Googling for instructions is nowhere near as comprehensible as a video here. I’ve been trying for a while. Even with an English manual and in a font size I can easily read it gets pretty convoluted. The videos here make all the difference.
I'm the same way... you get a credit card sized manual - That makes no sense at all IF you can read it. makes the radio worthless until you get a video and some of those the poster goes through it too fast for those that know nothing at all. ** Consider your "audience" knows nothing at all.
Thank you, down and dirty basics on how to get started with a new device saved me a lot of time and energy and actually learned more about the radio through less information and more hands on. Great video, followed along with my radio in hand as you walked through your instructions.
I was arrested in Kentucky for having the radio in my car. In Kentucky it is against the law to have a radio in your car that can receive police frequencies unless you are a ham radio operator or emergency personell. I had my car impounded, thrown in jail and had to go to court. My case was thrown out when I showed my ham license to the judge. I was arrested by Kenton County Police Department officers Gary Helton and Trevor Rohe. I never broke any laws but these two so called "officers" did not know the laws.
Sounds really unbelievable. anyone can build a radio, and anyone can then listen to the police. Thats why dutch police now use P2000 and C2000 (maybe others). (the C one is encrypted), its based on TETRA. Maybe show them these, the tech is there.
Under federal laws, anyone can have a transmitting radio in their vehicle so long as the user is not impeding agencies from normal operations. You do NOT need a license to have a radio or even monitor radio frequencies of any kind. So long as you are NOT broadcasting without a license. Even if you DO have a license NO law enforcement officer is allowed to prevent or confiscate any radio transmitter from a civilian, unless that specific civilian is committing a crime. Also transmitting radios falls under Federal Laws and not city or state. Only the federal government is allowed to say who can or can not have transmitting radios in their possession. You can sue the city and the state for negligence & false arrest and detainment on a device that falls under "Federal jurisdiction laws" Hence the reason why when you get your license its through the FCC which is a Federal Agency, not city or state. Kenton County Police Department violated federal laws when their reasoning to arrest/detain you was because of the radio transmitter device. punitive damages & compensation can be obtained via negligence laws along with other federal guideline laws regarding detainment due to federal reasons. Basically a city or state police is not allowed to carry out law enforcement on a federal level. ONLY federal police and agencies are allowed to do so, such as FCC & FBI.
Great video! Had trouble following this for programming channels at first. Note that you cannot overwrite an already saved channel: if you see CH-xxx, you must delete it first (menu option 28) before you can save the current frequency. In your demo at 16:50 , you are trying to save over top of an assigned channel (CH-001) and you get the "lady voice" saying "transmitting memory" which means it failed. Later, at 17:19 you program onto channel 002 (an empty channel, notice no CH- displayed) and get the "lady voice" saying "receiving memory" which confirms you have successfully programmed the channel. Hope this helps anyone who got tripped up on that like I did!
Excellent video. Basic, but enough detail to walk me through a radio I've had for awhile and not had a clue how to use. Thanks for giving me confidence to try it again.
Great job! Thanks for the work! This is my first radio and as a raw noob I've found it very user friendly and has helped me learn a lot. Preparing for my license soon as a course opens up.
YOUR 25 MINUTE VIDEO HAS SHOWN ME HOW TO USE MY UV-5R , WITH CONFIDENCE ! OTHER VIDEOS DIDN'T GET TO THE MEAT AND POTATOS ON HOW TO OPERATE IT . GREAT VIDEO . IT WAS TO THE POINT , SUBTRACTING ALL OF THE BS BEFORE GETTING TO THE POINT ! THANK YOU !
I am from Ontario Canada. Just starting out with Ham Radio but have been monitoring emergency bands since I was a Kid. Great explanation of this low cost radio....I will definitely be getting one. Amazing how large portable emergency radios used to be and cost. Something I can use while I study then pass my Ham course.😎
Thanks for this video! Really made me feel more confident in being able to get information during these crazy times we are in. Stay safe and thanks again!
This was *really* helpful. I've had the baofeng box sitting here for weeks (just staring at me). I'm studying for my technician's license and new to all of this. But I know I need to get with it to be ready for the day the ground moves. I got an email about your video and decided it was time! SO glad I did. THANK YOU for the excellent walk through. It was clear, useful and will undoubtedly help me sleep better at night knowing that I can at least listen. I've since programmed in the important stuff (fire/sheriff/EMS). All about empowerment! Cheers to you!
