Thought I'd just start a new topic since the hand-crank radio thread was veering in this direction anyway. That thread led me to a thread on arfcom, which led me to buy a Baofeng UV-B5 radio for $35 on Amazon and I thought I'd toss out a couple of pointers for those that may be interested.
On Amazon (or eBay), look to see where the seller is located..I failed to do so and my radio took a slow boat from China, literally. I waited two weeks but the more important fact is that I don't have a U.S. vendor for warranty purposes.
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As mentioned I got the -B5 radio instead of the -5R, because most folks say it has a better receiver. However, there are no extended batteries that fit the -B5 so the -5R series may interest you if you want more battery time.
Buy the BETTER programming cable with the FTDI chip to avoid problems with counterfeit Prolific chips. It's $20 instead of $5.99 but you'll thank me later.
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https://evsxrc.weebly.com/rapidshare-bob-dylan-desire.html. Download Chirp (it's free) http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home
**The Chirp software doesn't comm with the newest firmware in the -B5, so you will have to use the Baofeng software to program. The good folks at Chirp are aware and working on fixing this issue. In the meantime, I didn't think the Baofeng software was too bad but it isn't as versatile apparently. The Baofeng software is NOT available for a Mac, so I program mine at work.
Baofeng Uv 5b
Visit http://miklor.com/ for lots of info and tips on using and programming Baofeng radios.
Develop plenty of patience (if you didn't take my advice on the better cable), try to connect with the radio and program local frequencies into it. If you bought the cheaper cable, prepare to play with drivers and such..maybe several times.
Fl studio 7 crack fruity loops 7 crack. Frequencies can be found in several places, I like the following in my limited experience:
www.radioreference.com (search by state, county)
www.repeaterbook.com (search by zip code, they have a free iPhone app also, handy)
Free iso en 10204-3.1 2004 programs. I haven't gotten my license yet, but I wanted to listen to what's going on in my area first and $35 seems pretty reasonable. Initially I was a bit disappointed as I didn't hear anything except the local sheriff for the first five days I had the radio programmed. Then, this past Tuesday I caught part of a local (to my work) 'net' and heard lots of folks chatting. I listened as I was driving home and at around 20 miles away, it started getting weak. The same guy has another repeater that (according to repeaterbook) has a 75 mile radius, but I haven't heard anything from it yet. I'm pretty sure his antenna is on the same tower as our college radio station..since he handles the maintenance on that. (He's away in TX for the winter or I'd just ask)
Still not much action near my house though, even though there are two repeaters locally one transmits as DMR, which I don't yet know anything about and the other I've only heard a morse code ID being transmitted. This second one is listed as SkyWarn, so it may be reserved for emergency.
Anyway, I've heard enough that I'll take the test and get involved. Scifinder software free download free. I'm sure it'll expand from there. I have a TV tower at my house that could easily serve as a ham tower, so that's nice.
Baofeng Uv 5b Software Engineering Pdf
Edited by milq, 27 February 2015 - 01:11 PM.