Programming Custom GMRS & Ham Channels On A KG-1000G, KG-905G, KG-935G And Other HAM Or GMRS Radios
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2021
- CLARIFICATION: I accidentally changed the TX frequency on repeater channel 23 from "467" to "462", and then copied that to custom channel 45 - Do as I say, not as I do, as this would make it impossible to use these fictional repeaters..
In this short video I go over how to program custom channels and add custom repeater channels on most GMRS and ham radios. In this example I use a Wouxun KG-935G, but these basics apply to most GMRS and ham radios - all brands including Baofeng, Radioddity, Retevis, and Midland.
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I still use my Commodore 64 computer to program my radios.
Great use for those old machines! I have a friend that does the same thing.
Thank you so very much for this video, I’m new to the GMRS radio and this content helped me tremendously.
Hey man, you look just like I do! Are you trying to impersonate me or something?
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I almost have a hard time following along just because I'm laughing so hard. I am a novice to both HAM and GMRS, but find your humor to be spot on for both realms. Thank you for continuously calling out the basement dwellers that have plagued us all for so many years. Love it. So glad I came across your channel! Be well.
Your videos seem to appear at the right time for me. When I have a bad or difficult day, you create a fun and educational video. Keep up the great work, you may not realize it but you make a difference in other people's life.
One of the many advantages of RT Systems software is that it allows you to insert entries. With the stock software, you can't do that. That could create a whole lot of work if you make a mistake and/or want to move some rows.
you amaze me with all of your knowledge in so many subjects , you must spend alot of reading and remember all that you read . I really enjoy your videos weather it's about different radios or off roading. just wanted to thank you for all that you have done to help so many of us.
He’s married.
You sound amazing without a pop screen. Thats because you position the mic to the side like all radio operators should do.
Yes, I feel both the bits and bytes are ordered in such a way that makes it preferred to use a Commando 64 for programming 🤣
Thanks. I usually use my Commodore 64 to program my radio. It always detects the calm port properly.
I used the cable with an Atari game system from 1973 and was able to play Pong on my radio. Later, when I was drunk, I accidentally plugged my Wouxun cable into a wall outlet at home and now every radio in the house can hear our local repeater. Sadly, they're set to narrow band and the volume is low.
“Sad Ham”… 🤣🤣. You are a literal gift to the Ham and GMRS radio community! Keep up the great vids!
Thank you for this, I just received my 2 KG-935Gs to start my adventures into GMRS. I have been playing around with them, but not having anyone in my area with a repeater, so I have been watching what you have been up to, and how to. So now I have a great place to help me thru this. Again, thank you.
Thank You , Randy, for this video.
I recently ordered, (on back order) the Wouxun KG-UV9G PRO, GMRS Two-Way Radio, and I appreciate this brief tutorial on the ease of programming of Wouxon radios.
Much easier to program than my Motorola XPR series portable and mobile radios in my possession.
Keep doing what your doing!! 👌
I now have purchased 2 hand-held HTs and a mobile from this guy's recommendations .. and I still don't know what a rubicon is .. or why he's not one of them .. whatever, I don't care .. his reviews are fantastic and his humor and my beer are quite enjoyable.
I loaded my KG-1000 the other day with my Commodore 64. It took a minute but it's doable!
Thanks for explaining the steps the simple way. As I use my trusted APPLE II PLUS, I had to do some additional work to modify the cassette cable... 😉👍
Finding the ADB to USB drivers is the real challenge. ;)
Man, you fixed this place up. Nice job.
The radio will actually moan and wheeze when you've penetrated the probes in the holes correctly.
-and queef.
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Rock of the 80's. Richard Blade's deep voice, "K-ROCK!" is ringing in the air now.
Thanks for this video. I'm new GMRS license holder and just got the Wouxun KG-935, so this will be helpful.
Great video! I own the KG-805G, KG-905G, and arriving tomorrow, the KG-935G! I have watched your videos for a long time and they are superb! My local law enforcement, ems,fire, etc...is using analog so I will be able to use this for my gmrs use while scanning. Ham operator here also (not a sad ham). I can finally ditch my HAM HT as a scanner!
