How to install the baofeng usb programming cable and software. Works with windows 7 32 and 64 bit, windows 8 and 8. Because baofeng keeps changing the memory layout of these radios, each firmware version now has to be treated as if it were a different radio. Tim kirby, g4vxe, is a regular contributor to and writes from oxfordshire, england. Please feel free to ask questions in the comments below. Can a baofeng bf888s be programmed to pmr446 for nonlicence. The bf888s is a full featured two way radio and hand held transceiver with long range capabilities up to 6km. The baob5b6 programmer is rt systems software designed specifically for the baofeng uvb5 and uvb6 radios, to give you the ease and convenience of programming the memories and set menu options of your radio from your pc. Proteins on the proteinchip arrays are read at the rate of 10 times per second. Each radio comes with a charger, antenna, and everything you need to get started communicating conveniently at a long range, whether in a recreational context like camping or on site at your business. Program memories and other settings of the baofeng gt3.
Appropriate usb serial cable and software driver are required to use the chirp software and can be purchased here. How to program a baofeng ham radio for repeaters made easy with chirp thesmokinape links to products in the video. Baofeng radios us official distributor of baofeng products. I have two of these units, one with current firmware and one with older bfb297 firmware. Baob5b6 programming software for the baofeng uvb5 and uvb6. It supports more than just baofeng radios, so its nice to only have to use one program for my various radios. The baofeng service settings of the chirp software are explained on the chirp site. Unfortunately, i cannot communicate with a newly acquired pofung uv6r using the uv5r options over this cable, neither over the cheaper cable for the shallower. It is a compact, economical ht that includes a special vhf receive band from 65 108 mhz which includes the regular fm broadcast band. Skywave linux is a 64 bit live system providing installed and configured software for accessing software defined radio servers locally and on the internet. Fixing poor squelch levels on baofeng radios ham radio blog. Programming your baofeng uv5r radio chirp software. It was recommended to me that i use chirp as the programing software for the radio.
Question about programming the baofeng uv5r with chirp. Posts about marine chirp file written by radiofreeq. It is a great source of protein and calories that can help increase your energy during emergencies or disasters. Ive tried all the hold the flashlight button while powering on and set the radio to channel 16 stuff, with no luck. Programming the baofeng portable transceiver ver 0. Using baofeng uv5r as a radio scanner with chirp one. Could you make an updated version on how to download the chirp software. Video baofeng downloading and cloning using chirp amrron.
Chirp programming software osx, linux, windows update. A friend then showed me his little baofeng uv5r handheld radio, sat me down and started explaining why it was a wonderful bugout radio. Chirp allows you to select values up to 123, however anything much over 105 will not open the squelch. Using baofeng uv5r as a radio scanner with chirp one guy. I can interface successfully with chirp 20150702 under mac os x 10. Setting chirp on the 962014 daily build to a uv5r worked on the current firmware, but it some how disabled the speaker on the older firmware. Configuring chirp to download from the baofeng uv5r. Using baofeng pofung uv5r as a radio scanner with chirp settings tab basic settings group. Baogt3 software software rt systems programming software specifically for the baofengpofung gt3 radio. Chirp software provides a fix for the wellknown baofeng squelch problem. Step by step on using chirp to program your baofeng or. After downloading chirp successfully i followed the instructions to first download from the radio, then after programming in local repeaters i successfully uploaded them to the radio. If youre buying a uv5r in 2020, it is most likely a knockoff made by someone other than baofeng. Ive heard this works, so what am i doing wrong or not doing.
Set it anywhere from 1 to 9 depending how noisy your environment is. You can contact me more directly by linking to my facebook account. Whether you are a casual boater or a seagoing professional, this article provides the marine channels you need for programming modern vhfuhf radios with the international frequencies for ships, yachts, motorboats, ferries, sailboats, cruise ships, freighters, tankers, industrial docks. Software i recommend chirp, to program your baofeng, so this post will refer to that software. For this, ive been using the free chirp software and a selection of programming cables.
Jan 07, 2015 baofengpofung is shipping some uvb5uvb6 radios in versions that only have 27 menus instead of the original 29 menus. Set it to name so the lcd display will show the channels alpha tag instead of the frequency or channel number. At that stage we didnt know that the basic baofeng uv5 software didnt work with the new style rig, so i suspect that had he installed chirp it would have probably worked fine. There is, in most cases, almost no actual difference between the variants, which is very confusing for customers.
