BaoFeng Ham Radio From Noob to Skilled in 60 minutes
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- Today we're trying a new kind of live stream. We're taking the Baofeng UV5R and we're going to go from absolute beginner to some of the advanced use cases you might want to use. NOTE: the things we cover will work the same or similar with other Chinese radios.
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0:00 Intro
2:02 what is HRCC about?
4:30 #FENGGANG?
5:37 Agenda for tonight
7:16 What a Baifeng Is?
12:54 Baofeng Controls
17:20 Scan Function
19;20 The Most Important Setting!
21:25 What Is Simplex Calling? Walkie-Talkie??
22:46 Simplec Radio Programming
25:30 Repeater function and programming
30:55 Baofeng Accessories
33:20 The Best Accessory
35:15 Installing CHIRP
38:20 Plug In The Cable
41:10 Program Radio With CHIRP
45:14 MIKLOR!' and FTDi Drivers!
48:56 FRS/GMRS Programing
49:26 Uploading Porgraming to Radio
50:18 Setting Memory Channel Name
51:28 SSTV On Baofeng
57:58 APRS On a Baofeng 
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Happy to say that I just passed my EXTRA exam. I went from Tech to Extra in one month. After watching this channel in September. It made me want to go test and test I did. Three times!
Congrats!
Well done kg7npr
Good job. I’m keeping my advanced class. Lol.
You can’t get it anymore 😆
@@DavidBryanSmithmusic Same here, it's a cool class!
That's great you all can get it, but my man has tried to take one after another of the practice exams, and failed. Great I'm glad you made it! My man has a GMRS licrnse, and is going to stick with it. WRFU222
Just got a uv 5r... was just listening to someone 71 miles away
For channels getting stuck on "000" I found that adding anything into Channel 1, deleting Channel 0, then readding to channel 0 allows it to save. Hope this helps someone who found that to be frustrating -- Also with all the new BaoFeng radios they come with a lock on them. To remove it you have to power off the radio, hold PTT, VFO, and Monitor at the same time, power on, and it removes it. That was a frustrating 6 hours of research I don't wish upon my worst enemies.
Thank you for sharing these tips. Regarding the "000", at the 24m 15s mark, I don't think it's a bug. It looks like, after assigning a channel, you have to delete it first before you can re-assign it, and channels 0 and 127 are assigned by default at RESET ALL, so they have to be cleared first if you want to set them to something different. Also, while navigating the channels for assignment, the CH- prefix indicates that a channel is assigned.
Wat is the difference between locked and unlocked? Exactly?
Locked? Locked how please?
I'm waiting on a 5rh multi coming so binging info,
Much appreciated marra 👍
Just received my UV-5R! I am looking forward to learning this hobby of HAM radio. The studying is going decently for now, hopefully I can retain it well enough to pass my exam in one take! Patience is definitely a virtue! Thank you, Josh, for investing your time in teaching new comers (like myself) who never thought I would find this desirable as a hobby, much less necessary… NOW I AM HOOKED!!!
Awesome! I hope the videos helped!
Congratulations on your license. I hope you are just as excited now as you were ten months ago. Please consider a rugged radio with incredible battery life designated the Baofeng AR-152. I virtually wrote an online review of it in a post I made here. I would have made a video of it; but, I own no video equipment. I may one day get my amateur radio license. So far, I am just a technical hobbyist. I can repair, modify, configure, build, and setup equipment and stations for others, but can not transmit. The true entry radio hobbyist is the unlicensed technician that repairs the equipment, and configures everything, but has no license and can not transmit.
@Indrid Cold You sound like someone who my father would have loved in the old HAM club. Talking about diy antennas and swapping gear. I have a ton of his old stuff in a closet and miss him. Keep up the tradition my friend.
All I wanna do I intercept police activity because they are not following all the rules so I wanna be able to defend my pirvacy
I'm not a HAM (yet maybe) and a lot of this was a bit over my head. But I got most of it.
It's 3 in the morning and this was very helpful. Appreciate you taking your time to teach me. Thank you.
My station at work was running out of radios so now I have a couple Beofengs that work great talking to dispatch. Thanks for the video
I really appreciate this video. I recently purchased a UV-5R and videos that are straight forward and explain directly are greatly appreciated.
For the money, i think the UV5R is a great starting point. Ive had mine for a couple of months now but just got really into learning about it, thank you for taking the time to teach us. You’re a great teacher and resource for us newbies. Thank you!
