiment.