Please let me know if any issues with the installation links or any other issues. Feel free to leave a comment but always think before you say (or type)
It worked great for me. Thank you. But what I noticed is that. Both CHIRP, CHIRP NEXT and this Chinese programming software will not allow me to install 1.25 meter frequencies. I get an error message stating that the 1.25 meter frequencies are out of range for my UV5R8W. But ,... I can hand hewn the frequencies manually. Is that your same experience or not? Thanks again for sharing. Love this little hand held
@@Sarm-mx6qy I have no idea how to program manual channels for 1.25. I've tried myself and they just refused to work properly... Hopefully Chirp adds support for out-of-banded radios in the future.
Fantastic Lad! Well done! Thank you! I've got a bunch of these radios, going to try it on my newer ones. BTW I'm an old goat , I've been in this hobby for more than 40 years, I really like young folks coming into this wonderful hobby. I was just a kid who really liked radio, now I'm a really old kid who still loves radio. Keep going lad! 73!
You know what, this might work on the newer Bao's but more than likely the radio' filter might not allow ( band pass) the displayed frequency IE the 220 band ,or the actual frequency that passes is probably not the one shown. But I don't want to discourage anyone from experimenting, I just don't think the radio will be stable ( might end up with some odd frequency being transmitted) I'm going to buy a tri-band Baofeng to use 220 band again. It's a great band to work, it has the punch of 2 meter band with the penetration of the 70cm band . I just wanted you guys to be aware that programming in a 1.25 meter band might not "take" (especially older Bao's) or it might display that it's on frequency but actually it might be way off frequency. 73 to all🙂
@@Barracuda48082 yes indeed, lot easier than what it used to be, cheaper too, all except for tower rental space and a spot to keep the gear secure and power. But with these new micro repeaters we can set up at home.
Works great on my uv5r. After the install I noticed that if you are running Chirp on the same pc, in the other setting of the radio you can now adjust upper and lower limits for VHF and UHF. I successfully programed my uv-82hp for 1.25m aswell. **To All...Make sure you are running a acceptable antenna for the broardcast freq. or risk damaging transmitter....**
An excellent video! I will look into this further and check out your software Besides the UV-5RX3, Baofeng has the BF-R3 as a Tri-Band radio sharing the UV-5R case as well as the UV-S9X3 n a different case. I hear that the UV-9RX3 is also a Tri-Band radio but I never seen one in person (I own the UV-9R-Pro). I have a few UV-5R that I share with friends (when we go out camping and other outings), so I can experiment on one of those and try them out with my BF-R3. I am a Licensed Ham in the USA, but I am not one of those who sream and yell about the negativities about the Baofeng, I am more about getting on the airwaves and making contacts on anything I can get my hands on. The Boafeng is just an option for me to do this. Great work and thank you!
I don’t know much about radios, even though I’ve had them for years I’ve just recently learned how to program them. I only use them to listen to local emergency drama really but I do appreciate videos like these and I must say, I’ve talked to quite a few licensed ham guys and a lot of them seem stuck up, it’s nice to see the comments from people who are positive. Thank you.
Note that this only tells the SOC to broadcast on 1.25m (and RX) but the secondary stage RF Power amplifiers are not tuned for that band. As such you are driving them via the primaries, and they are passives. If you put a watt meter on your radio you will note that the TX power is less than 1/2 a watt. This means that likely since there are no filters, decoupling, etc on the output if you run a bad antenna you will possibly blow the SOC (which is the radio). However, listening on 1.25m is of course no problem at all (other than sensitivity issues due to lack of filtering). The UV-5R is not a clean signal to begin with but the spurious harmonics on this radio mod reset the standards a bit. Again, not a sad HAM here, as with the power reduced so much who cares, just don't use a modded UV-5R to drive one of those 220 amps, that could get messy. I need to dig into the logic on this but just a quick check when I modded a tripower I noted that the RF power out was "inverted" so I am curious how the triband RF power amplifier side is connected to the SOC now.....
Yeah, I've personally only used it for testing purposes and just to have it in the radio to begin with (not much 200mhz stuff going around here). I've heard couple AM transmissions in the 200mhz band (Not sure where they originated, the license of the frequencies are somewhat questionable, but emission designators and signal is AM), sounds absolutely horrible for AM (they weren't made for AM modulation). Just a "cool thing to have"
I'm happy to find your channel. I too am a radio hobbyist and Korean speaker but I'm not Korean. Nice to meet you. The x3 is a Tri-bander which obviously has the same chip as the dual bander but unlocked by default for the additional bands from the factory. BTW, did you know, when you do the ptt + mon + VFO unlock mod , you also get the GMRS frequencies. Thanks for the video.
Agreed. Seems like people want more censorship today. Big tech and big media have been censoring stories that aren’t conducive to the agenda, and push other stories to further divide and enrage the population. We need a platform that is truly about free speech and exchange of information.
Cool. I did it, and it worked. The first App didn't work, so I tried the 2nd one (APP SETUP) and had no problems. Changing the language was a little perplexing, but yeah, you go to the 4th one, then click the one with the arrow, then click on the 2nd choice, and it turns into english. This is really cool, Now I have a 3 band Radio ! Thanks ! 73, KM4 VGO
@@koreanhamguy2715 Is there any way of actually getting a True 5 Watts or more out of the uv5r via software mod? Chirp only gives us high and low power but these terms are relative and don't give you a true 5 watts
Well done !!!!!!,,, it is so refreshing to watch a video that puts some/ if not many licensed HRO's to shame for actually A/ starting a practical channel, B/ a experimental channel. and at the same time " your easy going ", not got a stick up your backside like "The Hierachy" ,, yes, you also are spot on, we need more interest in the hobby, but EVEN MORE RF interest rather than D Star/ system Fusion / Echo link/ voip is good for limited people , eg High rise complex/ out in the middle of no where etc , but if ( god help us if that red button got pressed ) world tragedy happened, your " intel i7 or AMD processor ain't gonna get you possible vital telecoms now, a battery/ rig/ and basic calculation of frequency/ Ham/ CB and a roll of copper wire , i know i'd be glad of 10 Boafengs with copper wire antennas, and a small linear amplifier . Yes, respect to you young man, good luck, and i hope more , especially with good manners come into a hobby i started aged 12 in 1978 in the old illegal CB UK / AM days , it did one big thing that we find hard to get from young people, " A CHAT " , the art of communication needs to come from vocal chords, not Samsungs & i Phones ... Subscribed .....all the best from The uk ,,, M0DHA
Very interesting, I found it a bit difficult to follow, I'm old, but I'm sure a couple of runs through will sort that out. I look forward to your future videos.
i cracked up when he said if you didn't read the title our blind, because i am blind, and i did read the title so that's why i clicked. No idea why it amused me so much though.