I’m really grateful for this upload. As someone with an interest but absolutely clueless I was wondering if Baofeng was worth a go or just a waste of money. It definitely looks like a good starting point and this as a guide is great. Thanks.
Great vid, as a Motor Club we use about 20 UV5R radios for marshals and club usage. Great feature is dual watch where on the club channel we can monitor the safety channel used by the marshals, but any club talk isn't bleeding across their frequency as marshals don't have dual watch enabled.
CHIRP programming makes any changes a breeze.
Every time I watch your videos I learn something new. Always good to learn new things!!
Just bought a Baofeng UV 5R and watched your video...thanks for helping me understand it all. Now I need to get my license. I had a CB license back in the late 60's as a kid and had lots of fun with my friends, now for an upgrade with all the tech to go along with it. I'll be watching your other vids now.
I've had a uv 5r for a while and I used it as a mini scanner, to see what's around in my area. Im in the UK. This radio helped me get my head around amateur radio and watching this video to enhance my knowledge. Just programmed it via CHIRP, to all my local repeaters. Just ordered a big antenna for it and external battery pack. Great little start off kit. Thank you for your work, I'm now a subscriber. Really enjoy and appreciate your work. Plus, it's really cool to see what my US brothers and sisters are doing in amateur radio. 73 from Dorset, UK.
I'm curious, what was the total you spent for everything, like antenna etc?
I just bought the Yaesu ft-65 and it's good to go out of the box.
@@dangerous8333 I'm like 7 days into my new hobby (way cooler than an electric guitar) and with this radio I'm still sub-$200 CAD. So like my cheapest guitar (my Denver acoustic BASS) is still more expensive than my SDR+Antennas+UV-5R by about $200 Canadian Dollars. This alone blows my 1990s teenager brain.
curious, what was the total you spent for everything, like antenna
ALSO-
LED Flashlight: Momentarily press the MONI key the
LED will turn on. Momentarily press the MONI key again
and the LED will flash. A third momentarily press of the
MONI key will turn the LED off.
Momentarily press the CALL button to use the built-in FM radio
(87-108MHZ commercial radio)
Also also:
The DTMF (Dual tone multi frequency ) menu setting is synonymous to the tones you hear on a touch-tone telephone. In HAM radio it is generally used to control things remotely like the functions of a repeater or sending codes to other radios. - While holding the PTT you can press the numbers keys to generate the tones sent over the air.
Just bought the Baofeng UV 5R set of 2 for 30.00, I was really struggling with programming them and finally after joining a Ham Radio group on FaceBook and your video was forwarded to me and I was able to program the radios and though I had no clue what I was doing but I am very happy. Thank you,
Straight up stumbled on a sweet FM ATC channel by accident while messing with my UB-5R3 tribander. It was 132.975, I went home and called my buddy to dial his in. Well regular UB5Rs don’t go that low. I turned my other model on and confirmed. Love learning new things and collecting different gadgets. Having this equipment surely can’t hurt. Thank you for teaching us.
I own an iCOM ID-51A, and just ordered a Baofeng UV-5X3. I wanted a tri-band radio, without breaking the bank. Love the videos brother.
Thank you. Sat waiting for my 5R to be delivered. New to the hobby and this had loads of great content.
I love the concept of "paying forward with Baofengs" as you upgrade. Enjoy the blessings of giving! 🙂
Brand new Technician, here! KK7BQN. My only radio is the UV-5R and this video was very helpful. I ended up having to upload my memory list twice, because the name labels didn't stick. But, on the second upload, they did. :)
This is, by far, the best beginner ham video I have seen so far. Thank you, Sir.
Wow, thanks!
Thank you for doing these tutorials, they are very helpful!
I am taking my technician test on Saturday. I was told to come over here from dave Canterburys Channel. This has helped me tremendously understand my radio. Thank you Josh, maybe we'll connect over the radio one day. SE WI
I just received my first Ham radio. A Baofeng UV-5X3. I found your this channel with the hopes of getting educated in the world of ham.
Great video! I'm certainly in the noob category at present but hoping to get better.
Just acquired a UV 5R and your videos are making it far easier to understand how this thing truly works. The owners manual is nothing,compared to your common sense explanations.
New subscriber.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks Markus!
This is my first foray into any radio or ham radio and you are wonderful LOL. What a great job of getting me into the radio and the software and the frequencies and the channels. Thank you so much😊🎉
This is the video I've been looking for, thank you! Got my Tech and General license but have been struggling to started with hardware.
