Baofeng UV-5R Hacked | 220MHz Software Unlocked!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- How to Unlock your Baofeng UV-5R Radio to Transmit on the 1.25 Meter 220MHz Band Using Chirp! Fast and Easy Baofeng Hack!!
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Once you make the mod, use chirp to read and write the radio as a Radioddity UV-5RX3. This will allow you to save 220 frequencies to the radio.
Thanks for the heads up!
Thanks for the tip man it worked! I was actually coming to this video to ask for help on how to save 220 frequencies to the uv 5r thanks a lot!
I've the BF-F8HP and although I'm able to program the 220 freq directly on the radio, if I try to set a new freq using CHIRP it gives me an error message (Invalid edit: Frequency XXX is out of supported range). Any idea how to fix that?
This is awesome. I also discovered, like many others, that if you lie to CHIRP first and select Radioddity UV-5RX3 instead of Baofeng UV-5R before downloading from the radio, you can just change the VHF TX range in the settings and enter your 220 memories just as you would 2 meter and 440 memories.
Thanks!
Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks. It worked
Do you have older models? My 2016 UV-5R units didn't show FACTORY. I still had success with the rest of the procedures (RadioOddity, etc.) and opened up way more frequencies, and could save them as memory/channels.
I did this and added a dedicated 1.25 antenna from amazon for about $12 and made a simplex contact at about 5miles. He had a great antennae, but i was still happy with the results.
That's awesome. Now I'm off to brick my 10 Baofengs LOL
good luck!
Pick one as a guinea pig!? 🐷
Make sure you have the right driver for the programming cable or yes, you will brick the radio, until you get the right driver for the cable. Been there, done that.
You should add that unlike 2 meters & 440 there is no harmonic relation on 220. I/E for 220 you must have a dedicated antenna. Other multi band radios that are capable of 220 from the factory will state this in their manual. Failure to heed this warning will result in the failure of RF output transistors. KB0SFP
You can get aftermarket tri-band whips for these HT's. I was given a tri-band Baofeng for Christmas by a friend of mine and I bought a Nagoya tri-band antenna the following year at the Hamvention, and it works fine.
Finally. Someone posted both parts of this hack. Most if not all the other fake posters negelected to use CHIRP to actually enable to hack. Good post.
Great video !!! As it was pointed out here, programming the UV-5R as Radioddity UV-5RX3 works, so now planning to set up a local repeater on 220MHz and invite local radioclub folks to use this band as here in locally we have no activity on 1.25m. Thanks and cheers from XE2AD.
Great mod, thanks for sharing Mike! So far no joy on an older BF-F9v2+. Of course chirp does not have this version listed specifically so that could be it. It did work on an older uv5rv2+ that I have.
Thanks for the info!
my uv5r 1.25 will not work on b band, only a band try it on a band. 73
Reminds me of back in the day when I had a choice to buy a Packard Bell 486SX, or pay an additional $100 for the DX with the built in math coprocessor. I cheaped out and went SX.
I was browsing through the manual one day and I found a jumper setting note. J6:1-2=SX, 2-3-DX.
On a whim I opened the case and moved the jumper. Magically I had the more expensive model.
Ran like a top. And slightly faster too.
Ha! That's how they get you.
An SX and DX were completely different chips. So what you likely did was overclock your SX to DX speed, as I think they still had discrete clocks then. Still a very cool hack.
@@nobodynoone2500 Actually the SX chips were the DX chips that failed the stress tests on the math co-processor side. So it was basically a scratch and dent CPU that worked fine as long as I didnt overwork the coprocessor. And since I wasnt using it for heavy compute, I never (hardly) saw any errors or crashes.
Well I just bought a new UV-5R to test this mod. Did all the things you talk about to the letter (Video) and it worked. But it's not putting out any power to the antenna and there is no SWR showing on my bird watt meter. Antenna used was the comet CX-333 tri band base antenna. I have the UV5RIII and this radio works fine and puts out the power but not the UV-5R on the 1.2Mhz band only. Works and 2 and 70 just fine. Well this mode dose open the radio up for receiving only. Will TX on the band as well but now power output and will not bring up the repeaters just nearby radios in the same room only.
Good mod for receiving only please note. N7GAD - 73's
I had tried this a couple of years ago in my UV5R and it works fine.
Nice.
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I would love to see how much power this puts on on 220 and the spurs 🙊
For some reason my watt meter wouldn't measure power on any of my radios. Even the Yaesu, which I know puts out .5 watts.
Sounds like a test is needed on your handy dandy thingy mabobber!
Sounds like we've got another on HRCC in the works. 🥳
I wonder if @notarubicon will give us a legal video on this hack. . . Hmmm.
@@theDAK71891 it has nothing to do with gmrs, so probably not.