I had a feeling that someone would take the time to explain this radio Way better than the book and once again UA-cam did not disappoint... Thank you Living Survival Dude for doing a great job going over the features and especially for the radio frequencies website info... Again Great Job !!!
Thank you a million times over! I have finally got my head wrapped around this, and understand. Finally! Only by listening carefully to your clear instructions, can I now finally use these! Excellent tutorial.
Living Survival I noticed you are doing what I want to with listening police, fire etc. I also noticed when you went to radio reference it had the frequencys but the radio has 6 digits the radio reference has more digits than the radio, how do I type them into the radio and listen to them?
THANK YOU for a simple instructional video. I've watched others that only drove me nuts with "uh oh, I didn't mean to do that", etc. So yours was a blessing. Great work!
I love that you open with the ones I bought multiples of like the BF-F8+ Dual-Band and UV-5RX3 Tri-Band ... I also picked up a number of backup batteries, much longer 1/4, 1/2 & 5/8 Wave Antennas, External PTT Mics, just about every accessory available because they all come in handy. Both Baofeng and Radioddity have great products at pocket change prices. I picked up a 10W Unit that smacks a good number of our local repeaters from right here on my couch. If you haven't got a HAM Radio License, I highly recommend you do. It's very simple, multiple choice... Just Do It
Thank you, Thank you so much. I bought this Baofeng UV 5R Just about 8 years ago and NEVER EVER, even with the help of a person that I was told he knew a little about the radio, I had been able to do anything with it. Now with your video I was finally able to locate my weather info radio of my area. So far is all I have done but I will continue to watch your video and get more knowledge now. In simple words: Thank you!
I'm not sure if anybody has already posted this or not but on the UV-5R, and on the older model that you have in the video, you should be able to just take the antenna off and then program in the NOAA Weather Radio station. Just make it where you can not receive the station and you should be able to program it in. I know they change this in later models and it is no longer an issue. In the UV-5R that I got in 2015, it allows you to program a frequency manually and save it to a channel whether anybody's talking on it or not at the time.
Just got my UV5R TP in from Amazon. I tried entering my NOAA freq using the same steps you did. It programmed just fine. Even put it on channels 0, 2, 4 and 6. All worked.
16:25 if you want to skip to the instructions on storing frequencies in the memory (which is the only spot I keep needing to come back to every time I return to watch this video)
Dude you're the best! I sat here for an hour reading the manual feeling like a jackass on how to change the channels that were stored. EVERY WEBSITE and video says channels like its one thing. You've got stored channels, input channels, FM channels, so there was no way to understand what a person was talking about when trying to figure out how to change the channels. Obviously I'm new to this radio so I didn't know you had to be on the VFW/MR side to change to the stored channels. Jesus, you'd think this would be the easiest thing to figure out. So congrats on being the only video that shows this!
I really liked this video and found it very easy to follow along. I'm looking into this as a hobby and your video cleared any initial questions about the gear.
Good video, Ben! One of the other things you can do is program in the emergency management frequencies and listen to storm spotters. As long as you're strictly listening and not interfering, it's perfectly fine. Just look up your county Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES...pronounced "rayCEES") or Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) groups. They will operate on VHF and UHF repeaters. You can hear weather information generally 10 minutes or so before it's on TV or radio, which in a severe weather situation can give you enough time to seek shelter.
Can any one explain Frequency Mode & Channel Mode ? I pressed BAND button, and it speaks Frequency mode/channel mode, but i dont understood any change in operation. Also can anybody explain selection channel mode, and its functioning ?
Great explanation!!! Saved the vid to my favorites. I was not going to get one if these because I didn't really understand how to operate it. Now, with plenty of time to learn (C-19 lockdown) and a GREAT starter tutorial from you, I'm off to order one. I'll use your Amazon link so you get some kick back. CHEERS!
Thank you very much for this video. Took the fear out of seeing all the keys on the radio. I wasn't even sure what they were for. I just returned a CB radio to start on my Ham exam and hopefully new hobby.
America regards to you from the Crimea. thank you very much to the author oersteds threw a reference. You will not believe . 50 watt radio station took up Orizon .Tehas and many of your location and the way to the reception / transmission !!! . I am very glad.
