Baofeng UV-5R programming question

[hotpocket]

I was just wondering if anyone knows of a way you can make a programming file, (I guess sort of like a codeplug) so that you can swap out memory banks on the computer without having to program each frequency individually. Like some days I may want to use the UV5R to listen to rail frequencies, and other days I might want to scan a variety of frequencies. If there is an easier way to program it, I’d be very grateful

 

[gh6406]

Use chirp programming software. Set up different profiles.

 

[nd5y]

You can't do that with one file. You need to make a file for each set of channels.

 

[hotpocket]

Oh, so if I save a separate profile in CHIRP for each sort of “favourites” list, I should be able to just load the profile and write them to the radio

 

[chief21]

Just program ALL of your radio channels within numerical groups... example: 01-25 = ham; 26-50 = railroad; 51 -75 = fire; 76 - 100 = law; or similar groupings. Then they will all be available just by spinning the dial.

 

[nd5y]

Just program ALL of your radio channels within numerical groups... example: 01-25 = ham; 26-50 = railroad; 51 -75 = fire; 76 - 100 = law; or similar groupings. Then they will all be available just by spinning the dial.

You could do that but Baofeng radios don't allow you to scan banks/zones or add/remove channels to/from the scan list. If you only want to scan certain things at one time then you need to make separate files.

 

[mpatch]

You could do that but Baofeng radios don't allow you to scan banks/zones or add/remove channels to/from the scan list. If you only want to scan certain things at one time then you need to make separate files.

That's not true. You can select "skip" as an option in chirp. I have about 110 saved channels and I have all but about 12 of them set to be skipped when scanning.
As for having separate scans saved on the HT that's not possible nor is scanning only a frequency range like you can on most higher end units.

 

[nd5y]

That's not true. You can select "skip" as an option in chirp.

Yes but you can't do it from the radio.

 

[mpatch]

Yes but you can't do it from the radio.

That is true. I wont even program a single channel manually into a Baofeng, way too much of a pain. On my Yaesu's it's easy comparatively.