I have tried this on 5 radios. All would accept the program edit but only one had any measurable output power. That one radio also had very distorted audio. Baofeng now offers a UV-5 that has factory 144/220/440. The set included 2 antennas, 1x dual band and 1x for 220. KB0SFP
Dude! Thanks for this Mike! I usually skip right over the Boofwang videos, but this is cool. Maybe this will bring some action to the band. I had only one ht that ran 220 and I’ve never talked to anyone on it. I’m gonna convert all my Boofwangs now! 73
Well how did your mods go. Mine open the band for receive only. No output power to TX. Will not bring up the repeaters.
I’m a fairly new general. I’ve seen a few of your videos but this one………this one made me subscribe. Bravo!
Awesome! I heard that can be done. Did you see how much power they put out on transmit? Even if it's not much, it's nice to have.
I checked with my MFJ power meter both my Yaesu and Baofengs and they didn't show any power at all. Pretty sure the Yaesu is only a half watt though. Not sure about the Fengs.
I order the radio and did the mods and now power out as well. But will receive just fine
Would have liked to see power output and emissions on 220.
None of the radios would register on my watt meter. Including the Yaesu which should put out .5 watts. My high quality MFJ meter just might not be sensitive enough to go that low. Someone else commented theirs put out 1 watt.
The UV5R III tri band only puts out 200-250 mw on 220. I'm pretty sure this mod won't hit that. But at least you can listen on 220 Mhz.
I did this after watching the video. My Daiwa CN-901 read 0 power output on 220. Didn't even budge the needle one bit. 6w on 2m and 70cm, but a big fat zilch on 220.
Is 226mhz the upper limit? How about the upper and lower limits of both VHF and UHF? How high/low can you go?
Edit: VHF goes as low as 125.7mhz any lower and the radio stays "stuck" and doesn't transmit. The upper is 249.8mhz but it is low sound quality. The UHF limits are 400mhz (low) and 519.995mhz. (high) All checked with SDRUno. Great video, thanks for making me explore this!!
Above 225 and below 136 would be aircraft which is AM and the B-Feng is not setup to receive AM, audio would be very very low and have distortion
@@wecontrolthevideo You would think so but 125.7 TX comes through loud and clear on SDR and on my KG-UV9D. Not optimal but it works. Unfortunately, the KG doesn't transmit at that freq and I only have one UV-5R. I'll test it with my neighbor's UV-5R when i get a chance.
@@brazoon1 Probs shouldn't leave such direct proof on the internet of you using a non-compliant radio in restricted bands, I mean I am not the police, but you kinda want to make it hard to prove anything should the alphabet boys come a knocking, eh!
@@meola69420 "the alphabet boys come a knocking" Dude you need to grow a pair and live like an American and not worry about tiny rule infractions. Its rulebook warriors like you who bring on the "sad ham" label for good reason!
@@meola69420 True but beyond the quick testing I did I don't plan on using any of these frequencies. For me it was just a curiosity. Plus, I'm in Canada so as long as I don't mis-gender someone the authorities won't care. lol
I have one of the Tri-banders (S9?). It is probably the same guts as the UV-5R. Never been able to hit a repeater with it unless I'm standing right under the receive site!
yeah I doubt they are putting out much power. My Yaesu VX-7R only puts out half a watt on 220.
I was just wondering about this today i was digging around data sheets to figure out how to hook into the serial coms on them and seen the rda1846 chip was capable of 200-260mhz.
Nice to know!
Works well as does on my radtel radios. Only radio I cannot get 220 on is the Wouxon UV8DPlus....will keep trying.
You can do it!!
I have several UV5R radios that are unlocked but none seem to want to accept the 1.25 meter frequency. I changed the VHF upper limit to 226 but when I try to enter 222.500 it just say cancel. Any ideas?
my uv5r 1.25 will not work on b band, only a band try it on a band. 73
I did this a few weeks ago and its pretty cool. But what I did was use the original software to edit the frequency range then tell chirp that the radio was a UV 9x3.
As many mentioned, what is the power level… I think it would help if you had a 1.25m antenna. The stock 2m/70cm rubber duck surely is not doing you any favors. Test it with a 1.25 antenna and it may show more power output.
I don't know. None of the radios would register on my watt meter. Including the Yaesu which should put out .5 watts. My high quality MFJ meter just might not be sensitive enough to go that low. Someone else commented theirs put out 1 watt.
I did that 3 years ago. :) Looks like you saw my tutorial. :)
Why press the 3 keys? I was able to change frequency range in CHIRP without doing this step.
Awesome video not sure why i never thought of that
And it was right in front of our face the whole time...
Pretty cool! Thanks for sharing it Mike! 73
You bet
Ditto for me
I have been told new uv5r’s are unlockable if so, is it possible to get an older one somewhere?
