Quansheng Basics - Listening to your first frequency
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- Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2024
- A very basic beginners guide, 'getting started' and listening to your first frequency with a Quansheng UV K5, K5 (8), K6 or UV 5R plus etc....
Please remember: Do NOT transmit of frequencies that your not licenced or permitted to use.
Although these radios are fine to receive, they are NOT intended to be used to transmit on VHF marine, Airband or CB frequencies ect..
Link to more videos in my Quansheng series:
• Getting Started with t...
Thank you Ben after using these radios for a long time I take my knowledge of them for granted it's good you show newbies step by step as everyone has to start as the begining and maybe stops them asking repeat questions on Facebook
Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching 👍
Thanks for the informative video. I am a complete noobie and I just decided which radio to get. You presented the info without the incessant babble listing channels and frequencies that do nothing but mesmerize the novice.
Thanks for watching, really glad you enjoyed it and found it useful 👍
am on the river Humber! love using this radio to listen to the shipping traffic alongside using marine traffic on the net is great..
Perfect 👌 Thanks for watching 👍
I'm near Selby and the Ouse. What frequencies do I need for shipping traffic please?
My quansheng should arrive in a few days and I must admit I'm a bit daunted by all the options, but was pleased to find this beginners guide.
Hi @@martinwray7001 Glad you found this useful. Please check out my other videos featuring the Quansheng radios. As for VHF marine frequencies, you'll probably find activity on the following channels: ch9 (swing/rail bridges) ch 14 port ops, 16 calling/distress. Others that might be worth listening to in your area: 10, 11, 17, 37 (M1) 73, 74, 77 & 80. Do a Google search for the frequencies for those channels. Good luck and have fun 👍
Just found your channel and love it, just got myself a quansheng and it’s great to see you go through it easily . So thanks for your help and I’ll keep watching Alan from Leighton buzzard near Luton, I watch FRED in the shed as-well, who’s great to see how things work, but it’s great to know how too people do things, because someone always comes up with something first, anyway thanks again and I’ll keep my ears on 💯🇬🇧👍
Thanks Alan, really pleased you enjoyed it and found it helpful. 👍
So sweet vid, lovely, thank you!
Cheerz from Hungary ☺
As a new radio user, this was right up my street. Subscribed immediately. Thanks, Ben!
Thanks for the Sub, glad you found it useful 👍
Thanks for confirming I didnt need to go out and get another radio to join friends broadcasting on a trip as was suggested. After watching this, I can just find what channel they use and program mine to the frequency for that channel. Thanks for the easy to follow guide for this newbie.
Thanks for watching, glad you found it useful and hopefully saved you a few quid! 👍
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hi Ben, thanks for doing this video, may i recommend doing a complete noob series to get us all upto speed - ham mentor like at the clubs, i would especially find this invaluable as i work nights when my local clubs in gloucestershire hold meetings! i bought a book to help me learn about radio and no where in the 500 pages does it say what on earth "Ham" even stands for, but it is a good read and informative hehe!
I second this
Thank You very much, Exactly what I was seeking!
You are welcome! Thanks for watching 👍
New user here many thanks i was struggling to figure out but learned a lot thank you
Really pleased you found it helpful. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
hopefully a few vids on operating the scanner and other features of the alternative softwares... great to start with the basics thou..
Thanks for watching, hopefully some of my previous videos will already explain that 👍
Great video as very helpful. Just after getting one of these radios and already getting to like it a lot.
Glad you enjoyed it and found it useful. Thanks for watching 👍
awesome video.. will be looking for more on the uv-k5. totally new to the commo world
Thanks for watching. I have a few Quansheng videos on my channel.
Very pleased with this radio and Egzumer firmware 📡 73 de 2E0RPS
Just got my radio. This is super helpful
Glad you found it useful 👍 enjoy the radio!
Very good informative video keep it up !
Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching, glad you found it useful 👍
For an airport freq baseline, look up your airport’s Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) frequency, which is a continuous broadcast service of information related to the airport for incoming flights. In the U.S., this radio does not always pick up National Oceanic and Administration (NOAA) channels right out of the box. You may need to flash it with egzumer or other firmware before you can use NOAA channels as a baseline of the radios performance.