I was never allowed to attend graduation ceremonies in high school, so I feel like I'm still stuck in high school, even though I'm 57. This is actually a very interesting video! I have an army of baofeng radios and I'm going to try this on a couple of them! With so many, even if I brick one it won't make me cry! This video is over a year old, so now I'm uber curious (do young people still say uber?) about what other things you've come up with since then!!!!
For us, Uber just means that one car sharing, food delivery, package shipping service haha. I have so many video ideas yet so little time so I have not been able to make much videos since. I do want to make more videos (since I have grown my radio collection quite significantly since I posted this video, and I'm seeing quite the rapid increase in the channel's popularity). Thanks for dropping by and hopefully I get more videos coming in the future (Spoiler alert, some of the videos will be about Ailunce HD1 DMR, Motorola Xpr 7550/Cp100D, many more!)
Not too shabby. I love to see the kids get into the hobby. Once you're in... You are pretty much booked. Thank you for doing this video. If you manage to get more kids into Ham Radio, mission accomplished. Also, as far as the haters go.. Meh! Haters going to hate. You have a great attitude towards the haters. You'll do fine there kiddo. You got this.... From an old fart of a Ham Op.. 73's
Nice add to my quick and gtfo mods. Yep, a triband ducky will work but will the radio oscilator withstand the mid band xmit ?? X you might want to look into the gmrs handies, and quickly snag a few low to mid range priced handies. See what they are capable of. 😉👌👆👍
Thanks for letting us know of that, if you don't mind leaving a serial number or fccid in the comments so others know which model doesn't work, that'll be great.
Hi there and thanx for sharing this good thing. I have a Baofeng UV-5R, so I'll try this mod as soon as possible. I don't really know if thare is any activity in 1.25m band in Romania but I'll give it a try. Best 73s.
It looks like a bad idea to use the radio without the antenna. Because while using it like this you can burn out the TX cascade. It is written in almost any manual for transceivers.
Hi again.. I just managed to mod my UV-5RHT with CHIRP!!! (the method show in this video didn't work for me) Here is how I did it (maybe you can make another video about this if you will be able to replicate it): 1. Run CHIRP (my version is CHIRP daily-20200807) 2. Connect your Bao 3. Read from your device, not to loose your channels in memory (if you can't read - check for another COM port) 4. [optional] Save your channel list to file (backup) 5. On the left side you have vertically oriented tabs "Memory" "Settings" "Browser" 6. Click "Settings" 7. Choose "Other settings" 8. At "VHF Upper Limit" change 179 to 260 (one can experiment with other bands UHF/VHF and limits - but for your own responsibility) 9. Save file as.. (new backup) 10. Send to device. 11. Voila!
Does it Transmit and Receive fine? I've heard some people who had Chirp mod adjustments done and it worked fine. Others (including myself) had issues with tx being locked and not being to rx anything with the Chirp mod (forcing me to use the separate software)
Is the software reading the data from your radio first and than adapting the possible frequency ranges to the type of radio? If the software recognises the hardware it should be possible to enhance existing VHF range to 108-200 MHz in FM and AM, right? Do you know if it does that? I have seen videos already that show Baofeng UV-5R using the airband in AM mode. That is a nifty mod I guess everyone needs. Can you elaborate on that?
I don't believe UV-5R supports AM at all. I've heard of others who extended frequencies to Airband frequencies and can hear traffic but it's in FM only.
If you are talking about AM (Aircraft) band, No. You can view my other replies to the question in the comment section. But generally, an FM radio is not expected to monitor Aircraft AM transmissions.
I have a UV-5R+ im able to manually get to 220MHz now with the keypad in VFO, and transmit, but unable to save. Software says out of band. Tried to edit the xml file, the software opened it and I see the 220MHz channel in the channel list, but when I try to write it, the radio resets and the software closes.
Unfortunately, the software may not recognize the change in frequency range. I've had some luck with certain software programming software but I don't recall which one I used. I will see if I can find the software. Have you tried using the software provided in the description to program the radio?
I've heard of some models doing the very low bands. However, not only is this radio stuck to FM (Meaning AM Aircraft transmissions will be barely audible). It's not the safest practice for the internal receiver.
I think mine is open by default. One of my radios has the 200 MHz band, it is a tri band that I bought a dual band 222 MHz VHF antenna for it. I don't remember which radio it is. I will have to look. I really wish they would make a good radio that was open for RX from 108 MHz to 600 MHz full AM and FM I have a radio that is close to that, but missing some parts and is not AM
That was because I was using a DSLR with 50mm F1.8 lens (shallow depth of field). I am currently (for my more recent video) using a much wider lens at around F4 which should get rid of the unnecessary background blur (it’s a radio channel not a camera channel).
LOL. "If you don't like my video...I'll give you up to 3 seconds to leave....1...2..." super job...and yessir "X" not like "Your mother's ex!" :D :D :D
Thanks for the feedback, I am scratching my head on the camera angle for the videos as well. Hopefully I can have a decent camera angle on the next one.
It's recommended that you get a triband antenna if possible, or just one tuned for 220. If it's just for listening, I'd even use scanner antennas (wideband).
Señores si asen esto perderán para de la frequéncia de 462.000 y 467.9999 te saldrá que está todo bien pero cuando trata de transmitir estás en otra frequéncia que no es la que indica la frequéncia estos radios no vienen para ese o esa modificación no se puede regresar a como vino de fabrica más no transmitirá con la potencia que indica la radio acuérdese que está la desviación..no será bueno aserlo puedes estar seguro que si usas frs gmrs lo perderás para siempre como me pasó a mi
Hello, unfortunately I do not speak Spanish. However, I can inform you that the radio works fine under GMRS or FRS channels (although not quite sure about the deviation). The issues that you are experiencing may be related more to the radio hardware depending on the model of the radio (they differ slightly depending on manufacturing date). Thank you!