Thank you! Even though I had to first reset mine to get some of the number keys to work, then had to figure out how to get it out of Chinese language mode, I am now happily listening to the weather! This radio had been sitting, unused, for years until I found this video! Now I just have to find a HAM Technician exam, because it looks like there isn't a testing location within 200+ miles of me!
Just got a Baofeng F8 HP, was bewildered & frustrated. Thank you thank thank you. Functions very similar. At least now it's semi useable while studying for the technician licence!
First I want to thank you for getting to the point. I didn't have to watch you drink beer and act like a long time professional idiot or have to look at a scraggly bearded face...I really appetite it..I like when people make vids in plain language and gets to the point and not try to make statements to impress..... Thank you....
Did you get straightened out? I'm an Extra class, and I just started a bi weekly series of videos on radio for SHTF. I'll have an HT video coming out soon.
To save any frequency on a channel: you can only safe a frequency on an empty slot. If you go to the menu and see a 'CH' in front of the channel number, that means there is a frequency saved already in that slot. So, you must delete that channel, first and then go back and save it where you want it. Or, just save it in a channel that does NOT have a 'CH' in front of it and you're set!
@@JawTooth well doing all that does not work, when I go to input a channel it just changes to a different number in the menu, only just just got the piece of crap (UV 5R plus) and it will program and also the bloody software is either for Kenwood, Motorola or another in bloody Chinese, just about to see how well it stands up to being thrown at the wall, piece of crap!!
@@daveh6179 I was pulling my hair out for a while as well. Not the most patient person. But this is doable. If I can figure it out after 4-5 days of an hour a day watching videos here and messing with the radio then you can figure it out in a few hours tops. I’ve got channels programmed like police and fire and have been able to talk to my boats vhf and some gmrs and frs walkie talkies
Most educational video I have seen about ham radio and the baofanag radio. Good job dude . You sold one . They should give you some commission for sales.
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tons of people doing baofeng radios. No Woxum for sure.
my Police Freq is 856.96250? when I enter the '2' it cancels? Confused in St.Pete
@@francismcclaughry3794 pppppppppppppppĺppppppĺ
@@rbowhall the newer radios have the frequencies blocked
Amazon hyper link no longer exists.
Brother, thank you! I have owned this for about 4 years collecting dust because the instructions made no sense. Now I have a radio!!!!
And you didn’t google for instructions? Wow. Just, wow.
@@JSparrowist I'm retired,
I want someone to read the instructions to me.😉
I’m with daddy
I’ve fought buying one of these for years after seeing the instructions were on a baby wipe sized piece of paper. 😂
Googling for instructions is nowhere near as comprehensible as a video here. I’ve been trying for a while. Even with an English manual and in a font size I can easily read it gets pretty convoluted. The videos here make all the difference.
I'm the same way... you get a credit card sized manual - That makes no sense at all IF you can read it. makes the radio worthless until you get a video and some of those the poster goes through it too fast for those that know nothing at all.
** Consider your "audience" knows nothing at all.
Thank you, down and dirty basics on how to get started with a new device saved me a lot of time and energy and actually learned more about the radio through less information and more hands on. Great video, followed along with my radio in hand as you walked through your instructions.
I was arrested in Kentucky for having the radio in my car. In Kentucky it is against the law to have a radio in your car that can receive police frequencies unless you are a ham radio operator or emergency personell. I had my car impounded, thrown in jail and had to go to court. My case was thrown out when I showed my ham license to the judge. I was arrested by Kenton County Police Department officers Gary Helton and Trevor Rohe. I never broke any laws but these two so called "officers" did not know the laws.
Land of the free... Only if you have a license.
Sounds really unbelievable. anyone can build a radio, and anyone can then listen to the police. Thats why dutch police now use P2000 and C2000 (maybe others). (the C one is encrypted), its based on TETRA.
Maybe show them these, the tech is there.
get a lawyer....you did not violate ANY laws
Under federal laws, anyone can have a transmitting radio in their vehicle so long as the user is not impeding agencies from normal operations.
You do NOT need a license to have a radio or even monitor radio frequencies of any kind. So long as you are NOT broadcasting without a license.
Even if you DO have a license NO law enforcement officer is allowed to prevent or confiscate any radio transmitter from a civilian, unless that specific civilian is committing a crime.
Also transmitting radios falls under Federal Laws and not city or state. Only the federal government is allowed to say who can or can not have transmitting radios in their possession.