What a great demonstration, you can have allot of fun even with a cheap entry level radio. Watching videos like this a person want to learn more .
For me I don't consider these entry level. They're just what I need. I think it's just different levels of what you need. I don't think one is entry level.
I get what you're saying though. For people that are really serious about getting into it as a hobby that would apply I guess.
@@dangerous8333 It is entry level, it's the cheapest ham radio.
Another classic vid as always great work sir thank you!
I’ve never had a subject explained to me in a way I enjoy more than this. Two other was learning how to clean a gun and fix my truck from my grandfather.
Great job man!
10/10 video man (specifically with chirp), after some idea of what you were doing coming from playing with a flipper for a year, it was easy enough to follow along. It was a little dicey on MAC two years after this video, but loaded all my specific frequencies I wanted to thanks to you!
I never used a handheld until I started riding SXS’s with other people. We chose the baofend because of the UV capabilities and having tx/rx we use an external UV ant and a rugged radio H44 headset (pilot headset). I have a problem with amazon others are hooked on amazon if you put in your search bar what you want you have other options I saved about 2/3 of Amazon price for buying same thing on other sites. I don’t mind the information I am sure others just buy because that’s where you shop, just saying there are better places to purchase the same product. Thank you for the info your getting out there I am sure there are people that don’t have a clue what any buttons are, thank you.
Great job, very informative and clearly presented! I’m looking forward to this new hobby!
Same
i started using these radios when i worked at walmart years ago. i quit and recently came back to work there. now to my surprise everyone is using these radios.
I usually skip through everybody's intro to get to the subject matter. In 10 years of watching RUclips you have the first intro I've actually scrolled back to watch it over again! That alone was reason enough to subscribe. Your channel looks very clever and I look forward to watching it.
Wow, thanks!
Watching the recording (since you asked). Just getting started with HAM (you piqued my interest in a few other videos I tripped upon) and have my exam scheduled for Nov 20. Baofeng arrived last night and working on programming this morning, also have a Nooelec SDR I've been playing with. Thanks for adding the chapter markers.
Decided to take the Tech exam a couple of weeks early so I could get going on the General, took it on Tuesday, passed no problem
This is super useful for us noobies. Thank you for making it.
Thanks for watching!!
@@HamRadioCrashCourse Can this radio behave like a CB radio that truckers use? I have looked everywhere and cant find out if this is possible.
Noobs lol he didn’t even know how to delete the channel for 000
So glad I found this. Just got a couple of these radios with no instructions. Thanks for putting it out there 👍
Thanks for making this easy. I've done all the HRCC and I'm passing the practice tests. If I'm good, I might get an HT for Christmas. I've been pushing the thumbs ups to yah.
Thank you bro, I’m more of just trying to learn enough to be useful in a emergency,
I got 2 fengs for me and the fam in case we lose cell service ever, you have been a big help
I’m new to Ham Radios, just bought (2) UV-5R units and i gotta admit sending the picture from tablet to cellphone while using the radio signals was amazing!
Im beginning to become a bit of a prepper and this video will help me with some of the basics.
Thanks.
Thank you for this video! I just picked up my UV-5R from your Amazon link. I am currently studying for my Technician License
1:11:00 That special effect is awesome! Even better than the TV screen in your tee shirt. 😁
Muito obrigado pela explicação! Me ajudou!!!
Pro-tip: check your SWR if you want to use a custom-ish antenna setup.
I killed my UV5R-8W by too much reflected power and ignoring duty cycle cooldowns. It was pretty warm, and then it acted weird. Then i transmitted again and... That was it. No more coming on for the feng
RIP
You cannot store a memory channel if it's already taken, with your example on CH-000. When the 'CH' isn't shown, the channel is clear and you can store it. Not a bug. Great video, thanks for putting this out there !
Very Helpful. When downloading from the phone the first time you might want to zip up an unused copy and keep it for future emergency use and each time you make a big set of changes. Kind of like you do with firmware. It could save you 30$ or a big fat headache. The programing cable info was again so help. I bought 4 before I found Mirkit.
Really appreciate your videos. Very helpful for a newby. Studying for my technician license and about to program my Feng and start listening. Heard about you from Bryan on Survival on Purpose channel. Thanx!
