Dual Band Ham Radio $46

[Sailor]

I think it might fit but the pin outs are different. You have to buy the baofeng cable for 8-12 bucks, or make one.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

I've had mine for a couple months now. I love it. it goes where I go. Real easy to throw up on the dash board of my Jeep. I listen to the 146.7 repeater to and from work. I love it. I like how its loud because I can still listen to the radio in my Jeep and can still hear when some one keys up the repeater. I'm a big fan.

 

[indysafe317]

Help

OK, got my license over a year ago, bought a FT 60 and put it in a drawer, life took me away for a while and now I want to figure this thing out. I'm in the New Palestine area and would be willing to pay someone $40.00 for an hour of their time to get me programmed in to a few channels, give me a few pointers and a good overview of the radio. I don't do well with manuals so that's not gonna work. Any ideas or takers. I'd be happy to come to your place. Thanks for any guidance.

 

[Sailor]

OK, got my license over a year ago, bought a FT 60 and put it in a drawer, life took me away for a while and now I want to figure this thing out. I'm in the New Palestine area and would be willing to pay someone $40.00 for an hour of their time to get me programmed in to a few channels, give me a few pointers and a good overview of the radio. I don't do well with manuals so that's not gonna work. Any ideas or takers. I'd be happy to come to your place. Thanks for any guidance.

If you do not get local help buy a programming cord on ebay. Software is free. I could use my radio reference subscription and program the software and email the file to you. All you would have to do is download the software load the file and send it to your radio.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

OK, got my license over a year ago, bought a FT 60 and put it in a drawer, life took me away for a while and now I want to figure this thing out. I'm in the New Palestine area and would be willing to pay someone $40.00 for an hour of their time to get me programmed in to a few channels, give me a few pointers and a good overview of the radio. I don't do well with manuals so that's not gonna work. Any ideas or takers. I'd be happy to come to your place. Thanks for any guidance.

Question: Do you have a basic understanding on how repeaters work? How simplex works?

I should be able to punch in on the key pad at least 146.52 which is a really common CQ frew for the 2m band. You can try tuning the radio to that. Hit your PTT and call out "This is (ham sign) calling CQ on 146.52,This is (ham sign) calling CQ on 146.52,This is (ham sign) calling CQ on 146.52, " then release the ptt and wait. If some one is monitoring in your range they will call back to you. And thus you have just made your first contact.

with repeaters its a bit more involved. You have to tune your radio to the rx freq of the repeater and set your shift and offset. For the 146.7 repeaters its .6 offset and the shift is -

Programming the repeater will be more difficult then just punching in 146.52 and hitting the ptt

for some reference on just using it for simplex look at page 14 of the user manual it will illustrate what I said about simplex operation.

Link to the manual is here

 

[indysafe317]

I've got the cord and the software. Supposed to be meeting someone to help this weekend but if you have frequencies already, I can load them in and that would probably put me ahead of the game a little. Thanks.

 

[indysafe317]

Question: Do you have a basic understanding on how repeaters work? How simplex works?

I should be able to punch in on the key pad at least 146.52 which is a really common CQ frew for the 2m band. You can try tuning the radio to that. Hit your PTT and call out "This is (ham sign) calling CQ on 146.52,This is (ham sign) calling CQ on 146.52,This is (ham sign) calling CQ on 146.52, " then release the ptt and wait. If some one is monitoring in your range they will call back to you. And thus you have just made your first contact.

with repeaters its a bit more involved. You have to tune your radio to the rx freq of the repeater and set your shift and offset. For the 146.7 repeaters its .6 offset and the shift is -

Programming the repeater will be more difficult then just punching in 146.52 and hitting the ptt

for some reference on just using it for simplex look at page 14 of the user manual it will illustrate what I said about simplex operation.