Once again you brought the goods! Thanks Mike, 73
I'm not getting my radio to read. What "port" do I have to set? Assuming the preferred USB port?
I have been a ham for 57 years. UV-5Rs is the only radio I have ever used. No need for anything else
It's pronounced boofwang
You are correct sir. And THANK YOU for letting us know how long you have been a ham lol!! I wound't have taken you seriously otherwise haha.
When I recently was messing with the cheesy FM radio feature, it scans from 88 Mhz to 107 Mhz... What ever is standard! Okay. BUT, when you manually plug in a frequency, it will go down to the 50 - 64 Mhz range! All I heard was static, and bleed over & Other worldly voices. But I was using the 2m/440 rubber duck 🦆 antenna. I am curious if it would actually recieve on that band.
When I access the preferences it says ´NoneType’ object is not iterable. How to resolve the problem please?
Only works on the UV5R not the UV5R Plus. The UV5R Plus looks like it works, but will not key on the 220
Did this with the UV5R Plus. I can direct enter 132.000 MHz but anything above 199.999 MHz it will say 'cancel', but I can manually arrow up into that range. Any thoughts or tips on this?? Thanks.
how do you take the UV 25 pro max to factory so I can transmit on 220?
Which desktop reference mat do you have shown at 1:03?
Have you tried entering the freq in via Chirp? It errors out as a unsupported range. But it works via FPP on my UV-5R. Chirp won’t program. Latest version too.
when I key up I get a tone like a phone dialing
how do I stop it
how is the swr on the antenna?
Doesn’t seem to work on the 1st. gen Baofengs. No big deal though, I have plenty other 220 MHz. Ht’s
comments show some not using chirp correct is why not working. are you turning volume max during programming with cable?
Does this work for the UV-5RH? Id like to be able to transmit on aviation frequencies, not just listen
Im really curious as to how this works. So what it seems like is the tri band baofengs don’t actually have extra internal components that make the 220 band work. Confusing…
I mean, how many different 'Fengs are there? I've had a LOT over the years and they are all pretty much the same.
It works for me as you showed. However my CHIRP app will not allow defining a chanel with a 220 band frequency,
correct is there a workaround?
it is really necessary to play with button ? I 've done this on chirp without the factory mode several years from now. a security update may be ?
Pre-premiere comment: is it possible that the software supports it but the hardware doesn't?
Very interested if it works well
i just got a UV-R5 and gave this a Try -- it did nothing -- i could read the Radio with Chirp and change and save as you showed -- but when i enter 220.500 into the Radio it says ""cancel"" and goes back to displaying the 462.550 frequency... what could be my problem??
Shoulda figured. When I bought a UV-5R, I bought a specific tri-band model for $15 more that supported the 1.25 meter band. Now if there was someone on it to listen to... (No, not talk to. Not licensed yet).
Cool hack! How is the receive sensitivity going that far out of it’s designed frequency limits?
I my GT-5TP and UV5-R my power level dropped on 222 Mhz. did nit test receive. but antenna match was over 3:1 except on Nagoya tri-band which is great
@@robertmeyer4744 that small matter too
Yeah, I unlocked my UV-5R's 220 MHz a year or so ago.
I have the UV-5RX3 which is supposed to be a triband radio. Everybody on FB claims Chirp will eat your 1.25. I tried your suggestion and no go. As I type my frequency in VFO mode the angry chinesse voice says; two two three five zero CANCEL. 223.500 being the national simplex frequency.
works fine
When I hold down the three buttons mentioned, and turn the radio on, it says, "COPING". And the Chirp software still will not allow the entry of 220 MHz frequencies, even after extending the upper limit in the software as shown in the video.
I purchased the UV-25, did you have a unlock trick so I can transmit on 220?
Very cool.. Now I just need to convince myself to get a BaoFeng.
You don't have a Baofeng??
@@hamradiotube Believe it or not!!!
(Faints) if you get a Baofeng, you just might make the universe implode, Jeff. Lol. KC3UEE
@@kidbach Kind of like with the Android tablet... If I ever get that working with my new radio.
@@hamradiotubeI've bought 3 thanks to Randy😅😂
Thanks for the video Mike but considering that Baofeng UV5Rs generally have 3rd harmonics above standards, I'd imagine that the radio might be even further out of compliance on 1.25m. It would be good to check this to ensure we hobbyists don't cause interference problems.
That is only for the older Baofengs built before 2019. The newer ones (2020+ units) are much cleaner in their outputs.
I followed the instructions that you said to use to unlock the radio. Then i opened up my Chirp program and changed the parameter in Chirp and it will not take the frequency I input.
This is the error that I get invalid edit Frequency 224.060 is out of support range. Please advise...