It is now the recommended choice for those using chirp on macos. Baofeng radio programming software download homepage, chirp programming software, oem baofeng vip software. If you do not have a proper license to transmit or. As far as chirp not working with the driver that you downloaded from the baofeng website, you didnt provide much useful information that could be used to help you with. Will provide further updates for other modification to the baofeng as soon as the current order arrives for modifications. Have a new hp laptop that has windows 10 and whatever i tried with chirp software did not work. Most standard factory levels range from a low of 1422 to a high of 4048, both of which are low, and offer very little variation of squelch levels.
Aug, 2012 however, the lovely people from the chirp team have been in touch, so well see what we can come up. If you are a vendor and want to have your radio supported by chirp, please see informationforvendors. Jan 22, 2015 chirp software provides a fix for the wellknown baofeng squelch problem. You can easily program your baofeng using your personal computer and special free chirp software. Baofeng uv 9r handheld programming amateur radio stack. This unit is not type accepted for any services other than the amateur radio band and in some cases it doesnt meet acceptance even for the amateur radio bands. It supports a large number of manufacturers and models, as well as provides a way to interface with multiple data sources and formats. Question about programming the baofeng uv5r with chirp i am new here, and i just got my baofeng uv5r in the mail, i think the cable is a fake im not sure, i got it off amazon and it had like a 4 star, anyway what it does is, the green light comes on, on the uv5r, but then the. A lot easier than punching all of the data via a keyboard and hoping for the best. My place i have collected some channel lists of private mobile radio 446 frequencies. Since you may be a new ham or a long absent ham, like me, you probably dont know what repeaters are in your local area. Indeed its a common misconception unless youre using a conventional indeed its a common misconception unless youre using a conventional store bought walkie talkie as these will more likely be using a maximum of 0. Chirp has supported the baofeng uvb5 and uvb6 in the daily builds since early april. Can a baofeng bf888s be programmed to pmr446 for non.
Chirp is a free, opensource tool for programming your amateur radio. Most likely, andy didnt have a driver issue on his laptop. Baofeng radio us is the authorized distributor of baofeng products, introducing new range of baofeng radios. Ive followed the development of chirp from the date of its inception. Baogt3 software software rt systems programming software specifically for the baofeng pofung gt3 radio. Sign up chirp csv files for vhf marine channels, jaktradio, ruter. Jun 24, 2018 there will be a video on programming this radio with the uv82 oem cps, but for now enjoy this video on programming with chirp attention.
Using ciphergens proteinchip system in their laboratory, ho and colleagues. The uv5r has forty menu items, i have only covered the critical ones to ensure successful manual programming. As its designed for commercial and pmr use in addition to amateur radio, theres nothing to stop it from transmitting outside of any particular band so care needs to be taken when programming the transmit frequencies parameters. Baofeng videos video baofeng downloading and cloning using chirp. Its actually easy once you learn that the local repeater list is just reducible to a spreadsheet. Comprehensive identification of rnabinding proteins by mass spectrometry chirpms is a novel technique for studying endogenous. Programming the baofeng portable radio neat circuits. Enter 146520 while in frequency mode to vfoa step 2. Programming the baofeng uv5r this little dual band plus broadcast band transceiver is amazing value for money. On the computer i can name a frequency with standard text, but when i upload the information back to my radio the frequency number is not replaced with the text. Any issues with signup please use contact us button at bottom of any page. Radio communication is an integral part of nautical life.
Chirp is available for windows, mac os and linux, so regardless of your operating system, you are covered. I dont remember, but the software might be specific to particular models. Jul 25, 2016 for programming, i use chirp, which is pretty easy to use. The ability to provide a rapid protein expression profile may improve early cancer detection and drug treatment decisions as well as insights into. Baofeng gt3 radio successfully programmed with chirp software.