You can sue the city and the state for negligence & false arrest and detainment on a device that falls under "Federal jurisdiction laws"
Hence the reason why when you get your license its through the FCC which is a Federal Agency, not city or state.
Kenton County Police Department violated federal laws when their reasoning to arrest/detain you was because of the radio transmitter device.
punitive damages & compensation can be obtained via negligence laws along with other federal guideline laws regarding detainment due to federal reasons.
Basically a city or state police is not allowed to carry out law enforcement on a federal level. ONLY federal police and agencies are allowed to do so, such as FCC & FBI.
Thug life....
Jan. 2019...even after 3 years...this video helped me out...thanks
Lucy Lopez thank you so much was not sure if this worked or not
Feb 2019, helped me haha
January 2021 still helping!
This tutorial is very helpful! I had no idea how to work this because the book does not tell you much. Thanks...
George Robinson you’re right! Worst manual ever written!
Great video! Had trouble following this for programming channels at first. Note that you cannot overwrite an already saved channel: if you see CH-xxx, you must delete it first (menu option 28) before you can save the current frequency. In your demo at 16:50 , you are trying to save over top of an assigned channel (CH-001) and you get the "lady voice" saying "transmitting memory" which means it failed. Later, at 17:19 you program onto channel 002 (an empty channel, notice no CH- displayed) and get the "lady voice" saying "receiving memory" which confirms you have successfully programmed the channel. Hope this helps anyone who got tripped up on that like I did!
Don't ever let anybody tell you it's "easy".
Appreciate you taking the time to drop knowledge like this. Great stuff.
New user; just picked up the UV-5RA. This video brought me up to speed super fast. Thanks so much!
Fantastic. Very informative. I have had a couple of these for a few weeks and had no idea what I was doing with them. You were a great help.
Excellent video. Basic, but enough detail to walk me through a radio I've had for awhile and not had a clue how to use. Thanks for giving me confidence to try it again.
I have 3 UV5R's and absolutely love them. Even the 5 watt versions can reach long distances as they have the ability to trigger repeaters.
Great job! Thanks for the work! This is my first radio and as a raw noob I've found it very user friendly and has helped me learn a lot. Preparing for my license soon as a course opens up.
YOUR 25 MINUTE VIDEO HAS SHOWN ME HOW TO USE MY UV-5R , WITH CONFIDENCE ! OTHER VIDEOS DIDN'T GET TO THE MEAT AND POTATOS ON HOW TO OPERATE IT . GREAT VIDEO . IT WAS TO THE POINT , SUBTRACTING ALL OF THE BS BEFORE GETTING TO THE POINT ! THANK YOU !
So far, this has been the most informative video on the radio. That's saying alot, especially with your video being 3 years old.
By far this is the most simple and comprehensive video about the UV5R - thank you !!
I am from Ontario Canada. Just starting out with Ham Radio but have been monitoring emergency bands since I was a Kid. Great explanation of this low cost radio....I will definitely be getting one. Amazing how large portable emergency radios used to be and cost. Something I can use while I study then pass my Ham course.😎
Thanks for this video! Really made me feel more confident in being able to get information during these crazy times we are in. Stay safe and thanks again!
You posted this on my bday! Thanks from 5 years later! Awesome info
I cannot tell you how grateful I am that you showed me how to do this. Thank You! 🤗
This was *really* helpful. I've had the baofeng box sitting here for weeks (just staring at me). I'm studying for my technician's license and new to all of this. But I know I need to get with it to be ready for the day the ground moves. I got an email about your video and decided it was time! SO glad I did. THANK YOU for the excellent walk through. It was clear, useful and will undoubtedly help me sleep better at night knowing that I can at least listen. I've since programmed in the important stuff (fire/sheriff/EMS). All about empowerment! Cheers to you!
thanks Rebecca. Another great app is Scanner Radio which you can get on your smartphone.
I had a feeling that someone would take the time to explain this radio Way better than the book and once again UA-cam did not disappoint... Thank you Living Survival Dude for doing a great job going over the features and especially for the radio frequencies website info... Again Great Job !!!
Perfect for me as I am just starting at HAM radio. 61 yo retired Nurse Practitioner and grandmother. Thank you.
Thank you a million times over! I have finally got my head wrapped around this, and understand. Finally! Only by listening carefully to your clear instructions, can I now finally use these! Excellent tutorial.
thanks for watching.