I am not sure how far you can push out of band before the VFO unlocks The one radio that I have that said it had the 200 band and also up into the 600 band but it didn't specify as far as the radio actually can get but I noticed the vfo unlock if I pushed it too far
I am looking for about your product place lace me a message. When I post this , I am looking for more information on this. I am trying to hook up a fan radio to where I can put codes in it I tried the other side and getting work how can I get your sack and hope it can work on mine I had some coats I wanted to put into my cannot get it in cuz they want us to stay in that you can help me I would appreciate it very much hope all is good there to take care of something I hope I see more videos of you
Ok ive been thinkin of buying 2 4 wifey and me as prepper/survivalist 2 go in a grab bag ya know 4 fire floods zommbie apocalypse etc so can u 1stly comunicate between us and also contact say fire rescue police etc
It doesen't work on UV-5R8W... tried so many times... also can you elaborate on file for BC.. what all those Frequency are for... get some of them but rest... Thanks
@@koreanhamguy2715 yea loads of times ive modded the 1st one i got i opened it up to 180 mhz from 174 but i didnt dare transmit because it wouldnt be good for the radio
@@StraightOuttaUrbex Oh I see, well I've been pretty lucky with the radios I've transmitted on (they seems stable from radios rxing the transmission and on the monitor)
While it isn’t a safe practice, I also did not have a properly aligned and tuned antenna for 1.25m band. In my previous experience, I had no issues transmitting without antenna (even on more expensive handhelds) and even tried stress testing some radios without antennas on (radio’s emissions were performing equally). I do not encourage transmitting without antennas, in my own experience I personally had no issues hence why I decided to demonstrate without it on. Your mileage may vary and generally avoid this whenever possible:)
great Video. I can confirm that the these radios do not transmit at 8 watts. I got a whole bunch of different models to test their claims. most do 5 watts i think i found one that did 6 watts. the 888 models only do 3 watts. i tried to change the power level. it only does 3watts. I have been trying out the 1.25M and the 6M bands with my Yaesu VX-6.
The 178 to 215 MHz is US TV channels 7 to 13 215 to 230 is 1.25 meter I don't remember what frequency the Military Aircraft AM band starts But the military aircraft start right above the 222 MHz band The military has the entire 230 to 440 MHz in the US The military aircraft usually is around three hundred megahertz and I don't remember where the break is between military aircraft and military ground I think it's around 350 MHz and from 350 to 420 is for military ground FM Which is why I was truly shocked when I started seeing the 380 to 420 MHz business radios which other countries use that band for business and I saw the 352 380 MHz radios and realized other countries use that band for commercial FM two-way radios for business I don't know about the 500 or 600 or 700 band in other countries and they may use most of that for cellular or they may use it for military or something else but it is interesting that so many countries allocate differently instead of a uniform band plan I would have thought after WWII that everyone would have adopted exactly the same band plan so that every country would use the same frequencies for the same uses but apparently everybody did whatever they wanted to do with the exception of the aircraft band They somehow decided that 108 to 136 would be aircraft worldwide But even radio regular FM entertainment wideband radio is different in each country so the frequency range is different and that is confusing as hell But I think you're right and the tri-band radio is the one you reference that I have and it seems like they did just load a different firmware and range for the radio and this model has a lot more capability than what it was marketed for and I would love to see somebody edit the firmware and push the range at least for the receive to its absolute maximum to see if we can get up into the 700 and 800 band Years ago I actually was able to read the Motorola radio firmware and convert the hex to figure out what its limits were and program new limits and expand the radio to go down to 700 and up to 950 and I removed the RX filters and was able to program in the frequencies way outside what the radio was designed to do and it worked perfectly I would bet these can be changed as well if we can figure out how they put in the ranges and change the value for the upper limit from 520 to 950
Clicked because I have both the UV-5R and the UV-5X3. Would love to turn my UV-5R into a 5X3. These jokes are great. alt+s. You have to hold the alt key for those menu letter shortcuts. That's some Windows 3.1/95 era shit. They also make a Tri-band antenna. Which is what I have on my UV-5X3. I'm using the Nagoya NA-320A, which is a full 1/8 wave length one (45cm/17.7"). I think they make the shorter rubber ducky style in tri-band as well. But why pay for one of those when you could just buy the full whip? 1.25M is mostly useful for Marine use. I have it for that. There's supposedly 1.25M HAM repeaters in my area, but I've never heard anyone broadcast on them.
@@koreanhamguy2715 Alright follow up report. First, holy crap the programming cables are sooooooo much easier to use under Linux than Windows. They're just supported by the current Linux Kernel out of the box, plug in and done. Second, I didn't even need to use the Chinese software. I just went into CHIRP settings and changed the VHF upper limit to 225MHz from 174MHz. Works perfectly. Probably would be a good idea to get it the same Tri-Band full whip as my other radio, but I imagine the Dual-Band full whip can be used without major issue. The slightly different length just means the native median frequency of the antenna is different, but it should still be well with in range. Also it appears then, the only difference between the UV-5R and UV-5X3, is that the 5X3 allows for two VHF range perimeters and the 5R for only one. Meaning I have 174-220MHz locked off on the 5X3, but the 5R has full access to that range. Which leaves it open to tune Television broadcasting frequencies. I wonder if the 5X3 firmware can be flashed to the 5R. I'll have to find it first. I also really wonder if there's any actual hardware differences or if it's purely firmware.
@@nikdog419 Not sure about software + hardware part. I'd have to purchase the other radio and disassemble it to find out. Glad the chirp method worked out for you (it didn't work for me, the tx would get locked up and won't actually transmit).
@@koreanhamguy2715 I started looking into changing the firmware, and from what I could find the ROM is some kind of one time flash type. So theoretically the radios are permanently flashed to the ROMs they came with, unless you de-solder the ROM and replace it. Which is actually the easy part, the hard part is getting a chip with the correct ROM on it. I wonder if something signifiant has changed in the CHIRP source code since you've tried it. 🤷♂ I've definitely noticed while the radio now operates in that frequency range, and I can program those frequencies on the device, CHIRP still refuses to program that range. It knows the stock range for the UV-5R and will lock you to that. Sounds prime for a bug report to request, rather than using a radio model definition for programmable range, the software should query the radio's settings variables for programmable range.
