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Thread: FCC after your BaoFeng!
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October 7th, 2018, 11:13 PM #31
Re: FCC after your BaoFeng!
"It seems that the Constitution is more or less guidelines than actual rules"
My feedback: http://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=305685
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October 7th, 2018, 11:45 PM #32
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October 8th, 2018, 08:40 AM #33
Re: FCC after your BaoFeng!
It can transmit and receive FM on 136-174 mhz (2 meter ham band, marine band) and 400-520 mhz (70 cm ham band, FRS/GMRS, NASCAR). A lot of newer police and commercial radios in these ranges are now digital, so the Baofeng won't receive them. Power is switchable between 1W and 4W. It can be set up to scan. It is a cheap shit radio that works, but don't expect Yaesu or Kenwood quality.
These will probably disappear from the mainstream marketplace sometime in the future. If you want one, get it now. If importation is stopped, prices will go up. You NEED the programming cable (as posted before, get the one with the FTDI chip) and Chirp (which is free).Boy, I say boy, you're reaching the limits of my medication!
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October 8th, 2018, 08:49 AM #34
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October 8th, 2018, 10:51 AM #36
Re: FCC after your BaoFeng!
The 8W one is fairly new, and I've not played with one, but it looks like the UV5R with some improvements. 8W vs 5W is not a huge deal, but for $12 extra I would buy the 8W one if I were buying a new one today. They also claim that the new one is easier to program, but that is not really an issue with Chirp. I would definitely still buy the FTDI cable.
Boy, I say boy, you're reaching the limits of my medication!
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October 8th, 2018, 07:49 PM #37
Re: FCC after your BaoFeng!
I think the FCC really doesn't enforce licensing and abuse. That falls to HAM operators running directional antennas
i think some of them enjoy the technical challenge of finding unlicensed operators
They hit the RESET option in the menu. Resets it to the factory settings in Chinese.
I thought it went quiet when all TV stations switched from analog to digital signals in 2009.
I dont know, they come out with new models faster than Apple phones.
i bought mine to use as a scanner at a Nascar race. Researched the driver frequencies and loaded them using CHIRP and the USB cable. Then at the race, I was messing with it and hit the Reset button
Right now I use it to listen to local emergency frequencies. During stormy weather I have received signals from about 100 miles away I am studying for my amateur radio license so I can transmit
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October 8th, 2018, 08:07 PM #38
Re: FCC after your BaoFeng!
So, I have a cable with the prolific chip. Should I trash it? Are there any with FTDI that are less than $20? How hard is this to program even with Chirp?
I have UV 5RALast edited by Gunowner99; October 8th, 2018 at 08:11 PM.
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October 8th, 2018, 08:14 PM #39
Re: FCC after your BaoFeng!
except they're priced appropriately.
whats this ftdi thing? i realize it's a cable but it has a chip in it?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-PC28-FT...mAaR:rk:1:pf:0
i found this on fleabay.
and a lot of these listings use specs for new model with model number for both the new as well as the old. probably should avoid those.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sop...rt=nc&_fosrp=1
$36 to $20 isn't quite a $12 difference but it's close...Last edited by fallenleader; October 8th, 2018 at 08:19 PM.
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October 8th, 2018, 09:48 PM #40
Re: FCC after your BaoFeng!
get the cable from Baotech on Amazon. not worth messing with clones
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