Link to the manual is here

Thanks for the link to the manual, lost that. I will try the frequency tomorrow when I get off work and give it a shot. Thanks again

 

[fullmetaljesus]

My pleasure friend. Here is an awesome site that tells yours the Freq's and PLL codes for all the repeaters in indiana, and where they are. As I understand it, The 146.700- repeater is the most popular in indy. I would think your 5w radio would get you there. Its in Zionsville i believe. Also 147.315 is fairly popular. I believe its internet linked with other repeaters. I've heard people in South Africa talking to the US and the UK on it.

Every week night after work I tune into 146.7 and listen on my drive home. If you fire up
and call CQ for KC9SJV, and I hear you, ill be happy to chat with you.

 

[Car Ramrod]

Older thread, but didn't want to start a new one.

I am looking to pick up some UV5-R Pluses, and was curious about antennas. Have you guys experimented with other antennas? Have you used mobile antennas? Is there any gain to be had with an aftermarket antenna?

 

[Ted]

Older thread, but didn't want to start a new one.

I am looking to pick up some UV5-R Pluses, and was curious about antennas. Have you guys experimented with other antennas? Have you used mobile antennas? Is there any gain to be had with an aftermarket antenna?

Drop that radio once, and its likely that you'll have to buy another to replace it.

 

[Car Ramrod]

Drop that radio once, and its likely that you'll have to buy another to replace it.

And as for the antenna?

 

[BudS]

Kinda supprised to see this thread on a shooting site. Happy to see other dual or multi hobbiests out there. We have a lot of gun discussions on the local repaters he in S. In.

As far as the $46 radios, there are a lot of guys around here that have bought them and love 'em. I have a cople of VX5-R's, so I'm not really in the market for another HT. Saving all my extra bucks for guns and ammo!

 

[Sailor]

Older thread, but didn't want to start a new one.

I am looking to pick up some UV5-R Pluses, and was curious about antennas. Have you guys experimented with other antennas? Have you used mobile antennas? Is there any gain to be had with an aftermarket antenna?

There is a better one, I remember from the uv5r yahoo group. I will track it down. I have not found the need though. Before I had a mobile unit I plugged mine into my car 2m antenna. I also use it with a roll up jpole.

 

[Sailor]

The uv-5r is much more robust than the 3. It is a good value at its price.

 

[Car Ramrod]

There is a better one, I remember from the uv5r yahoo group. I will track it down. I have not found the need though. Before I had a mobile unit I plugged mine into my car 2m antenna. I also use it with a roll up jpole.

Nagoya NA-701, maybe?

 

[ride22]

"I have no problems giving it to my girls to throw into the basket of there bike when they are at the park a half mile away."

Apparently, you aren't worried that your daughters can get popped by the FCC for illegal use of ham radio equipment?

Haha. Good point.

 

[XDLover]

Can't go wrong with Yaesu or Kenwood

 

[Icarry2]

Is the Baofeng UV-5RA any better than the UV-5R+?

Amazon.com: New Baofeng UV 5RA Ham Two Way Radio 136-174/400-480 MHz Dual-Band DTMF CTCSS DCS FM 5W Amateur Radio UV-5R Transceiver - 2013 Latest Version with Enhanced Features: Car Electronics

Thanks,

TJ

 

[csaws]

Is the Baofeng UV-5RA any better than the UV-5R+?

Amazon.com: New Baofeng UV 5RA Ham Two Way Radio 136-174/400-480 MHz Dual-Band DTMF CTCSS DCS FM 5W Amateur Radio UV-5R Transceiver - 2013 Latest Version with Enhanced Features: Car Electronics

Thanks,

TJ

I too would be curious about this vs. the one in the OP

 

[Sailor]

The radio in my OP is the UV-3. This radio is TINY and not nearly as robust as the UV-5R. For the money get the UV-5R. As far as they latest 5R revisions they seem to be all firmware based. No real difference in all the 5R's functionally. They are all a pain to program as the software sucks and getting chinese usb chips to work with windows can be tricky. But still a great value.

Make sure you download the latest daily version of Chirp software, not the stable version. Only the latest one will program the new and older firmwares.

If anyone needs programming files for these PM me your zip codes, I likely already have one from the radio class I taught.