I hope this information helps other radio amateurs understand and successfully program the baofeng uv5r. This is a software modification that resets the squelch to enable higher tighter levels of squelch, controlled by the baofeng radios squelch setting. Baofeng uv5r variants the baofeng uv5r is the basis for many other models. Fixing poor squelch levels on baofeng radios ham radio. For programming, i use chirp, which is pretty easy to use. How to program a baofeng ham radio with chirp thesmokinape. Return to chirp and click the radio menu and choose download from radio 6. Their software works fine, but another alternative which i prefer is the free software called chirp, which is excellent, and works for just about every ham vhfuhf radio that can be programmed by a serial cable.
With any baofeng or any other similar ht the latest yaesu ht has no numeric keypad you will need the programming cable and chirp. It is a compact, economical ht that includes a special vhf receive band from 65 108 mhz which includes the. Step by step on using chirp to program your baofeng or similar knockoff handheld showing 12 of 2 messages. Now that ive had it for a couple months, ive run it through its paces and made my decision on if this will be in my bugout bag or not. Try to open the program and it would just flash off and on on the screen for a bit, then it would come up with a message that the program wasnt working. Mar 28, 2015 configuring chirp to download from the baofeng uv5r. Squelch levels improved somewhat over time, but it just wasnt enough. For programming uv5r devices i only use chirp software, so all these lists are in chirp. Second time through and chirp was able to write the memories back to andys uv5ra. However, the lovely people from the chirp team have been in touch, so well see what we can come up. Using the settings below spreads the range from 2105.
With this operating system, a person may tune shortwave broadcasts, amateur radio, aeronautical, maritime, or other signals received at remote servers around the world. This makes adding multiple repeater memories and naming them much easier and leaves the vfo mode free for normal simplex working. Spam is easy to serve and prepare, too, making it the ultimate survival food for a lot of survivalists. Ciphergen launch next generation proteinchip system. It is also included on the buy two way radios cd in the chirp programming software folder. In the previous blog post install chirp for baofeng uv5r on linux or win10 we learned how to set up chirp for the baofeng pofung uv5r. Apr 10, 2014 a friend then showed me his little baofeng uv5r handheld radio, sat me down and started explaining why it was a wonderful bugout radio. Chirp features chirp software has many features, some of which are not available using the baofeng factory software, such as. The baofeng uv5r is a compact hand held transceiver providing 4 watts in the frequency range of 6174 mhz and 400480mhz 520mhz later versions. Programmer gordos top 100 for baofeng uv5r name receive frequency transmit frequency offset frequency offset direction operating mode tone mode ctcss rx ctcss tx power 55 winsun2 449.
Baofeng bf888 modification file download has to be open with chirp radio software. Chirp is available for windows, mac os and linux, so regardless of your operating system, you are. Rt systems bao82 programming software makes it easy to manage memory channel information and other menu settings of the baofeng pofung uv8282c82l82x radio. Whether you are a casual boater or a seagoing professional, this article provides the marine channels you need for programming modern vhfuhf radios with the international frequencies for ships, yachts, motorboats, ferries, sailboats, cruise ships. There will be a video on programming this radio with the uv82 oem cps, but for now enjoy this video on programming with chirp attention. Question about programming the baofeng uv5r with chirp when joining hamradioforum you will get a confirmation email which you need to respond to. This video is to help educate others on the process i use to get my baofeng radio to program using chirp software. Then your mac will download the memory of the baofeng right into chirp, using what it calls cloning. Survival channels for baofeng programming shtfhamfrspmr. Jun 30, 2014 with any baofeng or any other similar ht the latest yaesu ht has no numeric keypad you will need the programming cable and chirp.
Now we can use chirp to program the transceiver as a very basic radio scanner. Even if you configure your ham radio to use the pmr frequencies, the chance itll be outputting over 0. Keep in mind this is just the knowledge i have learnt from my own reading, someone may comment and correct me or teach me things, i encourage this, sorry if some of the information i post is incorrect. Shame on me, as there are a lot of good reasons to replace the sometimes crappy chinese software by chirp. Ciphergens proteinchip arrays the scientist magazine. Works everytime with the baofeng software, only worked once with chirp. The safest bet for buying an official baofeng is to get the bff8hp from a reputable dealer including btech or baofeng directly. Turn on your radio and wait for radio activity to stop if any this may take several seconds. This works for all firmware versions, but tdr must be set to off on firmware versions bfb251 and lower. May 21, 2017 this video is to help educate others on the process i use to get my baofeng radio to program using chirp software.
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