Baofeng UV5army

[Sparks]

Ok, so I tried messing around to program a repeater.

My question is, now when I am in frequency mode, on ANY frequency, I see a "+" above the frequency. It seems I have saved the positive offset onto ALL frequencies. Is that so? If yes, how do I correct this so it only applies to the repeater frequency I was trying to program?

Thanks all for the help.

You just saved the positive offset into the one memory channel you programmed. However offset is turned on in VFO mode. You can turn it off there and not effect any stored frequencies.

[PA86]

So my Nagoya 771 came in, hooked it up... half the time it skips over NOAA while scanning, so that's obviously not working right.

[Remington788]

So my Nagoya 771 came in, hooked it up... half the time it skips over NOAA while scanning, so that's obviously not working right.

You probably want to skip over NOAA. It never stop talking, so your scan cycle will always get stuck on it. I have it set to skip on my UV5RA and just scroll to it with the arrow keys (I have them all set up in the memory slots).

I made contact on Wednesday night with a Net on a repeater about 8 miles from my house. Did a check-in, a little introduction and chit chat. One of the guys on the Net actually knew the guys that tested me in NYC. Small world, eh?

[PA86]

You probably want to skip over NOAA. It never stop talking, so your scan cycle will always get stuck on it. I have it set to skip on my UV5RA and just scroll to it with the arrow keys (I have them all set up in the memory slots).

Do you need Chirp to do that? Haven't had success getting Chirp to run on my mac... will try on my folks PC when I can get a chance.

YI made contact on Wednesday night with a Net on a repeater about 8 miles from my house. Did a check-in, a little introduction and chit chat. One of the guys on the Net actually knew the guys that tested me in NYC. Small world, eh?

Very neat.

[Sparks]

PA86 - you might have the squelch set too high.

For this in or close to Phila, Holmesburg club runs an Elmers net on Wednesdays. http://www.harcnet.org/ It's in the middle of the page.
This is designed for the newly licensed, everyone is welcome, to ask questions and get assistance.

[PA86]

PA86 - you might have the squelch set too high...

Set at 5... same as I have always have it set. The OEM rubber duck antenna never skips it at the same level.

Appreciate the club suggestion, btw.

[Gripsafety]

No luck making any contacts so far but I've just tried once or twice on the 2M and 70CM calling frequencies. I'm just using a stock UV5R from inside though so I'm probably not getting great range.

Try the one in Roxborough 147.030+ tone 91.5. I don't use it, but a friend tells me Philmont is an active group.

[Hoppy]

Make sure you monitor 146.52. I’ve heard more activity recently on simplex. Don’t be afraid to call out on it as well. I heard a guy last week testing a radio and talked to him for a few minutes. I’ve talked to JasonO on it several times.

[wa3ra]

From earlier in the thread:

Pool Frequencies

These are order window frequencies


Frequency Comments
33.1400 paired w/151.8950 or 170.3050
35.0200 paired w/154.4900 or 154.6000
33.4000 paired w/154.5700
170.2450 paired w/154.5700
30.8400 paired w/154.5800
171.1050 paired w/154.6000
31.0000 paired w/170.3050
154.5850 paired w/30.8400
170.3050 paired w/31.0000 or 33.1400
151.8950 paired w/33.1400
154.5700 paired w/33.4000
154.4900 paired w/35.0200
154.5700 paired w/35.0200 or 170.2450
154.6000 paired w/35.0200 or 171.1050
467.7750 paired w/457.5500
466.0375 paired w/461.0375
468.2875 paired w/463.2875
469.5125 paired w/464.5125
461.0375 paired w/466.0375
457.5500 paired w/467.7750
463.2875 paired w/468.2875
464.5125 paired w/469.5125
920.2000 paired w/903.2000 WBFM mode
920.2625 paired w/903.2625 WBFM mode
920.5000 paired w/903.5000 WBFM mode
920.9625 paired w/903.9625 WBFM mode
903.2000 paired w/920.2000 WBFM mode
903.2625 paired w/920.2625 WBFM mode
903.5000 paired w/920.5000 WBFM mode
903.9625 paired w/920.9625 WBFM mode

With thanks to NF2G.com

By the way, the newest McD systems are 2500 MHz (2.5 GHz) spread-spectrum. Gotta be within a block with either an SDR or a receiver that cost 5 figures to hear that stuff.

146.52 is busy around here, and I've had conversations on those rare occasions that I'm home lately, I've talked a bunch on 52.525! Also added a digital HT, Yaesu FT70D. Now I need a cheap DMR rig...no D-Star up here...when there starts being 4 possibilities, it stops being a standard. This crap KILLED the wall-to-wall repeaters.

[Remington788]

Do you need Chirp to do that? Haven't had success getting Chirp to run on my mac... will try on my folks PC when I can get a chance.

It is hellishly easier with software and the cord.