Baofeng Cheat Sheet - W7APK Baofeng Cheat Sheet The is a great cheap little radio, but it's notoriously difficult to use, with poor documentation. Here are some tips and resources I've found to help me use them. Accessories I've found the following accessories to be useful.
The UV-5R is a dual band/dual display radio made to combine extensive functionality with unmatched. Manual Programming.
These are my recommended brands. Some similar/cheaper things didn't work. connects the radio to an iPhone/Android Menu Reference Note: This guide was originally written for the Baofeng UV-5R, but may work on other models as well. So far this has been confirmed to work on the following models. If you have a different model that you've been able to use with this cheat sheet, please!. Baofeng BF-F8HP Commonly Used Menu Items 0 SQL RF Squelch 2 TXP Transmit power (Tap # to temporarily change power) 11 R-CTCS Receive CTCSS (PL) 13 T-CTCS Transmit CTCSS (PL) 25 SFT-D Repeater Shift Direction 26 OFFEST Repeater Offset (MHz) 27 MEM-CH Save to memory channel 28 DEL-CH Delete memory channel WTF Menu Items 7 TDR Dual watch (monitor A and B at same time). May change the transmit side – be careful with TDR-AB setting.
34 TDR-AB Side for transmit after receiving a signal when TDR is on 9 TOT Limit transmission time to xx seconds 14 VOICE Voice confirmation of keypresses/menu selections. Choice of English, Chinese, or OFF 15 ANI-ID A coded signal that is sent when an “alarm” is activated. You probably don't need this. 17 S-CODE Sends a DTMF code on transmit/end of transmit 19 PTT-ID Activates the DTMF code on transmit/end of transmit. Best left OFF. 20 PTT-LT Delay before sending PTT-ID 23 BCL Busy channel lockout – prevents transmitting when a channel is busy. (What is 'busy'?) 32 AL-MOD Alarm mode.
35 STE Squelch Tail Elimination – squelches tail noise in simplex. 36 RP-STE Squelch Tail Elimination Repeater – squelches tail noise from a repeater (i.e., the courtesy tone) 37 RPT-RL Squelch Tail Delay. 39 ROGER Sends an end-of-transmission tone after PTT release. Turn this OFF or you'll annoy people quick. 40 RESET Resets all settings and erases memories.
Based on a PDF from Jon Perelstein WB2RYV Programming Guide Here is a great, copied below. How to manually program a simplex channel. Step 1. Press VFO/MR and enter Frequency Mode. Press A/B and choose the A Side (upper display). The A side must be used to program channels into the radio.
Programming data entered on the B Side (lower display) will not be saved. Press BAND for the frequency band.
Toggle BAND to choose 136 MHz (VHF) or 470 MHz (UHF). If the incorrect band is chosen for the frequency entered in Step 5, the radio will cancel the operation. Disable TDR ( Dual Watch/Dual Standby). Press MENU 7 MENU press up/down arrow keys OFF MENU EXIT It is highly advised to turn TDR off when programming directly from the radio. Enter the frequency. Use the keypad to enter the frequency into the radio. Optional - Enter the transmit CTCSS/DCS code.
CTCSS - MENU 13 MENU enter/choose code XXXX MENU EXIT. DCS - MENU 12 MENU choose code XXXXX MENU EXIT. Step 7. Assign the frequency to a channel. MENU 27 MENU enter channel number XXX MENU EXIT How to manually program a repeater channel.
Step 1. Press VFO/MR and enter Frequency Mode. Press A/B and choose the A Side (upper display). Like the simplex channels, the A side must be used to program the repeater channels into the radio. Programming data entered on the B Side (lower display) will not be saved. Press BAND for the frequency band Toggle BAND to choose 136 MHz (VHF) or 470 MHz (UHF).
If the incorrect band is chosen for the frequency entered in Step 6, the radio will cancel the operation. Optional - Clear any CTCSS/DCS codes previously assigned to the channel. If no previous codes exist or when setting up the channel for the first time and no codes are needed, set the menu items listed below to OFF.
RX DCS - MENU 10 MENU enter 0 (OFF) MENU EXIT. RX CTCSS - MENU 11 MENU enter 0 (OFF) MENU EXIT. TX DCS - MENU 12 MENU enter 0 (OFF) MENU EXIT. TX CTCSS - MENU 13 MENU enter 0 (OFF) MENU EXIT. Step 5.
Disable TDR ( DualWatch/Dual Standby). Press MENU 7 MENU press up/down arrow keys OFF MENU EXIT It is highly advised to turn TDR off when programming directly from the radio. Optional - Delete any existing data on the channel to program. Skip this step when setting up the channel for the first time. Press MENU 28 press up/down arrow keys to choose channel number MENU EXIT It is highly advised to turn TDR off when programming directly from the radio. Enter the frequency. Use the keypad to enter the frequency into the radio.
Input the repeater frequency offset. Press MENU 26 MENU enter the offset for 2 meter or 70 cm repeater MENU EXIT. Step 9.
Enter the Transmit Frequency Shift. Press MENU 25 MENU enter 1 for positive shift or 2 for negative shift MENUEXIT. Step 10. Optional - Enter the transmit CTCSS/DCS code.
CTCSS - MENU 13 MENU enter/choose code XXXX MENU EXIT. DCS - MENU 12 MENU choose code XXXXX MENU EXIT. Step 11. Enter the repeater output frequency. Use the keypad to enter the frequency into the radio. Assign the receive frequency to the same channel in Step 6. MENU 27 MENU enter channel number XXX MENU EXIT.
Step 13. Press the.Scan button to activate Reverse Mode and display the transmit frequency. Assign the transmit frequency to the channel.
Press MENU 27 MENU enter the same memory channel in step 27 MENU EXIT. Step 15.
Press the.Scan button to exit. More Links.