This gentleman is the best on the Baofeng Walkie Talkie hands down very gifted teaching.
thanks Cliff
Your Welcome
Living Survival I noticed you are doing what I want to with listening police, fire etc.
I also noticed when you went to radio reference it had the frequencys but the radio has 6 digits the radio reference has more digits than the radio, how do I type them into the radio and listen to them?
i have the same question
Becky Staggs punch in what you can and it puts the last five on the end or an invisible 0. Hope this helps
Very thorough! This is a great walk-through for those unfamiliar with Baofangs!
BudgetBugout thanks mane.
***** thanks
Not at all thorough
Do these have computer chips?
@@jimbrickey3767 mm on l l
Ok
Just picked the UV-5R. This video is very helpful in getting started. Thanks Ben.
THANK YOU for a simple instructional video. I've watched others that only drove me nuts with "uh oh, I didn't mean to do that", etc. So yours was a blessing. Great work!
Wow, very helpful video. Just ordered my UV-5R off amazon. Thank you for making this!
I'm about to order mine are they the same now? I want to own.one of the "illegal ones" the FCC hates as well as a newer model.
Best Video on these radios to date.
thanks.
The best tutorial Ive seen. No longer intimidated. Thank you!
I love that you open with the ones I bought multiples of like the BF-F8+ Dual-Band and UV-5RX3 Tri-Band ... I also picked up a number of backup batteries, much longer 1/4, 1/2 & 5/8 Wave Antennas, External PTT Mics, just about every accessory available because they all come in handy. Both Baofeng and Radioddity have great products at pocket change prices. I picked up a 10W Unit that smacks a good number of our local repeaters from right here on my couch. If you haven't got a HAM Radio License, I highly recommend you do. It's very simple, multiple choice... Just Do It
Gotta agree this was the best walkthrough Ive watched. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
Thank you SO SO SO SO much for this useful, helpful video lesson. I had NO IDEA what to do first.
I recently bought one (uv-5r). This really helps with the basics. Thank you!
thanks Boss! 5 years later, still a huge help!
I just ordered my radio today. I'll be back when I have it in my hand in a few days. This is gonna be fun !
Did you receive it? I ordered mine almost a month ago
8/2019 anyone else watching still?
Great video thank you
Yes
Yep on station, listening
Yup just got my radio last night.
Watching for first time
Just bought mine today
Thanks. I just acquired my first Ham. Appreciate your effort. I have the UV-5R8W
Brother...this is one of the best intro breakdowns. THANK YOU!!!
Really appreciate you making this video
This was incredibly helpful.
Great tutorial! I could not get the software as much as I tried but your demo taught me how to program manually. Thanks again!
Thank you, Thank you so much. I bought this Baofeng UV 5R Just about 8 years ago and NEVER EVER, even with the help of a person that I was told he knew a little about the radio, I had been able to do anything with it. Now with your video I was finally able to locate my weather info radio of my area. So far is all I have done but I will continue to watch your video and get more knowledge now. In simple words: Thank you!
I'm not sure if anybody has already posted this or not but on the UV-5R, and on the older model that you have in the video, you should be able to just take the antenna off and then program in the NOAA Weather Radio station. Just make it where you can not receive the station and you should be able to program it in. I know they change this in later models and it is no longer an issue. In the UV-5R that I got in 2015, it allows you to program a frequency manually and save it to a channel whether anybody's talking on it or not at the time.
Thank you so damn much! I get my radio tomorrow and I feel halfway ready to look at it now. lol. But seriously, thanks my friend!
Just got my UV5R TP in from Amazon. I tried entering my NOAA freq using the same steps you did. It programmed just fine. Even put it on channels 0, 2, 4 and 6. All worked.
Thank you so much for the explanations and examples. I’m as new as it gets with this. Learned some new things.
16:25 if you want to skip to the instructions on storing frequencies in the memory (which is the only spot I keep needing to come back to every time I return to watch this video)
Thank you! Great tutorial! Letting my scan run right now...lol.
Thank you for making these info clips … it is a huge help and worth the time … keep ‘em coming …. God bless you …!!!
Dude you're the best! I sat here for an hour reading the manual feeling like a jackass on how to change the channels that were stored. EVERY WEBSITE and video says channels like its one thing. You've got stored channels, input channels, FM channels, so there was no way to understand what a person was talking about when trying to figure out how to change the channels. Obviously I'm new to this radio so I didn't know you had to be on the VFW/MR side to change to the stored channels. Jesus, you'd think this would be the easiest thing to figure out. So congrats on being the only video that shows this!