New follower & two-way radio operator here. Thanks for making programming of my Wouxun KG-935G possible. And learning so much more from your channel.
This seems so easy, I can even do it. I just ordered the Wouxun KG-905G last night so I am looking forward to getting the pair and doing what you just showed. Thanks.
I checked in with David Lightman, who uses GMRS with his wife Jennifer and their kids, and he actually still uses his IMSAI 8080 computer to program his GMRS radios!
I program mine using a VIC 20, it's all i need and still works like new.
The difference between a laptop and a desktop, or a Commodore 64 or a TRS-80 is like the difference between wide and narrow band--a total mystery
i never get bored watching your videos! thank you for respecting my time.
I very much enjoy your videos, cant stop laughing at the HAM radio comments since i work with logs of engineers. My late father was a ham radio, the good kind. I have purchased the 905g and KG-1000 for my RV and your feedback was extremely helpful. Looking forward to use the videos with my family to better understand GMRS world. Agree this is 99% of my needs.
Thank you sir this video was super helpful getting my KG-935G plus with my jeep clubs GRMS repeater set up keep up the great videos
PS the ham guy I’m the club is crying about the Roger beep 😂😂
As a best use practice should you leave the 8 repeater channels as they are and go to empty channel numbers below 30 and add travel repeaters, scanning vhf/uhf stuff there. Both of my radios are Wouxun and the really don't care where same frequency/ different pl tones go. I do this for consistency in my program scheme.
I arrived at same conclusion...
This was really above my head I was completely lost.
Awesome Job. Was able to learn something new about programming my 935g. Thanks.
Finally a video I’ve been waiting for….
Another Great tutorial . just got my kg935G yesterday , thanks again
Great job showing this software and programming. Looks extremely easy. After watching a lot of your videos, I bought a used Motorola XTS5000 to essentially use as a P25 Trunked Phase 1 scanner. Managed to get everything working properly. It is nice and everything, but not dead simple like you made this video - lots more configuration for those LMRS trunked systems. Love the channel, the content and the jokes/sarcasm! Keep it up! Thanks for this content!
Also, I recently got my GMRS license because of you. Thank you for enlightening us all!
As always, I gave Randy an upvote as the video was starting. As always, I had no regrets in doing so.
Thanks for this! I'm getting a little smarter everyday
Good old Commodore 64 Computers Aww the simple old days When everything didn't take up 500 plus gbs for a software Randy @3:36 @NotaRubicon Productions
I plugged my programing cable into my Wouxun KG-1000G and then my1980s Epson HX-20 laptop computer. Smoke and fire started coming out of the computer. I said "Oh My God!" and a big booming voice came from the radio and said, "YES MY SON?"
coming tomorrow "Programming custom sad hams" my favorite viewer lol
Great video - and love “The Kramer”!!!!
Perfect. Just got the KG-XS20G Plus and cable. Concise instructions.
Nitpik: Rptr Ch. 23 and your Copy/Pasted Best Repeater have both TX/RX at 462.550, no 5k offset. I know you're a detail guy, right?
As always, thanks for another entertaining and informative video.
Laptops are fine, as are desktops. Personally, I chose to modify the MC-10 serial interface on my TRS-80 (legit - I really do have one that works!) and whipped up a BASIC program to update several HT models. I like a challenge.
I think my Timex Sinclair 1000 will work great to program the radio!
Beware trying that unless you firmly secure your 16k RAM pack or you risk losing your data.
This is the first time EVER in my life that I am the first commenter. Great video Randy!
Ya beat me to it lol
@@ephjaymusic Sorry my friend. I'll do better next time. lol
Noticed a potential pitfall..On the repeater channel at 8:33, when you clicked the RX tone dropdown, it changed the TX freq back to the simplex frequency.
I don't know if this is a bug in the software, or something that happened in the edit, but it is worth keeping an eye on if programming repeater splits.
Sloppy editing.. I'm still learning how to use this new Windows Movie Maker program.
Can I use your voice as a message tone? I want my phone to say "Wouxen; Ocean" every time I get a text message...😍
Thanks for the amazing content as always!
Great videos, I have learned a lot from them. When is Jonny Quest going to make it to the "Big Board"?