@@nikdog419 when I unlocked my uv-5r with chirp by changing 179 to 260mhz it made my uv-5r identical to my 2 uv-5rx3's they can transmit everywhere except from around 180 to 190mhz..... If I try and tx between those the radio will lock up as if transmitting but not.... and will have to be turned off and on again.... I can't notice any other real difference....
Hello from Ontario, thanks for the tutorial. Play safe. What antenna do you recommend? So far I have only found the diamond 320A. What sources did you use to find the frequencies to program in?
Fellow Canadian residents are always welcome. I recommend RadioReference and for more advanced searching (aka more detailed searches based on government IC database). I recommend website called "TAFL". I've used it several many times to look up frequencies and addresses, I've also used TAFL to submit scanning frequencies to RadioReference. Have fun!
@@ChrisZwolinski I mean, out of a cheap handheld like UV5R I really can't expect them to add Micro SD slot or have larger memory. Mainly because this means that they have to redesign everything (case, motherboard etc). Which ends up being very costly for both manufacturers and consumers. Really, it's a radio that's meant to be simple and accessible which is why I love the radio despite having all my other handhelds, scanners, sdr etc. You simply cannot beat simplicity. Also, in my opinion I am against having larger capacity simply because of the small screen and lack of banks/zones meaning to navigate through channels, you have to go through all of them (at least if you don't have the channel # memorized). These are all my personal opinions though and at the end of the day, if you want anything other than a simple baofeng. There is no other option than to buy a better radio (although it would still be interesting and cool to see baofeng make changes such as more channel capacity in normal UV5R lineup). Have a great holiday!
Has anyone been able to get this done using Linux? Got the program running with Wine also installed programming wire driver with Wine , tried all com ports and software doesnt see the radio. Any tips?
From 136? What Would You Say If I Said Top You That I Got Unlocked My Baofeng From 130 To 175.999 ? And Just DONT Ask Me How I Did It And NO, No Hardware Needed ANd Its SO EASY That You Would NEVER BELIEVE !
I have heard of this issue in the past, I have no clue why it does that. Some people have complained and reported that the radio may be missing the FM receiver completely. I cannot confirm that information nor have I ever come across the issue myself.
@@koreanhamguy2715 & VU3MES Ham Radio Channel - I was informed by a tech at Baofeng that the FM IC has been removed in some radios that they sell to other vendors to be resold (not sure which vendors or models). The tech told me they do this to lower the cost of the HT. Not sure if it is true. But it would explain why some vendors UV-5R copies (like BTCH) have the FM Radio working. While some of the others do not.
Please let me know if any issues with the installation links or any other issues. Feel free to leave a comment but always think before you say (or type)
Is there a version for Mac, by any chance?
It worked great for me. Thank you. But what I noticed is that. Both CHIRP, CHIRP NEXT and this Chinese programming software will not allow me to install 1.25 meter frequencies. I get an error message stating that the 1.25 meter frequencies are out of range for my UV5R8W. But ,... I can hand hewn the frequencies manually. Is that your same experience or not? Thanks again for sharing. Love this little hand held
@@adriancozma6102 I have not found any versions for Mac
@@Sarm-mx6qy I have no idea how to program manual channels for 1.25. I've tried myself and they just refused to work properly... Hopefully Chirp adds support for out-of-banded radios in the future.
Great radios to have .I used to use Motorola handicom /sportcom .
Fantastic Lad! Well done! Thank you! I've got a bunch of these radios, going to try it on my newer ones. BTW I'm an old goat , I've been in this hobby for more than 40 years, I really like young folks coming into this wonderful hobby. I was just a kid who really liked radio, now I'm a really old kid who still loves radio. Keep going lad! 73!
You know what, this might work on the newer Bao's but more than likely the radio' filter might not allow ( band pass) the displayed frequency IE the 220 band ,or the actual frequency that passes is probably not the one shown. But I don't want to discourage anyone from experimenting, I just don't think the radio will be stable ( might end up with some odd frequency being transmitted) I'm going to buy a tri-band Baofeng to use 220 band again. It's a great band to work, it has the punch of 2 meter band with the penetration of the 70cm band . I just wanted you guys to be aware that programming in a 1.25 meter band might not "take" (especially older Bao's) or it might display that it's on frequency but actually it might be way off frequency. 73 to all🙂
20 years here but at a restart point after 13 year break.
73 from Detroit area ..gmrs popping up all over, some linked as a 3, 4 group..
@@Barracuda48082 yeah, GMRS is incredibly popular here in SW Pennsylvania as well!
@L.A. just about anyone can setup a repeater base if you have some height and decent antennas...
@@Barracuda48082 yes indeed, lot easier than what it used to be, cheaper too, all except for tower rental space and a spot to keep the gear secure and power. But with these new micro repeaters we can set up at home.
Works great on my uv5r. After the install I noticed that if you are running Chirp on the same pc, in the other setting of the radio you can now adjust upper and lower limits for VHF and UHF. I successfully programed my uv-82hp for 1.25m aswell. **To All...Make sure you are running a acceptable antenna for the broardcast freq. or risk damaging transmitter....**
An excellent video! I will look into this further and check out your software
Besides the UV-5RX3, Baofeng has the BF-R3 as a Tri-Band radio sharing the UV-5R case as well as the UV-S9X3 n a different case. I hear that the UV-9RX3 is also a Tri-Band radio but I never seen one in person (I own the UV-9R-Pro).
I have a few UV-5R that I share with friends (when we go out camping and other outings), so I can experiment on one of those and try them out with my BF-R3.
I am a Licensed Ham in the USA, but I am not one of those who sream and yell about the negativities about the Baofeng, I am more about getting on the airwaves and making contacts on anything I can get my hands on. The Boafeng is just an option for me to do this.
Great work and thank you!
Nice job. Thank God younger ppl are starting to enjoy the hobby.
