Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I no longer have this radio, but if memory serves that is probably how it is done.
Excellent overview of the UV-9G. Thank you! It was a little clunky attaching the programming cable. At first I couldn't get it to work on CHIRP but when I set the Port like you showed, it worked. Many thanks.
Great tutorial on programming. Especially liked how to set ctcss codes for duplex and simplex channels! Thanks for testing the output power! U have two if these and got a low power reading but thought my meter was inaccurate. Batteries that come with these units probably don't have enough juice to power the radio over 4 watts.
Thank for opening the manual and showing us what weve already read. What no one on youtube can ever do is a how-to in chirp when you have a repeater that requires both transmit and receive DCS tones. Not a one shows it. Actually show hos its imput. Problme is there is no drop down for DCS145N. And you cant manually enter it in the field. They all do they same thing, see here's my list and as you can see my offsets are XYZ. Wonderful, well, what happens when you have 467.725 Transmit on a repeater, which isnt in the Chirp list that needs a transmit code of DCS 145N ? Yea, see. This is why i managed to buy a uV-9G for $15 bucks on facebook market. They give up. Im right behind this poor guy. He too was frustrated. we have loads of repeaters here. We get our licenses, we blow money, and we jump through the things we have to to get permission to use the repeaters. okay so we do all that and become members of their facebook groups, we do the required introduction but I count 11 new guys in the group who have asked questions and got nothing. Its like they got us in and left us to rot. BUT!!! hey give us a donation to keep running our repeaters? ANd we all did. THe only help Ive ever received from this group, who use 10! repeaters is a guy who just joined 8 days ago. None of these veteran hams offer even so much as a welcome. I donated my hard earned $50 and what do we get? Nothing. We have 135 memebers of this gorup with access to 11 repeaters, of which only 5 are active on the repeaters. And theyre all hams. I feel they got us in, used our cash to run their repeaters, and left us to rot. I think this is why the Midland GMRS radios are so popular. Simple, 1-22 channels, DONE! easy. No offsets, no TOne codes, none of that grabage.
When I click download the updates I`m asked for a program to open them with...there is nothing in my manual on how to download the software or even hook up the cable .eventually i figured out how to manually skip the noaa stations in scan,,the radio does not transmit on channel 15
Had to remove the battery release tab, battery wouldn't snap all the way to the radio, you wouldn't hear the "click". Other than that everything works great.
I cannot get the FM to come through OR show up on the display. After reading on forums and reviews, I’ve notice many others saying that some radios are from an older stock when we had the chip crisis, and Baofeng did not put chips in some of these UV9Gs. Any issue on your end?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I just checked mine and bringing up the FM stations is not an issue and the FM Stations come through no problem.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. What I have done with all the radios I use with my family and/or friends I make sure they are programmed exactly the same. Easiest way is to use either the company's software or CHIRP.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I prefer to use CHIRP at chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Do you have specific questions on this radio? Are you licensed by the FCC for GMRS?
@@WJ6FRadio yes i am licensed. However, this is my first radio and I’m literally trying to understand it and use it. The manual is a challenge. Do I scan to try to find people talking? I don’t even know how to get onto a repeater.
@@dr.christophergroves2116 For GMRS channels 1 - 22 are simplex so there is no need to program anything in. These are hit and miss if someone is on them. Channels 23 - 30 are designated for repeaters. these may or may not need a PL Tone (CTCSS). In the radio you should be able to set up multiple sets of these repeaters. sometimes they are called DIY. Beginning at 5:00 I show how to program the radio with the company software, CHIRP as well as manually. To find repeaters in your area check out this website, mygmrs.com. And for the list of frequencies for GMRS there is this website, www.rightchannelradios.com/blogs/newsletters/gmrs-radio-frequencies-and-channels . Let me know if you have any other questions.
I have tried programming the repeaters on the repeater channels. And I am not getting a kur chunk. Is the offset auto set. Do I need to program repeaters on diy channel? And the diy I cannot program. Any suggestions
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. The "privacy codes" are generally CTCSS codes, and not at all private.
Hello New user to GRMS, using radio Baofeng UV-9G I am connected to my local repeater and I am getting hourly announcement time/weather from repeater. When I do radio check , I will not get any response. can any one help? Thank you Wayne
Have one question. Will the programming cable work with Windows 11? I have a Ham radio that uses Prolific 2303 chip. Tried backing up radio and found out that cable and firmware is no longer supported. Even after updating all drivers, software and firmware with no luck.
@@WJ6FRadio got the GMRS-9R today. The cable does work with Windows 11. It seems to be a better radio than past Baofengs. It actually sounds better than my Yaesu FT-65 ham radio WRZT698
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. GMRS radios are channelized radios per the FCC therefore you can only transmit legally on specific frequencies that are authorized by the FCC.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Since each radio is different it is not possible to say definitively which frequency would have the highest power output. Also, the difference of power between any frequency is most likely negligible.