I need to get a new serial to USB converter converter for the old commodore before I can program my radios.
I had hoped you or one of the knowledgeable viewers would see my plea for help and respond but after all this time I don’t think it is going to happen. I’m holding my hands in the air and tapping my finger to my thumb. On both hands.
So I recently updated my Commodore 64 to a Commodore 128, I am using the Serial bus interface to connect my USB cable and everything seems to be just fine. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks - I’m about to give it a go.
From my understanding from 1 to 22 GMRS channels their frequency is fixed you can't change them
But you can make or change repeater channels frequency from 23 to 30 right?
Thank you for making this! I can confirm that the lower-priced programming cables are temperamental, as the El Cheapo model will only work on my Amiga and not my Commodore 128. Any idea if Wouxun's cable will work on Vic-20? Bowcheng's cable won't play nice with it.
Rum Ham is Best Ham.
Good tutorial, thanks.
Stick the plug in the hole. Some holes are tight. You may think it's in but it's not in...so press firmly.... UMMM!!
I bought the KG-UV9G from Buy Two Way Radio using your code. I needed to reset it to factory but it didn’t reset with the programming. I only have 2 channels. After conversation with the dealer I know I did it correctly. He said something was wrong but if I sent it back in he might charge me to program it. I said hell no. This software your using will it program this radio back as it came to me about 2 months ago? Question 2: I bought the cable and software when I purchased a KG-935G. I tried installing it on my Mac laptop and my Mac Mini but it says the disk is blank. Will it only work on a PC? The cable isn’t seen on a Mac. Thanks and I really like your video format, no bullshit just business and no music.
Concise and well done as usual...thanks
For the purposes of more private communication is there any issue with going off the established GMRS channels and just programming all my radios with an "in between" frequency like 468.100. Or do I have to use one of the established GMRS frequencies?
If you are using an FCC Part 95 "GMRS" radio it wont do that.. You would need a ham or LMR radio that allows transmitting in that frequency range.
@@TheNotaRubicon Thank you
Great Video!! I’m having some trouble installing the software onto my PC.
my Tandy 200 worked (despite the low baud rate)
Can someone please tell me how to get rid of the 4 beeps when mic is keyed up and when i let off the ptt it beeps 4 more times but you can only hear it on a recieving radio? Ive tried about everything i can find on the programming program.
I have a UV9GX and the "red" cable, I have downloaded the software, installed the drivers and chosen the correct port, I can not read anything from the radio, any advise?
I wish the software would run on a Mac. Or a Commodore 64.
With all the spam and malware out there these days, I just program all my radios on my etch-a-sketch.. No wifi connection so no possible way to get any infections....
Loving all your GRMS videos!I have searched high and low. Can you program new frequencies from the radio keyboard? If so, what is the process?
I’m sorry but I just got my fcc license and I have noooo idea what any of the jargon means or about repeaters I’m totally new so I find the video hard to follow! I don’t have a map top just a desktop and an mmm now more confused than ever lol
I am a true noob. Just got my GMRS license and a KG-935G. I don’t have a windows pc. I like to listen to local skywarn repeater(146.640), is there a way to store it manually? When I enter the frequency and press MENU I get the screw-you beep.
If I wish to save all the programming changes to an additional, identical radio, how do I do that?
How do the channel groups work on the KG 905G?
Thanks for the info.
I prefer the TRS-80 to programmy radios. Much more efficient
getting your car mounted and hand held matched up is as easy as copy & paste
If only it were that simple.. Unfortuanly MOST programs wont let you copy & paste between them.. _Some_ will.. most wont.
@@TheNotaRubicon how sad, could you use a normal spreadsheet to copy over? should i stick to one brand of radio for the group? sorry forgot you've got a questions email for this, i'll go look for that.
Can you program channels a KG-905G on the radio itself? No computer
TIA
Hi Randy thanks for this video. Question My son in law bought two KG-935G Plus but he's having issues programming it from the keypad. I went to the Wouxon site but this radio or KG-935g does not show on their site. Can he use this software you are using for the Plus and where can he download it from. Thanks for all you do we enjoy your humor and videos.