Great advice and information 👍 Thanks for watching 👍
Hi Ben I will be taking a Ham Radio course in January and i have bought the Quan Sheng UV K5, this can be used for Ham radio correct? Thank you for your Video Cheers
Great vid but. TOTAL newbie on these. First spotted and ordered today so no experience as yet. Now @ 8:53 you change from your air band( top line ) to the bottom display but the air band still came through ??, thought you changed to B or are you saying that you would receive both freq together ???. Also you have not said what all the various icons are on the display ie. F2 MOD1 CT H, just asking as the vid title is 'Basics' - Rgds & Thks. - PS Noticed the AliExpress listing was for a UV-K(99), can't find ANY ref to (99) anywhere, wondering if I ordered the wrong one ???.
Thanks very much.Very useful
Thanks for watching, glad you found it useful 👍
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Thanks for watching 👍
There you go first time on and a 👍up
Would you happen to know why mine doesn't talk to me? As far as I'm aware it's a UV-K6 and it doesn't say anything when I turn it on or when doing anything with the radio. Not sure which menu item will turn on the speech either as tried turning on Vox setting though I don't think that is for the speech?
I can see that VOICE is set to Eng but I still don't get any speech. Having a really hard time following the manual at this point to get it to do anything although I did manage to get to listen to the nearby airport thanks to your video so thank you for that.
Thx so much 👍✌️
Thank You❤
Thanks for watching 👍
MD6TDU hello there ave got one of these coming next week… what programming software do you recommend? Ave used chirp before but not for a while…
I use 'CHIRP for Egzumer' Check out my other videos in the Quansheng series: ruclips.net/p/PLXMfFSysu4iw5AGEOeiiKB09-MI5DWmyn&si=KLohDK4Tt3cYBbhX
Thanks for watching 👍
I'm a total noob and don't know where to start.
You explain things very clearly. However, what if you don't have a port or airfield nearby? I really don't know what to google for to get exact radio frequenties I can listen to. I was hoping there would be an easy way to just scan for transmissions and lock in on them just like you can do with the FM radio stations. (F0)
It is possible to search for frequencies by setting the radio on a particular frequency when in VFO (frequency) mode, and pressing and holding the 'scan' key for a second. The radio will start to search and you can use the up/down arrows to set the direction. However, it is quite possible to miss activity frequencies, as unlikely FM broadcast your not necessarily looking for a continuous transmission. Depending on what country your in, you may find nationality used frequency for say GMRS/FRS or PMR 446 etc..
Hope that's helpful and thanks for watching 👍
@@m7frs272 Thanks again for explaining. I must say it's quite overwhelming to get into this because there are so many modes and abbreviations 😂 I'm reading up on many things but being able to ask some questions to experienced users helps a lot!
Thass a fine Norfolk accent you've got there
Technically Suffolk, but very close to the Norfolk border 😉
Thanks for watching 👍
Is there anywhere I can go for really basic advice on getting started, I've joined a couple of facebook groups but even glancing at their pages it all appears to be about firmware upgrades and how to get football on its monitor screen, all I want to do (like others here) is just listen in to local radio traffic
Hope you found this video helpful. What else would be useful to include in future videos?
@@m7frs272 I thought this video would help but from start of video for example mine doesn't start-up with welcome message and as a novice I don't know what VFO mode is so I was hoping you might know a beginners channel, I've not yet had a peep out of this since it arrived
Thanks for the video. Do I need a license to use this radio? Thanks in advance
Good question! That really depends what you intend to use it for. You don't need a license to own one or if you just want to use it as a radio scanner just for listening. If you want to transmit on the frequencies it's intend for then you need an amateur radio (Ham) license. I know some people may use them on the UK PMR 446 license free frequencies, however that's not legal as the power output is too high and the antenna has to be fixed, unlike the antenna on the Quanshengs which can be removed/replaced.
Does anyone have a link for Ben‘s video on how to store channels in the memory, please
7 minutes 30 seconds into this video is where I described how to save a frequency. ruclips.net/video/kZ1i7YP05hQ/видео.htmlsi=SYO_57UCsZ4jcGLx
Thanks for watching 👍
When you say, "with a different antenna and an upgrade, you can listen to CB but cannot transmit" Is it because you will be incapable of doing it or you are not allowed to do it?
