Some Basic Questions

[johndrella]

What'sup Guys, I've been using a few baofeng radios to listen to emergency channels for about a year now, such as pd, fire, and ems. I am an emt in NYC and i bring my baofeng to work to listen to pd and fd, it helps get some info faster to some of the jobs i get sent. I just bought a yaesu ft-60r today and am waiting for it to ship. i am not ham liscensed (yet), as I do not see the need, but am wondering about other uses for my radios.

I have 3 baofengs and now my yaesu is shipping, I was wondering if it is possible to give my baofengs to my friends, and to be able to program them, to a certain channel or frequency, to be able to communicate with my friends in a range of about 2-6 miles at most, privately. is that possible ? to have a private channel with friends ? thanks guys

 

[RC286]

Legally no, these radios are not part 95 approved, therefore not legally allowed to transmit on the available free MURS frequencies in the USA. Even GMRS which is requires a license in the USA, is not allowed to be used on non part 95 compliant radios. Do people do it? yes, is it legal? No. Also keep in mind no radio communication available to the average public or HAM radio operators allows encryption of any kind, so no there will be no such thing as private. Anyone tuned to the frequency can listen. Even with FRS and GMRS that have those "privacy channels" don't do anything. They are incorrectly advertised as it does not provide ANY form of privacy, all it is, is a CTCSS sub audible tone that only opens the squelch if it is present. However if a radio with the tones disabled is used, or a scanner with no tones programmed, all transmissions will be received. If you want "privacy" use a cell phone as they are encrypted.

 

[scannermanner1]

If you want "privacy" use a cell phone as they are encrypted.

Hmmm yeah I don't think so

They are private however they are not encrypted

Any proof they are encrypted ?

 

[scannermanner1]

What'sup Guys, I've been using a few baofeng radios to listen to emergency channels for about a year now, such as pd, fire, and ems. I am an emt in NYC and i bring my baofeng to work to listen to pd and fd, it helps get some info faster to some of the jobs i get sent. I just bought a yaesu ft-60r today and am waiting for it to ship. i am not ham liscensed (yet), as I do not see the need, but am wondering about other uses for my radios.

I have 3 baofengs and now my yaesu is shipping, I was wondering if it is possible to give my baofengs to my friends, and to be able to program them, to a certain channel or frequency, to be able to communicate with my friends in a range of about 2-6 miles at most, privately. is that possible ? to have a private channel with friends ? thanks guys

Privately no, the uv5r does not offer any type of privacy such as encryption or anything like that.

I can't think off any open frequencies that you can use legally with those radios, I think the cheapest thing you could do at this point is for you all to go and get a ham licence since you already have the radio, and then you can use the ham 2m or 70cm band to communicate but it still would still not be private though

 

[AK9R]

Since the OP doesn't have an amateur radio license and doesn't see the need to get one, I've moved this thread to a more appropriate forum.

 

[W8RMH]

I have a FT60R and it is not a good choice for PS monitoring, and it does not do narrowband.