Very comprehensive video. I think it achieves its goal of explaining these small, inexpensive HTs. As for easy….well, yes, and there is much that has happened over the years to make ham radio “easier,” although I have my doubts that setting the bar lower is always desirable. This is not a plea for a return to a CW test, or the vacuum tube Drakes that I started out with. As with other activities and areas of interest, it is unquestionable that the coming of the Internet, in particular, was going to mean “adapt or die” for the pastime. Nevertheless, there was something to be said for the level of commitment required to get into ham radio in the 1970’s. It encouraged a broader approach to learning the technology, the procedural scope of operating, and the social aspects of this hobby. There is no doubt that having to drive to Chicago at the point where I wanted to test for my license was inconvenient, but it encouraged a level of preparation such that I was able to pass the 13 WPM / General exam at that time, and later move on to Advanced and Extra, after the easier local test sessions were available. Then there is Field Day, and Hamventions, storm spotting, and the other aspects that make ham radio so interesting. Are all those things encouraged by “easy?” I frankly don’t know.
[looks at $20 handset programmed basically for 4x4, two-way and emergencies]
These “ham romance” stories get out of hand sometimes…
Call button enables FM radio if you have the FM enabled model which enables you to "get down to the funky beat"
Great vid! Trying to get into APRS after 20 years as a Ham. I have a Surface tablet. Can you recommend a program and cable that would work with a Baofeng, THF6A or THD7A?
There is a Radiocity version of the BeoFeng that is 100% FCC legal. It only lets you transmit on the ham frequencies and it added filters to eliminate the harmonics.
Radioddity GM-30?
Wow, huge help, I have to keep repeating the video sections to makes sure I got everything... Thank you very much..
Good stuff here. You do a great job teaching this. Good coverage of topics. Well said. Thanks!!
Josh, I am just now watching this video, 12-26-2021 and about at 25:00 you tried to program in a simplex frequency of 146.520 on channel 000 but it would not take but you could get it to go into channel 001. The reason is because it was already programed in with a different frequency. In that case one must DELETE that channel (which will also delete the frequency on that channel) FIRST. After it is deleted, THEN one can go back in and put the desired frequency (in your case, 146.520) and show as channel CH000. Thus if a frequency is already programed into a channel and you want a different frequence for that channel one must DELETE the channel (I think is menu item 28) FIRST, then go back and enter the desire frequency and that channel you wanted (which is the channel just deleted). I apologize if this has already been stated but I didn't want to read through all the comments to see. I guess it doesn't hurt to repeat a solution. KEEP. up the awesome work, your videos are very educational and entertaining. 73, from a fellow ham.
i found this out today, after about 10 minutes of frustration haha
Just commenting bc you're right and I had to figure this out myself. Excellent comment.
Apologies if this is a NOOB question, but I didn't see it mentioned/covered during the stream. When programming FRS and GMRS channels for P2P comms, is there a specific channel assignment you recommend? FRS radios you purchase at a local sporting goods store are typically programmed on Channels 1-7 and GMRS can share channels 1-7 as well, but have their own specific channels of 15-22 I believe. When using the CHIRP software to program, wouldn't it make sense to align these channels in a similar manner, or is there something I'm missing/not understanding? I honestly have very little experience and understanding when it comes to the Baofeng. When I was reviewing the stream, as you were importing various channels you started at 0/1 and began with repeaters. Why do you program it in that order with those first? I noticed you mentioned the FRS/GMRS import but didn't actually do it and mentioned it was "illegal"? Again, I'm sorry if this sounds stupid, but how would I be communicating from one Baofeng to another separate Baofeng device without actually using FRS/GMRS channels?
Gmrs radios aren't supposed to talk to frs radios. But ya know... lol
I have the Baofeng GT-3TP and your video will help me loads. Mine does 8w on high
I just got into HAM and my first Baofeng, this vid has been really helpful. Thanks.
I’m glad it helped you!
Buying my first baofeng, hoping to get some clarification. I've read, noobs like myself have to be really careful about buying on Amazon or eBay, due to clones. Is this true and if so, how do I ensure I get the original? Thanks.
Hi, thank you for taking the time to explain everything. I have a question. When introducing the repeater data manually and storing it into memory, does it store the offset, transmit tone etc? Or is that a general setting and do I have to be constantly readjusting it when switching from one repeater to another? Thank you!
Yes. When you save to memory, it saves it all.
I am so glad I found your channel!!! Thank you!!! This video helped so much!!!