I don’t know much about radios, even though I’ve had them for years I’ve just recently learned how to program them. I only use them to listen to local emergency drama really but I do appreciate videos like these and I must say, I’ve talked to quite a few licensed ham guys and a lot of them seem stuck up, it’s nice to see the comments from people who are positive. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Note that this only tells the SOC to broadcast on 1.25m (and RX) but the secondary stage RF Power amplifiers are not tuned for that band. As such you are driving them via the primaries, and they are passives. If you put a watt meter on your radio you will note that the TX power is less than 1/2 a watt. This means that likely since there are no filters, decoupling, etc on the output if you run a bad antenna you will possibly blow the SOC (which is the radio). However, listening on 1.25m is of course no problem at all (other than sensitivity issues due to lack of filtering). The UV-5R is not a clean signal to begin with but the spurious harmonics on this radio mod reset the standards a bit. Again, not a sad HAM here, as with the power reduced so much who cares, just don't use a modded UV-5R to drive one of those 220 amps, that could get messy. I need to dig into the logic on this but just a quick check when I modded a tripower I noted that the RF power out was "inverted" so I am curious how the triband RF power amplifier side is connected to the SOC now.....
Yeah, I've personally only used it for testing purposes and just to have it in the radio to begin with (not much 200mhz stuff going around here). I've heard couple AM transmissions in the 200mhz band (Not sure where they originated, the license of the frequencies are somewhat questionable, but emission designators and signal is AM), sounds absolutely horrible for AM (they weren't made for AM modulation). Just a "cool thing to have"
Props to you from an Old Geezer
Think about camera focus...
You're doing great, and it IS a great hobby
I'm happy to find your channel. I too am a radio hobbyist and Korean speaker but I'm not Korean. Nice to meet you. The x3 is a Tri-bander which obviously has the same chip as the dual bander but unlocked by default for the additional bands from the factory. BTW, did you know, when you do the ptt + mon + VFO unlock mod , you also get the GMRS frequencies. Thanks for the video.
Greetings from Sweden!
You,Sir, just got yourself a new subscriber 🎉
NotaRubicon making more Hams 😂
Yes we do need more youngins in the ham world.
This is a fantastic video. UA-cam needs more real honest videos like this. Free exchange of information is what it's all about.
Agreed. Seems like people want more censorship today. Big tech and big media have been censoring stories that aren’t conducive to the agenda, and push other stories to further divide and enrage the population.
We need a platform that is truly about free speech and exchange of information.
Cool. I did it, and it worked. The first App didn't work, so I tried the 2nd one (APP SETUP) and had no problems. Changing the language was a little perplexing, but yeah, you go to the 4th one, then click the one with the arrow, then click on the 2nd choice, and it turns into english.
This is really cool, Now I have a 3 band Radio ! Thanks ! 73, KM4 VGO
Thanks!, The first app works some people but I do recommend the App setup for cleaner installation.
@@koreanhamguy2715 Is there any way of actually getting a True 5 Watts or more out of the uv5r via software mod? Chirp only gives us high and low power but these terms are relative and don't give you a true 5 watts
Well done !!!!!!,,, it is so refreshing to watch a video that puts some/ if not many licensed HRO's to shame for actually A/ starting a practical channel, B/ a experimental channel. and at the same time " your easy going ", not got a stick up your backside like "The Hierachy" ,, yes, you also are spot on, we need more interest in the hobby, but EVEN MORE RF interest rather than D Star/ system Fusion / Echo link/ voip is good for limited people , eg High rise complex/ out in the middle of no where etc , but if ( god help us if that red button got pressed ) world tragedy happened, your " intel i7 or AMD processor ain't gonna get you possible vital telecoms now, a battery/ rig/ and basic calculation of frequency/ Ham/ CB and a roll of copper wire , i know i'd be glad of 10 Boafengs with copper wire antennas, and a small linear amplifier . Yes, respect to you young man, good luck, and i hope more , especially with good manners come into a hobby i started aged 12 in 1978 in the old illegal CB UK / AM days , it did one big thing that we find hard to get from young people, " A CHAT " , the art of communication needs to come from vocal chords, not Samsungs & i Phones ... Subscribed .....all the best from The uk ,,, M0DHA
Wonderful video!! Thank you for the amazing explanation ^^
I really like your video even tho it’s your „first“ video.
Keep on doing this.
Thanks for sharing your valuable information to this community
Well done with your first video. Greetings from South Africa!
Worked for all my Baofeng radios, Thanks.
very good instructional vidio, woorked great, cant wait to see what you do next. Keep up the good work!
Very interesting, I found it a bit difficult to follow, I'm old, but I'm sure a couple of runs through will sort that out. I look forward to your future videos.
Thank you for the feedback, I will try to follow a script next time :D
@@koreanhamguy2715 Well, you did say it was you first effort, you'll get better the more you do, looking forward to them.
FANTASTIC RADIOS. You could thump bigfoot with it and leave a knot on his melon.
I wonder if the 1.25 band transmits 5 watts ? Would be cool.
Thank you for the video. Very informative.
Fellow Ham from Abbotsford here, Thanks for sharing this!
Howdy!
i have some version called Waccom UV 5R , everything you did worked properly ! thanks !
Love your style and jokes, Dawg.
Thanks dad
Great job on everything, thank you for the info.
I got to “label” my own apartment once. Three units, A, B, and mine, X.
i cracked up when he said if you didn't read the title our blind, because i am blind, and i did read the title so that's why i clicked. No idea why it amused me so much though.
The joke wasn't made to offend people but hey, if ya had a crack at it maybe it wasn't so offensive.
I was never allowed to attend graduation ceremonies in high school, so I feel like I'm still stuck in high school, even though I'm 57. This is actually a very interesting video! I have an army of baofeng radios and I'm going to try this on a couple of them! With so many, even if I brick one it won't make me cry! This video is over a year old, so now I'm uber curious (do young people still say uber?) about what other things you've come up with since then!!!!
For us, Uber just means that one car sharing, food delivery, package shipping service haha. I have so many video ideas yet so little time so I have not been able to make much videos since. I do want to make more videos (since I have grown my radio collection quite significantly since I posted this video, and I'm seeing quite the rapid increase in the channel's popularity). Thanks for dropping by and hopefully I get more videos coming in the future (Spoiler alert, some of the videos will be about Ailunce HD1 DMR, Motorola Xpr 7550/Cp100D, many more!)
works on a baofeng BF-F8HP with this software
Thank you for informing us!
Watching that radio turned on without antenna connected makes me anxious as hell.
