If you are a newbie, check out this “Baofeng for Dummies” tutorial video by Living Survival. He highlights the basic functions of the BaoFeng UV5RA and how to get set up for monitoring your local frequencies.
Resource Links mentioned in Video:
Note: We recommend the original BaoFeng UV-5R
BaoFeng UV-5R Dual Band Two Way Radio (Black)
BaoFeng BF-F8HP 8-Watt Dual Band Two-Way Radio
Baofeng UV5RA Ham Two Way Radio
Authentic FTDI USB Programming Cable for Kenwood, BaoFeng, and AnyTone
CHIRP Programming Software
Additional Resource:
Enhanced UV5R user manual by Miklor (pdf)
to add weather unplug the antenna
As a new ham that was a great video. It cleared up quite a few programming questions I could not figure out from the manual or using online resources. I would love to see a video on programming for repeaters, I am still a little perplexed by the repeater thing. A big thanks for helping out the new people.
Very Helpful! Thanks!
Great information….just got the radio which did take about 4 weeks. I was looking for information as the manual was poor. Your site was the best by far…thanks
I think my ht is defective.. When I put the offset in (600) I press menu 26 menu 600 menu exit.
If I go right back and do menu 26 the offset shows 000000. Am I DOING something wrong?
Hi k7— here. How do you switch between frequency display and name display? I ham data install with chrip.