Legend has it he is still explaining the radio
I really liked this video and found it very easy to follow along. I'm looking into this as a hobby and your video cleared any initial questions about the gear.
Great rundown buddy, appreciate this a lot. I'm sure I'll watch again for some reference.
Man you nailed it. Thank you. I had to read a lot to get what you just showed in this video so I could follow easy.
Best Baofeng Video Yet !
Bruce Wayne thanks!
Excellent video, best one I found. Tx!
+Daniel McLean thanks Daniel
AGREED! - Thanks - all the others were confusing, lame and just basically, garbage. Thanks Living Survival!
Living Survival Do you need wifi to operate one
This was a great video, thank you! I’ve had this radio in a drawer since Xmas ‘18!
Exactly what I was looking for. Just the information I needed. Other videos don’t show you much.
One of the best tutorials on this radio! I take my Tech License exam this week! ‘‘Tks so much! Programmed the Weather , yeah !
Good luck
I passed my Technician Operators Test yesterday 3/9/19! Waiting for my Call Sign whew hoo!
Passed my Anatuer Extra April 22 , 2019
@@Opalvet Congrats 👏how was it ?
Jumped on the airplane with nothing but the clothes on my back ! Oh and I had my Baufeng Radio tho
Good video, Ben! One of the other things you can do is program in the emergency management frequencies and listen to storm spotters. As long as you're strictly listening and not interfering, it's perfectly fine. Just look up your county Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES...pronounced "rayCEES") or Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) groups. They will operate on VHF and UHF repeaters. You can hear weather information generally 10 minutes or so before it's on TV or radio, which in a severe weather situation can give you enough time to seek shelter.
Can any one explain Frequency Mode & Channel Mode ?
I pressed BAND button, and it speaks Frequency mode/channel mode, but i dont understood any change in operation.
Also can anybody explain selection channel mode, and its functioning ?
Great explanation!!! Saved the vid to my favorites. I was not going to get one if these because I didn't really understand how to operate it. Now, with plenty of time to learn (C-19 lockdown) and a GREAT starter tutorial from you, I'm off to order one. I'll use your Amazon link so you get some kick back. CHEERS!
Thank you very much for this video. Took the fear out of seeing all the keys on the radio. I wasn't even sure what they were for. I just returned a CB radio to start on my Ham exam and hopefully new hobby.
Finally, a programming video that makes sense from a guy who knows how to teach. Thank You!!!!!!!
thanks.
America regards to you from the Crimea. thank you very much to the author oersteds threw a reference. You will not believe . 50 watt radio station took up Orizon .Tehas and many of your location and the way to the reception / transmission !!! . I am very glad.
Very useful video. Thanks for taking the time out.
Thank you! Even though I had to first reset mine to get some of the number keys to work, then had to figure out how to get it out of Chinese language mode, I am now happily listening to the weather! This radio had been sitting, unused, for years until I found this video! Now I just have to find a HAM Technician exam, because it looks like there isn't a testing location within 200+ miles of me!
For the weather channel try taking off the antenna and then program, see if that works. I'd like to hear back to see if it did. Great vid!
I was going to make the same recomendation.
@@carvcom1 same
maybe max out squelch temporarily too ?
Hey man Thanks for the Class Bro! I'm that much more prepared because of your video!
Thanks for demystifying capabilities... really insightful
Thank you very much for making this very detailed video! Learned a lot!
Thanks bunch for this. Helped me out a ton
21,03,2020 Nobody is laughing at the prepers now :D Thank you for the video !
YES DEVER COLORADO IN MOUNTAIN CABIN TWO DOGS
Been laughing at you jokers since the 1970s. Took you long enough! But we also used to laugh at NASCAR, Country 'Music' and 'wrestling', too.
How will you keep your radio powered?
Everyone is still laughing at you :-)
@@An.Individual solar powered batteries like jackery. Stay woke
Except for preppers who think all they need are Viking helmets to survive.
Simple and easy to program with your instructions. Thank you.
Thank you so much for all the useful information!! I'm finally using my Baofeng UV-5R radio!