Lol
Not too shabby. I love to see the kids get into the hobby. Once you're in... You are pretty much booked.
Thank you for doing this video. If you manage to get more kids into Ham Radio, mission accomplished.
Also, as far as the haters go.. Meh! Haters going to hate. You have a great attitude towards the haters. You'll do fine there kiddo. You got this....
From an old fart of a Ham Op..
73's
Nice job I wish you success!
I *am* blind...and yet, I managed to read the title. ...
Magik
@@koreanhamguy2715 Technology...or are you invoking Clarke's law?
Great video. Subscribed.
Hey I encourage you to do more content. Your jokes are not that bad and the content is well worth it even if they were.
Nice add to my quick and gtfo mods. Yep, a triband ducky will work but will the radio oscilator withstand the mid band xmit ??
X you might want to look into the gmrs handies, and quickly snag a few low to mid range priced handies. See what they are capable of. 😉👌👆👍
I’ve got couple motorola radios (for commercial use). I’ll do a review on them later
Great job !!!
Currently I have 2 UV-5R radios, the mod works on my 5 watt UV-5R radio, but will not work on my 8 watt UV-5R radio
Thanks for letting us know of that, if you don't mind leaving a serial number or fccid in the comments so others know which model doesn't work, that'll be great.
thank you so much. hope to see more videos
Hi there and thanx for sharing this good thing. I have a Baofeng UV-5R, so I'll try this mod as soon as possible. I don't really know if thare is any activity in 1.25m band in Romania but I'll give it a try. Best 73s.
Thanks, it works on my older UV-5R but not the new one I just bought the 3th Gen. oh well
It looks like a bad idea to use the radio without the antenna. Because while using it like this you can burn out the TX cascade. It is written in almost any manual for transceivers.
It was for a very short duration, I would definitely advise against on transmitting without antenna
Dude chill, you're cool 😎😃.
Thanks for the info.
I’ll chill on the next one ahaha
You do a great job thank you Brother
Subscribed great vid
awesome stuff hope you do more vids in the future :)
cool stuff, subscribed!
Hi again..
I just managed to mod my UV-5RHT with CHIRP!!! (the method show in this video didn't work for me)
Here is how I did it (maybe you can make another video about this if you will be able to replicate it):
1. Run CHIRP (my version is CHIRP daily-20200807)
2. Connect your Bao
3. Read from your device, not to loose your channels in memory (if you can't read - check for another COM port)
4. [optional] Save your channel list to file (backup)
5. On the left side you have vertically oriented tabs "Memory" "Settings" "Browser"
6. Click "Settings"
7. Choose "Other settings"
8. At "VHF Upper Limit" change 179 to 260 (one can experiment with other bands UHF/VHF and limits - but for your own responsibility)
9. Save file as.. (new backup)
10. Send to device.
11. Voila!
Does it Transmit and Receive fine? I've heard some people who had Chirp mod adjustments done and it worked fine. Others (including myself) had issues with tx being locked and not being to rx anything with the Chirp mod (forcing me to use the separate software)
I modded my radio from 1 to 1000 sensitivity for UHF/VHF frequencies from Chirp and am using TidRadio bluetooth programmer.
Thanks for this! It worked for me as well
Wow, thanks. This actually works in chirp. I confirmed it also transmits with this using an SDR. Thanks!
@@natep121 Glad I could help.
Good video. Good jokes. Going try this soon. Thank you
Is the software reading the data from your radio first and than adapting the possible frequency ranges to the type of radio? If the software recognises the hardware it should be possible to enhance existing VHF range to 108-200 MHz in FM and AM, right? Do you know if it does that? I have seen videos already that show Baofeng UV-5R using the airband in AM mode. That is a nifty mod I guess everyone needs. Can you elaborate on that?
I don't believe UV-5R supports AM at all. I've heard of others who extended frequencies to Airband frequencies and can hear traffic but it's in FM only.
Nice Video And good info.
Is it Possible to program it to Lower Band too. 🤔🤔
If you are talking about AM (Aircraft) band, No. You can view my other replies to the question in the comment section. But generally, an FM radio is not expected to monitor Aircraft AM transmissions.
Well thanks for the effort of doing this video but chirp method was easier and safer. The year of production of UV-5R that I moded was 2018.
I’ve heard two sides to chirp mods (they either work or get tx stuck).
Has anyone figured out how to program in 1.25 meter repeaters in the UV-5R? You’re a funny guy 😂😂😂🎉
I have a UV-5R+ im able to manually get to 220MHz now with the keypad in VFO, and transmit, but unable to save. Software says out of band. Tried to edit the xml file, the software opened it and I see the 220MHz channel in the channel list, but when I try to write it, the radio resets and the software closes.
Unfortunately, the software may not recognize the change in frequency range. I've had some luck with certain software programming software but I don't recall which one I used. I will see if I can find the software.
Have you tried using the software provided in the description to program the radio?
Hello . I m. Wondering. İs this radio listen about 100---130mhz
I've heard of some models doing the very low bands. However, not only is this radio stuck to FM (Meaning AM Aircraft transmissions will be barely audible). It's not the safest practice for the internal receiver.
Nice video man..... Good luck with the UA-cam channel.... I subscribed.... Just commenting for the algorithm Al gore rhythm.....
We need more sideband Radio even if their only a mono bander if boa Feng build one my self will buy it
I think mine is open by default.
One of my radios has the 200 MHz band, it is a tri band that I bought a dual band 222 MHz VHF antenna for it.
I don't remember which radio it is. I will have to look.
I really wish they would make a good radio that was open for RX from 108 MHz to 600 MHz full AM and FM
I have a radio that is close to that, but missing some parts and is not AM
What about the technical difficulty with that camera? I though my glasses foged up.
That was because I was using a DSLR with 50mm F1.8 lens (shallow depth of field). I am currently (for my more recent video) using a much wider lens at around F4 which should get rid of the unnecessary background blur (it’s a radio channel not a camera channel).
LOL. "If you don't like my video...I'll give you up to 3 seconds to leave....1...2..." super job...and yessir "X" not like "Your mother's ex!" :D :D :D
The camera angle of those radios made me skip the rest of the video made my head hurt
Thanks for the feedback, I am scratching my head on the camera angle for the videos as well. Hopefully I can have a decent camera angle on the next one.