I really can’t figure this out. I did the software update I believe I have things that I haven’t heard one transmission yet. This is so discouraging can you help
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I know in my area I have GMRS frequencies that are never used or at least they sure do look that way. I don't know how popular GMRS is in your area. Are there any GMRS repeaters near you?
The DIY channels seem pretty useless. You suggested that a person can program repeaters into the DIY channels 31-127 -- but if you do, you can't transmit on them. Baofeng says channels 31-127 are scanner only channels. I understand their design is supposed to block transmissions onto restricted frequencies, but why did they design it to block transmissions onto legal gmrs frequencies?
Has anyone been able to turn on the Roger Beep on their UV-9G? When I turn it on and press PTT the Roger beep fires every few seconds even if I keep pressing the PTT button.
Great video and I love the “broken TV set” on your hat🫡. Can this radio be “reset to factory” to allow access to other frequencies? Asking for a friend…
Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! I haven’t tried to reset and gain access to more frequencies. I’ll have to look at CHIRP and see if I can answer that “friend’s” question. Were you with 3rd ID?
Hi, my name is William, I'm calling from Toronto Ontario, Canada. Could you please tell me? Could I get AGM RS radio for Canada to use on a reputer? I'll give you myself
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. You will have to look up the rules in Canada to see if GMRS radios are legal there, as I am not familiar with Canadian law.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. You may need to use a computer and program the orange button. If memory serves the orange and two side buttons are all programmable . ~~~ Semper Fi
Thanks for the video.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated.
You can switch from VFO-(Frequency mode) to/ Channel memory mode by switching it off then holding Menu and turning it back on.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I no longer have this radio, but if memory serves that is probably how it is done.
The exit button also changes from VFO to Channel mode
Excellent overview of the UV-9G. Thank you! It was a little clunky attaching the programming cable. At first I couldn't get it to work on CHIRP but when I set the Port like you showed, it worked. Many thanks.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!! Glad the video helped you out!!
Hey, I appreciate you taking the time to post this. Me and a couple buddies just got our license and these are the radios we picked. Great info here
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! They are good radios! I no longer have mine since the wife has taken it over!
Just got my first one as well. Thought the UV-9G sounded legit
How long did it take to get your license?
@@JBW78133 Once you pay them it should take about a week or less if I remember right.
@JBW78133 If I remember correctly it was only a few days.
Nice job! Informative. Clear. Thank you. May God Bless!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated.
Great tutorial on programming. Especially liked how to set ctcss codes for duplex and simplex channels! Thanks for testing the output power! U have two if these and got a low power reading but thought my meter was inaccurate. Batteries that come with these units probably don't have enough juice to power the radio over 4 watts.
Thanks! this helped a lot
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Glad the video helped!
Thank for opening the manual and showing us what weve already read. What no one on youtube can ever do is a how-to in chirp when you have a repeater that requires both transmit and receive DCS tones. Not a one shows it. Actually show hos its imput. Problme is there is no drop down for DCS145N. And you cant manually enter it in the field. They all do they same thing, see here's my list and as you can see my offsets are XYZ. Wonderful, well, what happens when you have 467.725 Transmit on a repeater, which isnt in the Chirp list that needs a transmit code of DCS 145N ? Yea, see. This is why i managed to buy a uV-9G for $15 bucks on facebook market. They give up. Im right behind this poor guy. He too was frustrated. we have loads of repeaters here. We get our licenses, we blow money, and we jump through the things we have to to get permission to use the repeaters. okay so we do all that and become members of their facebook groups, we do the required introduction but I count 11 new guys in the group who have asked questions and got nothing. Its like they got us in and left us to rot. BUT!!! hey give us a donation to keep running our repeaters? ANd we all did. THe only help Ive ever received from this group, who use 10! repeaters is a guy who just joined 8 days ago. None of these veteran hams offer even so much as a welcome. I donated my hard earned $50 and what do we get? Nothing. We have 135 memebers of this gorup with access to 11 repeaters, of which only 5 are active on the repeaters. And theyre all hams. I feel they got us in, used our cash to run their repeaters, and left us to rot. I think this is why the Midland GMRS radios are so popular. Simple, 1-22 channels, DONE! easy. No offsets, no TOne codes, none of that grabage.
None of the NOAA channels receive info. Any ideas? I have the long antenna on. My UV5R8X receives NOAA broadcasts.
When I click download the updates I`m asked for a program to open them with...there is nothing in my manual on how to download the software or even hook up the cable .eventually i figured out how to manually skip the noaa stations in scan,,the radio does not transmit on channel 15
Had to remove the battery release tab, battery wouldn't snap all the way to the radio, you wouldn't hear the "click". Other than that everything works great.
I cannot get the FM to come through OR show up on the display. After reading on forums and reviews, I’ve notice many others saying that some radios are from an older stock when we had the chip crisis, and Baofeng did not put chips in some of these UV9Gs. Any issue on your end?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I just checked mine and bringing up the FM stations is not an issue and the FM Stations come through no problem.
how would i go about programming this for a group for shtf type scenarios between me and a few friends?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. What I have done with all the radios I use with my family and/or friends I make sure they are programmed exactly the same. Easiest way is to use either the company's software or CHIRP.