Ralph
He can get the KG-935GPlus software from BuyTwoWayRadios at this link: www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-kg-935g-plus.html
I have a PC03 cable that I bought for my BTech does that cable work for the kg935G
Thanks!
Thank YOU!
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Still wondering how the picture in the background keeps changing, and why, LOL. Great videos.
The picture is a TV monitor on the wall. It changes...because it can.
Remember - never trust what some random know-it-all in the UA-cam comments claims as fact. Mr 2 by 2 Hands of Blue is completely wrong.
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Hi . Love your video's. One issue I have is after programming in Repeaters on CH 18, 19 and 20 along with changing the names the display on my 935+ still show CH-18, 19 and 20 and the Default RPT channels now show "CH" in stead of "RPT" What did I do wrong or incorrectly?
you have to program repeaters on the repeater channels, which start at CH23. Channels 18, 19,20 are simplex-only channels.
There may also be a setting ( i dont remember for sure, someone will have to check the manual) for displaying the name, channel, or frequency on the display, so you want to be sure that is set for Name.
Thanks for the videos. I purchased a TIDRADIO TD-H5 and installed chirp however it keeps saying radio not found. I verified the plug is all the way in and tried updates for the supplied cord but still no luck. I'm using windows 10. I'm new to GMRS so I'm trying. Thanks for any info
them there privacy channels, you can talk many fars on them there channels
I have a Wouxun KG XS20G. The radio club that I’m a member not only requires a TX PL tone but also have instituted a PTT 4 digit code…. In the programming software where would I insert that number …? Thank you in advance.
Probably the ANI which is menu option 43 and 44.
Thank you….i check it out.
Bill
Thank you for the information.
Thank you
There is no software for the KG935G that I can find
Its right there on the Downloads tab of the KG-935G product page.
I know that I probably sound like an idiot, but I have a mental block and I am brand new to radios. I want to set up a channel for private chat for family. I assigned the RX freq to one of our repeater channels and the tx freq to the same. now I am trying to set up the send and receive to 91.5 for both. how do I get the radio to go to that freq?
Most radios cant/wont transmit on 91.5Mhz.
Thanks so much this helps so much
Cool. I got the same "I don't give a Rat Ass" T shirt from Walmart.
Great vidoes very helpful. Brand new to the GRMS world.
Have you heard of anyone having issues installing the KG-935G programming software?
Its made to run on Windows, so, yah. "Issues" are a Windows feature.
I can't get my 905g on com-3, How?
Looking at buying a gmrs ht for capability of using repeaters. Would by programing cable from my uv5r work on wouxun 935?
Nvm i should of watched the video before asking that question. My bad!
Very good video❗️👍
Thanks Bro! ... For Real, Well done and Many Thanks from a neeewBee GMRS user!!
Keep The Rubber Side Down!
Great video
Does anyone know what the "Call Setting' in the software does and is it useful at all?
Hello and Thanks for the video. I do have a question, first im very new two the GRMS world, I'm just taking the first steps in learning how to use the system. I find your Videos very helpful. now too my question, I was watching this vid and went to purchase the programming cable you haver listed in the more section. I noticed the cable come with a CD im thing drivers. you made the statement that for it to work we would not have to download drivers, basically plug and play. I have the KG-905G. im just making sure I purchase the correct cable. one last question is it possible to program using MAC?
You should not need the drivers or anything on the CD. The software for the KG905G runs on Windows so to program it on your Mac you would need to install Bootcamp or Parallels to run windows on it.
You can also do all the programing directly on the radio with no computer at all.
Awesome thank you very much for the fast response and information. I'm sure ill figure it out in time. I apologize for all the finger checks in my first email I hadn't had my first cup of coffee yet.
Thanks
Wallace
My Commodore does not have a USB port WTF do I do now
I tried to use a commodore 63 and trs79 both and could not get them to work. Guess I’ll need to upgrade to a Commodore 64 or trs80.
Great video tho. Very informational.
Anyone else having issues with the Wouzun programing cable. I keep getting an error message say is radio ON and/or cord properly plugged in... WTF
Radio needs to be ON to transfer, however, you must select the COMM PORT first.