Noob question Baofeng UV-5r

[rebster60]

Hi
I am a total noob to this radio and radio's in general.
I am using this radio for my airsoft team, I have managed to program the freq we use into the radio. My problem is with the A/B monitoring, I do not need to use vhf just uhf so mu radio reads as this.

A CH-001
B 136.025

The trouble is that every time it receives on B, I can not transmit on A unless I change it back manually.
The radio is in a pouch on the back of my rig, and I would like to set it to just work on my teams channel.

Sorry if this sounds all muddled, I have no tech insight to explain it better.

Any help would be grately appreciated please.

Regards.
Dave.

 

[nd5y]

I'm not that familiar with those but there should be a way to turn one display off.
If not then just set the bottom display to the same thing as the top one.
You can probably find out how at miklor.com

 

[quadracer1014]

Go into the programming software. Under Edit click optional features.

Check the TDR box. Then select A band under the transmit under TDR star option.

 

[rebster60]

136.025 is in the aeronautical frequency range. And if transmitting on this frequency, even in FM mode, could be causing interference to aircraft.

Thanks for that Info, I did not know that. But that is exactly why I want to lock the rest of the radio out. I am only wanting to use the the radio on the freq's we use for airsofting which are uhf.

 

[CapStar362]

let alone claim to have PAID for a frequency that has been in use for decades now by the FAA.


rebster i dont think you understand what robert is explaining to you. 136.025 is used by aircraft, has been for a long time , and probably never will cease to. how did you "Pay" to use that frequency.....?


IIRC - UHF, VHF, FM....( Someone help me out here ) whatever your transmitting on your going to cause interference on 136.025 to any aircraft within ( whatever the range is of said radio unit ). which is not a very good idea

 

[rebster60]

Hi capstar.
Thank you for your reply.
I would just like to clear one thing up first.
I did not say that we have paid to use freq 136.025.

The freq that we have paid to use is in the 449. Range.
I agree with you people should research more, but if you don't know anything about it, and it is not stated when you buy the radio. And the advert for it does not mention any thing about it ?

So my question now is, that are you saying that if I am using our paid for 449 range freq, every time I rx I am txing on 136.025 also ?

Regards.
Dave.

 

[rebster60]

I will find out exactly what we have paid for and let you know.

I believe that the licence we have is a business radio simple UK. (maybe this makes it a bit clearer ?)

However could you shed some light on the other part of my last post ?

If I am txing on 449. AM I still interfereing with 136.025


Many thanks
Dave

 

[Darth_vader]

"It is illegal in most countries to transmit on the Airband frequencies without a suitable licence, although an individual license may not be required, for instance in the US where aircraft stations are 'licenced by rule'." (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airband )

I still wouldn't suggest doing it, though.

 

[KevinC]

I didn't know they sold licenses in the ham band. Generally that is as hams are secondary users but I have not looked at FCC. So do they sell 449 repeater input frequencies? This is getting really strange. I'm starting to suspect a troll.

The user may not be in the USA, so this band may be for other services where he lives.

 

[rebster60]

Hi kevinc
Correct, I am not in the USA, I'm in the UK


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[KevinC]

Hi kevinc
Correct, I am not in the USA, I'm in the UK


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If I do a Google search on "136.025 and CHIRP" I get numerous hits. You might try that yourself and see if any of the results help you.

 

[mikewazowski]

Gentlemen, let's stop playing radio police and try to help the fellow out.

Suggesting he use a service such as GMRS or FRS which probably doesn't exist in his country doesn't help much.

Rebster60, you might want to set your location in your profile so people can tell where you're from. Might have headed off some of the responses you received.

Thanks.

 

[rebster60]

Gentlemen, let's stop playing radio police and try to help the fellow out.

Suggesting he use a service such as GMRS or FRS which probably doesn't exist in his country doesn't help much.

Rebster60, you might want to set your location in your profile so people can tell where you're from. Might have headed off some of the responses you received.

Thanks.

Updated. Yes I should have done that when I registered.

 

[wheelerg]

good youtube explanation

watch this guys series on programming and its a big help
Baofeng UV-5R Programming With a Computer, Part 1: Cable Setup - YouTube

 

[rebster60]

Thank you Wheelerg