Basically, yes The Radio isn't capable of effectively transmitting on 27Mhz. See this video for a more detailed description: ruclips.net/video/BE2Y7V2tGMM/видео.htmlsi=3Rvu-bUxaAuKRr_d
Good one
Thanks for watching 👍
What do the F numbers in front of the frequences mean? On yours it says F2 for the upper and F6 for the lower and when you've typed the frequency the lower changes to F3. Also, the lower doesn't display AM. How do you change that?
Good question and well spotted! The F number, refers to which block or band of frequencies that frequency is in when in VFO mode. So the lowest frequencies 18Mhz to 107Mhz are in F1. F2 is 108 to 136, F3 is 137 to 173... and so on. (Hope that makes sense) The radio will only show AM if you're on Airband frequencies or if you have upgraded the firmware and can change it manually in the menu. Thanks for watching 👍
@@m7frs272 Aah yes, I see it now, thanks. It gets obvious when you import the radio in Chirp where you see all these groups of frequences at the bottom of the page.
Strange, I posted 2 "thank you" replies earlier but RUclips decides to delete my comments again.
That is helpful. Can you listen to CB on these?
With a different antenna and upgraded firmware you can listen to CB but you cannot transmit. Thanks for watching 👍
@@m7frs272 oh thanks. I got a Nagoya 711 and I was wondering about that.
Can this radio be used on the 4 Ham band ( 70MHz) using TX ?
Unfortunately not, no. The harmonics are a poor out of the designed operating frequencies. Please see this video:
ruclips.net/video/BE2Y7V2tGMM/видео.htmlsi=oOATlO3k4WSEoKQE
Is the noaa frequency only for USA or can we receive in the uk
USA only I'm afraid. Thanks for watching 👍
Can anybody help with the settings this needs to be on so when I put in frequencies they will work my settings are all over the place
Thanks for watching, try these videos to see if they are any help:
ruclips.net/video/kZ1i7YP05hQ/видео.htmlsi=whY9AXJnElPh9pkv
ruclips.net/video/-g7glWEVpdw/видео.htmlsi=QnKEyr4NLEOm2pKK
No charger with mine ,just USB cable?
How strange considering the manufacturer recommends not using the USB charging port in the Quansheng UV-K5's. I wonder where did you purchase it from? Thanks for watching 👍
Will this actually work as a standard CB Radio?
No! Unfortunately not. It will receive but no good on transmit on 27Mhz See my other video: ruclips.net/video/BE2Y7V2tGMM/видео.htmlsi=5kVtGBskSgKVlMoq
Did the screen come scratched or cracked?
No, the screens are absolutely fine on all of the Quanshengs that I own. Thanks for watching 👍
@@m7frs272 Nice. I'm waiting for mine to come in a few days
Hi there I was thinking about getting one of these radios one of my coworkers use one at work to talk to the other coworkers on the walkie-talkies around the building but I see that it can do a lot more. What kind of services can this pick up? I see that it pick up boating and air traffic. Can it do fire and police frequencies as well I know it does ham, but does it do anything else can do CB radio frequencies at all just curious of what all it really can do before purchasing. Thanks for any help.
Hi, with regards to taking to you coworkers, it's obviously possible but depending on where you are in the world will depend on what type of license you need and/or/if it's legal in your country. The Quansheng is primarily aimed at ham radio (amateur radio) operators but it has the ability to transmit/receive on business/private (PMR,GMRS,FRS etc..) frequencies. Yes it will receive airband and marine wherever you are in the world and will regards to emergency service, again that depends where you are. Here in the UK emergency services use encrypted digital radio (or TETRA) so not able to listen on anything. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching 👍
Ben.
Oh, and it can receive but not transmit on 27Mhz CB frequencies.
One thing I'll say , You get more box than a 1300 pound £££££ iPhone 15 pro max
not simple . please keep the info simple
Hi, what are you struggling with? Can I be of any assistance?
@@m7frs272 yes i want too be able to be using the q5k in pmr mode , however my pc gives a severe trojan warning with the upgrade sofware...
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Thank you 😊