@@koreanhamguy2715 I did not mean my comment as criticism. Give me a headache ha ha ha
do I need a different antenna than the original one to listen to 1.25m?
It's recommended that you get a triband antenna if possible, or just one tuned for 220. If it's just for listening, I'd even use scanner antennas (wideband).
Great info! Thanks!
Señores si asen esto perderán para de la frequéncia de 462.000 y 467.9999 te saldrá que está todo bien pero cuando trata de transmitir estás en otra frequéncia que no es la que indica la frequéncia estos radios no vienen para ese o esa modificación no se puede regresar a como vino de fabrica más no transmitirá con la potencia que indica la radio acuérdese que está la desviación..no será bueno aserlo puedes estar seguro que si usas frs gmrs lo perderás para siempre como me pasó a mi
Hello, unfortunately I do not speak Spanish. However, I can inform you that the radio works fine under GMRS or FRS channels (although not quite sure about the deviation). The issues that you are experiencing may be related more to the radio hardware depending on the model of the radio (they differ slightly depending on manufacturing date). Thank you!
Where's the download links? My eyes are crossing now after reading everything possible here to find it!
Ok, found it, thanks
I am not sure how far you can push out of band before the VFO unlocks
The one radio that I have that said it had the 200 band and also up into the 600 band but it didn't specify as far as the radio actually can get but I noticed the vfo unlock if I pushed it too far
Not sure what the use for 600 band would be. Sounds interesting
I am looking for about your product place lace me a message. When I post this , I am looking for more information on this. I am trying to hook up a fan radio to where I can put codes in it I tried the other side and getting work how can I get your sack and hope it can work on mine I had some coats I wanted to put into my cannot get it in cuz they want us to stay in that you can help me I would appreciate it very much hope all is good there to take care of something I hope I see more videos of you
Ok ive been thinkin of buying 2 4 wifey and me as prepper/survivalist 2 go in a grab bag ya know 4 fire floods zommbie apocalypse etc so can u 1stly comunicate between us and also contact say fire rescue police etc
I like your jokes!
I couldn't do it on mine. Mine is at 130 mhz and 178 mhz and it doesn't change.
I enjoy but what you was doing on it
It doesen't work on UV-5R8W... tried so many times... also can you elaborate on file for BC.. what all those Frequency are for... get some of them but rest... Thanks
It cant transmit out of range I've tried it
Have you tried the mod with the software? I’ve ran into that issue using chirp
@@koreanhamguy2715 yea loads of times ive modded the 1st one i got i opened it up to 180 mhz from 174 but i didnt dare transmit because it wouldnt be good for the radio
@@StraightOuttaUrbex Oh I see, well I've been pretty lucky with the radios I've transmitted on (they seems stable from radios rxing the transmission and on the monitor)
Tam pham from killtony show ?
Tam whoooo?
Transmitting without an antenna attached will damage the radio ! Don't give people the idea that this is safe practice !
While it isn’t a safe practice, I also did not have a properly aligned and tuned antenna for 1.25m band. In my previous experience, I had no issues transmitting without antenna (even on more expensive handhelds) and even tried stress testing some radios without antennas on (radio’s emissions were performing equally). I do not encourage transmitting without antennas, in my own experience I personally had no issues hence why I decided to demonstrate without it on. Your mileage may vary and generally avoid this whenever possible:)
@@koreanhamguy2715 hammy
Hi, I'll give this a go on the uv82
great Video. I can confirm that the these radios do not transmit at 8 watts. I got a whole bunch of different models to test their claims. most do 5 watts i think i found one that did 6 watts. the 888 models only do 3 watts. i tried to change the power level. it only does 3watts. I have been trying out the 1.25M and the 6M bands with my Yaesu VX-6.
Not even my Motorola Xpr 7550 transmits at rated power 🤷♂️
8 Chinese watts = 3.4 watts
LOL
The 178 to 215 MHz is US TV channels 7 to 13
215 to 230 is 1.25 meter
I don't remember what frequency the Military Aircraft AM band starts
But the military aircraft start right above the 222 MHz band
The military has the entire 230 to 440 MHz in the US
The military aircraft usually is around three hundred megahertz and I don't remember where the break is between military aircraft and military ground I think it's around 350 MHz and from 350 to 420 is for military ground FM
Which is why I was truly shocked when I started seeing the 380 to 420 MHz business radios which other countries use that band for business and I saw the 352 380 MHz radios and realized other countries use that band for commercial FM two-way radios for business
I don't know about the 500 or 600 or 700 band in other countries and they may use most of that for cellular or they may use it for military or something else but it is interesting that so many countries allocate differently instead of a uniform band plan
I would have thought after WWII that everyone would have adopted exactly the same band plan so that every country would use the same frequencies for the same uses but apparently everybody did whatever they wanted to do with the exception of the aircraft band They somehow decided that 108 to 136 would be aircraft worldwide
But even radio regular FM entertainment wideband radio is different in each country so the frequency range is different and that is confusing as hell
But I think you're right and the tri-band radio is the one you reference that I have and it seems like they did just load a different firmware and range for the radio and this model has a lot more capability than what it was marketed for and I would love to see somebody edit the firmware and push the range at least for the receive to its absolute maximum to see if we can get up into the 700 and 800 band
Years ago I actually was able to read the Motorola radio firmware and convert the hex to figure out what its limits were and program new limits and expand the radio to go down to 700 and up to 950 and I removed the RX filters and was able to program in the frequencies way outside what the radio was designed to do and it worked perfectly
I would bet these can be changed as well if we can figure out how they put in the ranges and change the value for the upper limit from 520 to 950
Motorola hex edits work great. I’ve used it on several 6580’s
If @NotaRubicon inspired you, then I can't wait to see your sense of humor ... just sayin'
My sense of humour could use a bit of improving. We'll see :D
hi x i was looking for the programming software link that the video mentions you use did you put the link up for it i cant find it
Clicked because I have both the UV-5R and the UV-5X3. Would love to turn my UV-5R into a 5X3.
These jokes are great.
alt+s. You have to hold the alt key for those menu letter shortcuts. That's some Windows 3.1/95 era shit.
