Baofeng for Dummies UV5R+ HAM Radio Tutorial

[livingsurvival]

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[JawTooth]

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.

[Robindersplidle]

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!

[Daddy]

Brother, thank you! I have owned this for about 4 years collecting dust because the instructions made no sense. Now I have a radio!!!!

[Hangtime]

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 !

[BrainRazer]

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)

[georgerobinson]

This tutorial is very helpful! I had no idea how to work this because the book does not tell you much. Thanks...

[Chalstead]

This gentleman is the best on the Baofeng Walkie Talkie hands down very gifted teaching.

[dr.benjaminbennettth.d.]

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

[rebeccam]

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!

[pampacoll]

Perfect for me as I am just starting at HAM radio. 61 yo retired Nurse Practitioner and grandmother. Thank you.

[lucylopez]

Jan. 2019...even after 3 years...this video helped me out...thanks

[MrBilldo]

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.

[lowrent]

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.

[kryptonite]

So far, this has been the most informative video on the radio. That's saying alot, especially with your video being 3 years old.

[sgt.bunbun]

I'm 53yrs old, you Sir are on point! 👍👊

[kylekrulicki]

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.😎

[Bootradr]

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.

[OHSTN]

It's a firmware bug.
Take the antenna off to stop the incoming signal, when saving that wx channel memory :)

[michaelenochs]

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!