Just got the BaoFeng BF-F8HP. Like it a lot. Thanks to your video I have a better understanding of how to use it. Studying for the ham license
I found that removing the antenna temporarily works to save the weather channel
that's the first thing i thought of... some way of disrupting the incoming radio signal...
brilliant ... smooooothh ✌😊
what about cranking up the squelch?
And don’t forget tin foil wrap. Or a deep basement.
Nice job! So appreciate your tutorial. Very clear and easy to understand. Thanks for your time.
Great job explaining how this thing works! 😊
This was VERY helpful!! Learned a lot! Any chance you have done a video using the CHRIP soft ware to program the radios...? Thanks Again!!
holy fuck you really go through everything, i really appreciate this video!
I'm 53yrs old, you Sir are on point! 👍👊
Just got a Baofeng F8 HP, was bewildered & frustrated. Thank you thank thank you. Functions very similar. At least now it's semi useable while studying for the technician licence!
First I want to thank you for getting to the point. I didn't have to watch you drink beer and act like a long time professional idiot or have to look at a scraggly bearded face...I really appetite it..I like when people make vids in plain language and gets to the point and not try to make statements to impress..... Thank you....
Mic Well did you just give up on trying to spell appreciate or did you just decide that appetite was close enough?
Jeeze Louise... get to the point! Just say thanks.
Yup. Beard hipsters are often attention whores.
Obviously written by a real genius!
Don’t forget, and no Heavy Metal, chipmunk Hip Hop, or other irritating music in the background.
thanks really helped a newbie
glad it helped. thanks Joe.
I really appreciate you taking the time to do this video, it really helped, thank you......
im just starting out with one of these radios in the UK so this video is great for me, thank you.
It's a firmware bug.
Take the antenna off to stop the incoming signal, when saving that wx channel memory :)
SurvivalTech Nord good tip, I knew you would know.
Living Survival
Do you mind if I add this video to the Survival Comms Basics playlist?
SurvivalTech Nord Of course not.
*****
Then the transmitting station is probably too close/strong. You'll have to program it in with software!
***** I happened to be online when you commented. I'm north of the Arctic Circle right now, but I'll try to get back to you soon.
Thanks for the informative video. I'd like to see you pass the Tech exam and teach us to transmit properly.
Did you get straightened out? I'm an Extra class, and I just started a bi weekly series of videos on radio for SHTF. I'll have an HT video coming out soon.
This is an outstanding video, Ben. Very understandable and extremely well done. Good job!
thanks scott
Awesome video. I have watched other videos and i felt lost until i saw this easy video.
To save weather frequencies have you tried removing antenna and using ATT as well maybe?? Just a thought.......
To save any frequency on a channel: you can only safe a frequency on an empty slot. If you go to the menu and see a 'CH' in front of the channel number, that means there is a frequency saved already in that slot. So, you must delete that channel, first and then go back and save it where you want it. Or, just save it in a channel that does NOT have a 'CH' in front of it and you're set!
I made the same comment. I wonder how many people have pulled their hair out over that omission.
@@JawTooth I figured it out quite quickly, and I'm no brainiac, but, I do know how to think. Hopefully others will, as well.
@@JawTooth well doing all that does not work, when I go to input a channel it just changes to a different number in the menu, only just just got the piece of crap (UV 5R plus) and it will program and also the bloody software is either for Kenwood, Motorola or another in bloody Chinese, just about to see how well it stands up to being thrown at the wall, piece of crap!!
@@daveh6179 I was pulling my hair out for a while as well. Not the most patient person. But this is doable. If I can figure it out after 4-5 days of an hour a day watching videos here and messing with the radio then you can figure it out in a few hours tops. I’ve got channels programmed like police and fire and have been able to talk to my boats vhf and some gmrs and frs walkie talkies
This guy is awesome made, followed the steps to the word and i was up and running within max 10 min
Most educational video I have seen about ham radio and the baofanag radio. Good job dude . You sold one . They should give you some commission for sales.
i just took the antenna off then programmed the weather - that worked for me
Thanks.
wish i found this 6 months ago. learned it all from google and the crappy book
Thank you for your explanation, you simplified a subject that seems to be made overly complicated just so it can sound cool.
As a HAM myself, I observe fellow operators do this all the time :(
@@wesleybuff2536 lol for sure! I'm an Extra and it is so irritating hearing people try to make it sound like rocket science.
Thank you sir. I've had this thing for 3 years and had no idea what to do with it. Thanks