Worked like a charm.
Has anyone heard of or experienced losing any features of the Bofung UV-5R when using the RadioOddity switcharoo?
I'm not sure I know what that means. What is the Radioddity switcharoo?
Tried it on my new UV-5R and it'd not take. I can't get anything in the 220Mhz range. Must be somekind of firmware lock out or something on the newer radios.
I have 1 out of 3 radios that this will not work on. Any suggestions?
able to type in a simplex channel into on the face of the radio but can not save or program a 222 repeater even after doing to hack.
There were 3 x 1.25 rptrs here in town, but these days you don't hear anybody there.
Thanks for posting
What about cb bands?
So many will burn out the finals because they will not use the correct antennas for the 220 band because it will never cross their minds.I found that they transmit their but the output power was only about 1 watt.
Well look on the bright side, they'll get to buy a new radio. But, I strongly doubt that will happen. NOTARUBICON did a video keying up a Baofeng without an antenna for like 10 minutes and it worked just fine afterwards.
Oh my...gotta dish out another $18 😂😂
Mine does not display factory? What am I missing here?
Salve ho fatto la procedura ma non si sblocca
How do I get settings to pop up for my uv5r because mine is by EWC and it never has shown settings for my radio on chirp anymore. Why is that?
Works on BF-F8HP….just did it today…no issues
I did this hack to both of my Baofeng BF-F8+. It worked on both. I had to set the upper limit on one though to 227 instead of 226 as it would not go to 226. Not sure why. I also set the lower VHF to 108 Mhz, the beginning of the Airband and it also worked. I was curious as I dont have a bnc connector and coax to my bird meter or a 1.25 meter slug for that matter to test the power output of this. Any idea what this might be putting out? Thanks in advance. KE0WQB
What radio did you select in Chirp? I tired UV-5R, couldn't set the frequency. It says "Cancel" when I try a frequency. Curiously, when I read back from the radio it does have 227 set!
Expand or close in on what you've got on your screen so we can see it on our screens....thanks
does not work on uv5r when I hit the button combo it display 'COPING' whatever that means 🤔
How to do this with Baofeng- UV13 PRO model please?
Baofeng UV-5R did not work on 1.25, after using chirp.
Can that be done using Hex Edittor instead ?
Sry, I'm a beginner. Do I need to switch the antenna for this? And is this safe for the radio? If I see it correctly, this one doesn't have the default antenna, I'm trying with the UV-9R Plus with default antenna.
I honestly wouldn't worry about hurting your radio. This doesn't really put out much power at all on 220MHz. I am using the stock antenna in this video. Different variations of Baofengs will have different antennas. It wouldn't hurt to get a 220 antenna, of course. But honestly if you have a lot of 220 activity around you (most places don't) you'd be better off with a radio that's actually made to TX on 220. This is more of a hack.
Thanks for the response, sorry for writing just now, RUclips didn't notify me. I'm not interested in values close to 200MHz, but rather in the 110-135MHz range, is it possible to bring it down to that? What are the limits where this radio is operational?@@hamradiotube
The question is how to do that for Baofeng UV-17r alias Radioddity GC-5...
Wonder if it works on the UV5X games radio. Unlock the VFO to transmit.
It didn't work on mu UV 5RA+ from 2016.
don't work on mine! did what was in the video all goo till clicking on setting in chirp, (new or old versions) all i get is ('Nonetype' object is interable) so all good until hitting settings in chirp.
your upload screenshot does not say you uploaded 223.500mhz or anyother 220 frequency
any chance to put it on a meter and see what sort of transmit power you get?
None of the radios would register on my watt meter. Including the Yaesu which should put out .5 watts. My high quality MFJ meter just might not be sensitive enough to go that low. Someone else commented theirs put out 1 watt.
I wonder if this will work for a BAOFENG BF-F8HP?
What frequency-range does it have after the hack? Can it be extended in both directions?
The city i live in they freq is 825k is it a way changing my uv5r
How do I unlock 120mghz to 136mghz? I wanna talk to the airplanes! ✈️
Anyone checked the harmonics on 440, when transmitting on 220? Pretty nasty, i suspect.
does not work on my old UV-5R :(
Same Here.
Has anyone figured out how to program in 1.25 meter repeaters?
Tks
Can this be done without the programming cable?
Verry Nice!👍
Why would you stop at 226mhz? (Ham curious UHF CB'er - so totally academic but... why?!)
Do I need a license to use these radios? If so, where do I go and how to obtain a license, thank you!
Does this work for the UV82 series Baofeng?
How to go back to the previous configuration?
You should make a backup clone of your original configuration on CHIRP and save it first before you make changes
What's pwr out at 220 though?
Hello sir,does this work with UV-5R+ ?