They also make a Tri-band antenna. Which is what I have on my UV-5X3. I'm using the Nagoya NA-320A, which is a full 1/8 wave length one (45cm/17.7"). I think they make the shorter rubber ducky style in tri-band as well. But why pay for one of those when you could just buy the full whip?
1.25M is mostly useful for Marine use. I have it for that. There's supposedly 1.25M HAM repeaters in my area, but I've never heard anyone broadcast on them.
Nice!
@@koreanhamguy2715 Alright follow up report. First, holy crap the programming cables are sooooooo much easier to use under Linux than Windows. They're just supported by the current Linux Kernel out of the box, plug in and done. Second, I didn't even need to use the Chinese software. I just went into CHIRP settings and changed the VHF upper limit to 225MHz from 174MHz. Works perfectly.
Probably would be a good idea to get it the same Tri-Band full whip as my other radio, but I imagine the Dual-Band full whip can be used without major issue. The slightly different length just means the native median frequency of the antenna is different, but it should still be well with in range. Also it appears then, the only difference between the UV-5R and UV-5X3, is that the 5X3 allows for two VHF range perimeters and the 5R for only one. Meaning I have 174-220MHz locked off on the 5X3, but the 5R has full access to that range. Which leaves it open to tune Television broadcasting frequencies. I wonder if the 5X3 firmware can be flashed to the 5R. I'll have to find it first. I also really wonder if there's any actual hardware differences or if it's purely firmware.
@@nikdog419 Not sure about software + hardware part. I'd have to purchase the other radio and disassemble it to find out. Glad the chirp method worked out for you (it didn't work for me, the tx would get locked up and won't actually transmit).
@@koreanhamguy2715 I started looking into changing the firmware, and from what I could find the ROM is some kind of one time flash type. So theoretically the radios are permanently flashed to the ROMs they came with, unless you de-solder the ROM and replace it. Which is actually the easy part, the hard part is getting a chip with the correct ROM on it.
I wonder if something signifiant has changed in the CHIRP source code since you've tried it. 🤷♂ I've definitely noticed while the radio now operates in that frequency range, and I can program those frequencies on the device, CHIRP still refuses to program that range. It knows the stock range for the UV-5R and will lock you to that. Sounds prime for a bug report to request, rather than using a radio model definition for programmable range, the software should query the radio's settings variables for programmable range.
@@nikdog419 when I unlocked my uv-5r with chirp by changing 179 to 260mhz it made my uv-5r identical to my 2 uv-5rx3's they can transmit everywhere except from around 180 to 190mhz..... If I try and tx between those the radio will lock up as if transmitting but not.... and will have to be turned off and on again.... I can't notice any other real difference....
thank you so much
Hi, does it keep 144MHz and 430 MHz bands with the 1.25m band mod?
Yep
? Can you change it back if you wanted
Yes!
when i enter software i get error and cant do anything in program
Hi, I am also from your area and was wondering if i could get a more detailed list of frequencies i can monitor? mainly emergency services etc. thanks
Hey Rick, if you could drop an email that would be great!
@@koreanhamguy2715 Thanks, email sent!
Hello from Ontario, thanks for the tutorial. Play safe. What antenna do you recommend? So far I have only found the diamond 320A. What sources did you use to find the frequencies to program in?
Fellow Canadian residents are always welcome. I recommend RadioReference and for more advanced searching (aka more detailed searches based on government IC database). I recommend website called "TAFL". I've used it several many times to look up frequencies and addresses, I've also used TAFL to submit scanning frequencies to RadioReference. Have fun!
@@koreanhamguy2715 Looking forward to more videos in the future. Subscribed.
Nice video and directions. Couldn't get it to work on my UV-5R. It's about 7yrs old. Is yours a newer one?
Mine is about 5 years old, however the retevis radio is around 7-8 years old as well. Could you tell me how it's not working as shown in the video?
Mine is a Baofeng not Retevis, could that be the problem?
Nice video will check this out on my next day off 😀
There is no link to the software. Please provide. Great video!
awesome!!! "Dear Haters: gtfo!"
Interesting. I'd like to see a mod that would allow for more programmable channels.
Channel capacity is more of a hardware thing I believe. Just a limit to what the radio is actually capable of storing.
@@koreanhamguy2715 I would think the same, but would like access to more ram or a micro SD slot that would allow for more channels.
@@ChrisZwolinski I mean, out of a cheap handheld like UV5R I really can't expect them to add Micro SD slot or have larger memory. Mainly because this means that they have to redesign everything (case, motherboard etc). Which ends up being very costly for both manufacturers and consumers. Really, it's a radio that's meant to be simple and accessible which is why I love the radio despite having all my other handhelds, scanners, sdr etc. You simply cannot beat simplicity. Also, in my opinion I am against having larger capacity simply because of the small screen and lack of banks/zones meaning to navigate through channels, you have to go through all of them (at least if you don't have the channel # memorized). These are all my personal opinions though and at the end of the day, if you want anything other than a simple baofeng. There is no other option than to buy a better radio (although it would still be interesting and cool to see baofeng make changes such as more channel capacity in normal UV5R lineup). Have a great holiday!
Has anyone been able to get this done using Linux? Got the program running with Wine also installed programming wire driver with Wine , tried all com ports and software doesnt see the radio. Any tips?
From 136? What Would You Say If I Said Top You That I Got Unlocked My Baofeng From 130 To 175.999 ?
And Just DONT Ask Me How I Did It And NO, No Hardware Needed ANd Its SO EASY That You Would NEVER BELIEVE !
Who the hell still uses Windows?
Que, are you a mac user?
Plz check it will transmitted in 260 to 330 mhz
It won't transmit above 260 since the software does not reach that range. :) Hope this helped
Hi nice video. I have a uv10r that never receive any fm signals. It scans from 65 to 108 mhz but no reception, any idea. Thanks very much
I have heard of this issue in the past, I have no clue why it does that. Some people have complained and reported that the radio may be missing the FM receiver completely. I cannot confirm that information nor have I ever come across the issue myself.
@@koreanhamguy2715 & VU3MES Ham Radio Channel - I was informed by a tech at Baofeng that the FM IC has been removed in some radios that they sell to other vendors to be resold (not sure which vendors or models). The tech told me they do this to lower the cost of the HT. Not sure if it is true. But it would explain why some vendors UV-5R copies (like BTCH) have the FM Radio working. While some of the others do not.