I hope that this video is never lost. Lots of good information for a newb like myself. I wish I could download it to keep for reference! lol
You can
I bought a UV5R-III (additional band: 1.25 meters /222-225MHz) for the same price because...why not? ;-)
CAUTION: The "Diamond RH-771 sma connector" 14" whip antenna is widely counterfeit/fake. I know. I bought one. It was horrible SWR on 2 meters, but almost perfect on 70cm (go figure) -beware of Chinese fakes.
Just picked up a new gt-5r, this made for a good refresher course.
Liking your channel. Looking forward to learning. I’m in Idaho. Lots of repeaters around my area. I hope after I get my license to connect with like minds. Thanks for the heads up on the antenna. Adapters there as well. Just registered for the tech course. Really Old Noob. I’ll be listening a lot. . . Safe travels.
I will be taking notes from this video i look forward to your video when i get the time to watch it this week.
Thank you for this video and the chapter markers. Not sure where to go from here but I’ll check your content. Thanks again.
This is exactly what I needed. My only radios right now are the midland frs/gmrs walkies and 2 baofeng BFF8HPs so thanks! #fenggang
Thank you a lot, didn't know where to start.
Dude the intro music makes me so happy for some reason🥺
Thank you for this video. i recently got myself a UV5R but the manual doesn´t realy helps out, explaining stuff. this is by far the best video i have found. Many thanks.
Thanks!
Great video! New to the hobby and really appreciate the information. Very helpful 👍🏻👍🏻
I know almost nothing about HAM radios but feel now is a good time to get into it. I have 30 years on the electrical field so that should help I guess lol.... I am looking forward to learning about this. Thank you for the info you provide
Just got my baofeng Bf F8HP, I got it to go with my halloween costume, ended up finding it was really cool. Put an XL battery extension on and got it hooked up with a nagoya na z4j antennae.
Just came across your channel. New technician licensee with a F8HP. Great info, very helpful.
Welcome aboard!
Just bought a UV5R got it out of the box in the parking lot of the Walmart and programmed a frs frequency and found the Walmart employee radio channel lol 😂
Make sure when you get ready to talk on a repeater that you long press the orange button on the side to activate the auto-ID-10T mode...
Damn landed on the Super Nerd side of the Tube 😂 love it! I Dig radios now.
Glad I found your channel I know nothing about radio and looking to buy my first and there seems like so much to learn here
Awesome. Thanks for watching. First playlist on my channel is there to help new people.
yes there is a reason to use the side key1{call }button.. Someone probably already brought this up but it activates the FM Radio function. I actually like this one.
I just got a uv-5ra and used one of your old videos to program it with chirp.
Awesome Instruction, thank you!
I’m just now looking into learning about the hobby.seems like very useful knowledge to know.
Just bought a GT-5R and bought one of the btech antennas. The stock antenna is surprisingly much better. I'm getting crystal clear audio on a repeater almost 20 miles from me.
Dude I love you just getting started and trying to figure out
Just got one of these radios, knowing nothing at all about any of it...this video helped me quite a bit...Still basically lost but getting there..))
Josh happy holidays to you ❤️
Excellent video! I joined your discord server and the people on there are very nice and helpful! I look forward to taking my first test in April
Iam a newbie and this was a great stream learned a lot!!
Thanks for all of your great videos
It was informative my hearing aids don't do well when voices change speed or volume, but I can watch it again. Thanks.
Get video! I'm working on getting my license...excited to try some of these things.
Studying for my Foundation License and this gives me an insight before I pass (hopefully) and purchase my first radio.
Your videos are easy to listen to, that's great. Your fondness for calibers and productive wine drinking has me wondering if you've ever looked into "cola warrior"...if not...Much recommend....we are your people :)
Muito obrigado pela explicação! Me ajudou!!!. This is super useful for us noobies. Thank you for making it..
Amazing video thanks so much, I am beginner waiting for license exam:)
Don't own a HAM radio, may never own a HAM radio but can't guarantee that. But this is the channel I'll watch and I enjoyed watching it. Now I know what a Baofeng is and isn't. I'm more interested in something that'd reach the old MacMurdo base in Antarctica. I remember an old friend of mine back in Central NY that would do something called packet radio to transfer data from one Amiga computer user to his Amiga computer. Hey Larry, it's Fredric if you read this!!
In the military we were issue Baofeng radios. That's what I do is get a cheap radio and beef it up either by software and the inner parts replacement.
I'm new and very happy to learn you can still send memes to the boys when the internet goes down
Oh man, please look up SSTV. Imagine sending memes across the country from your home location (QTH).