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10/12/2025

UPDATE: This is an update to a previous post a few down. This involves the Baofeng UV-5R & UV-5RE on the 222 to 225 mhz (1.25 meter) amateur radio band!

Use this info with caution, as this is for educational purposes only!

10/12/2025

Been a while since my last post, but I have officially ditched California and as of 2 years, am now a resident of Arizona!

There will be an update to my Baofeng UV-5R post down below, later today!

10/17/2022

Moving to another state that is much friendlier... Goodbye Commiefornia!

10/15/2019

California Puts Citizens at Risk by Ditching HAM Radio Emergency Communications by Demanding that Operators remove their equipment or pay thousands of dollars!

07/03/2019

They're Taking Away Our 2 Meter VHF Band 144-146MHz, HELP!!

Sign the petition below. I was just made aware of the meetings in progress to repurpose 144-146MHz for Aeronautical use in ITU region 1. The links are below....

02/22/2019

Interested in making an Emergency Short Range Repeater out of 2 Baofeng UV-5R Series Radios?

Make this custom cable and follow these directions to get you started and Repeating that signal!

Do not, I repeat, Do not listen to the guy on YouTube using a standard audio cable to do this, it will not work!

02/08/2019

Of all the On-Site repeaters I have been to and the Video's online, I have yet to see any Solar Powered Systems with a Wind Generator!

I am sure there is wind up on these hills at night!

02/03/2019

This one reminds me of the old 224.160 Repeater in the SF Bay Area. Off-The-Hook at times...

K6MWT 147.4350 MHz Los Angeles Renegade Repeater Live Audio Feed on Broadcastify.com

01/26/2019

6ft Motorola Cabinet, CAT700B, Not sure what the hell this Motorola Repeater is (UHF for sure), Power Supply and a UHF Bp/Br Duplexer sitting here waiting to go online soon. Even got an S-Com 5k Controller, perhaps for a 2m spot with a 440 or 220 link...

Still need interconnect cables and something else that I am sure I am forgetting! Antenna maybe? And someone who knows what they're doing when tuning Duplexers in the area?

Got to dig in and see what I got, other than the obvious. Oh yeah, a couple Motorola mobile radios, UHF and VHF in there too (Link Radios?)...

01/25/2019

Simple Manual Programming
Baofeng UV-5R - Baofeng UV-5RE - Baofeng UV-5RX3
And maybe other similar models...

Each "Menu" option requires you to select the option using the UP/DOWN
arrows or by typing it directly to the keypad, press "Menu" to edit
the option using the UP/DOWN arrows and then press "Menu" again to
save the option.

1.Press VFO/MR to get into VFO Mode
2. Using the keypad, type in the desired RX frequency
3.Press "Menu" button
4.Type "5" for the Narrow band Selection. Select "NARR" for Narrow
5.Type "11" for RX CTCSS if needed
6.Type "13" for TX CTCSS if needed
7.Type "25" for + or - Shift
8.Type "26" for Shift Frequency (EX: +/-600khz for 2 meters)
9.Type "27" for desired Memory Channel to save to. A channel with a Preceding "CH" means there is a frequency already stored in this channel. If the channel does not have the "CH" preceding the channel, it means the channel is blank and can be used or saved to.
10.Press the "Exit" key.

Your frequency should now be saved to the memory channel you chose with all programmed options in place.

Hope this simplifies it!