What program did you use download is not opening up thanks.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I prefer to use CHIRP at chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home
Hello - this was a great video! I’m new to this whole thing, so I’m wondering if you have a video or a reference on how to actually use the radio
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Do you have specific questions on this radio? Are you licensed by the FCC for GMRS?
@@WJ6FRadio yes i am licensed. However, this is my first radio and I’m literally trying to understand it and use it. The manual is a challenge. Do I scan to try to find people talking? I don’t even know how to get onto a repeater.
@@dr.christophergroves2116 For GMRS channels 1 - 22 are simplex so there is no need to program anything in. These are hit and miss if someone is on them. Channels 23 - 30 are designated for repeaters. these may or may not need a PL Tone (CTCSS). In the radio you should be able to set up multiple sets of these repeaters. sometimes they are called DIY. Beginning at 5:00 I show how to program the radio with the company software, CHIRP as well as manually. To find repeaters in your area check out this website, mygmrs.com. And for the list of frequencies for GMRS there is this website, www.rightchannelradios.com/blogs/newsletters/gmrs-radio-frequencies-and-channels . Let me know if you have any other questions.
@@WJ6FRadio thank you so much I will try this and get back to you. That’s amazing that you took the time to reply to me and help me.
@@WJ6FRadio so once I find a list of frequencies, what do I do next? Or perhaps your video will show me
I have tried programming the repeaters on the repeater channels. And I am not getting a kur chunk. Is the offset auto set. Do I need to program repeaters on diy channel? And the diy I cannot program. Any suggestions
So the privacy codes are CTCSS or DCS? Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. The "privacy codes" are generally CTCSS codes, and not at all private.
@@WJ6FRadio so you have tx ctcss and receive ctcss and do not need to use DCS? Correct? I’m a newb. Ty. 😂
Yes, you can set it up with both TX and RX CTCSS or one or the other.
Hello New user to GRMS, using radio Baofeng UV-9G I am connected to my local repeater and
I am getting hourly announcement time/weather from repeater. When I do radio check , I will not get any response. can any one help?
Thank you Wayne
If the repeater you are using is anything like mine, it could be a pretty dead repeater. I might her one or two conversations per week.
Have one question. Will the programming cable work with Windows 11? I have a Ham radio that uses Prolific 2303 chip. Tried backing up radio and found out that cable and firmware is no longer supported. Even after updating all drivers, software and firmware with no luck.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately I don't know if it will work with WIndows 11.
@@WJ6FRadio got the GMRS-9R today. The cable does work with Windows 11.
It seems to be a better radio than past Baofengs. It actually sounds better than my Yaesu FT-65 ham radio
WRZT698
Hi, how can i unlock to transmitte in frequency mode?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. GMRS radios are channelized radios per the FCC therefore you can only transmit legally on specific frequencies that are authorized by the FCC.
Which frequency do you recommend to transmit on the highest watt? I need to get the most power out of it..
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Since each radio is different it is not possible to say definitively which frequency would have the highest power output. Also, the difference of power between any frequency is most likely negligible.
Channels 15 through 22 are the ones u want , 16 is the unofficial travel channel.
I really can’t figure this out. I did the software update I believe I have things that I haven’t heard one transmission yet. This is so discouraging can you help
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I know in my area I have GMRS frequencies that are never used or at least they sure do look that way. I don't know how popular GMRS is in your area. Are there any GMRS repeaters near you?
@@WJ6FRadio yes and they approved me to use them. I just don’t know what to put in the software for chirp.
The DIY channels seem pretty useless. You suggested that a person can program repeaters into the DIY channels 31-127 -- but if you do, you can't transmit on them. Baofeng says channels 31-127 are scanner only channels. I understand their design is supposed to block transmissions onto restricted frequencies, but why did they design it to block transmissions onto legal gmrs frequencies?
Has anyone been able to turn on the Roger Beep on their UV-9G? When I turn it on and press PTT the Roger beep fires every few seconds even if I keep pressing the PTT button.
Do you keep your squelch at 2??
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! It is much appreciated! I either have it set at 2 or 3.
Great video and I love the “broken TV set” on your hat🫡. Can this radio be “reset to factory” to allow access to other frequencies? Asking for a friend…
Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! I haven’t tried to reset and gain access to more frequencies. I’ll have to look at CHIRP and see if I can answer that “friend’s” question. Were you with 3rd ID?
Hi, my name is William, I'm calling from Toronto Ontario, Canada. Could you please tell me? Could I get AGM RS radio for Canada to use on a reputer? I'll give you myself
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. You will have to look up the rules in Canada to see if GMRS radios are legal there, as I am not familiar with Canadian law.
will not install ... but thanks???
My orange button doesn't do anything.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. You may need to use a computer and program the orange button. If memory serves the orange and two side buttons are all programmable .
~~~ Semper Fi
@WJ6FRadio Thank you brother. WRUS402 Semper Fi