baofeng uv82hp

[yycwrangler]

Hi guys

got a couple of 82's that I want to take down to Cancun. I'm going to put on the frs channels on each. How do I do it so I can tone someone to let them know I'm trying to contact them as opposed to voice calling. example wife is shopping with radio in backpack. I want to tone her to let her know I'm trying to get a hold of her. I have Chirp setup if I can do it in that. Can I choose the type of tone??

Can I customize the setup so that only the frs radios with me can hear each other and not other frs radios

Where do I confirm what wattage output I currently have programmed. The 82 can transmit up to 7watts which is way too much for frs. If entering the frs channels into a chirp program, will it automatically adjust the wattage or do I have to do this

Cheers
Al

 

[jonwienke]

Don't.

Mexico has different rules and stricter enforcement of radio matters, and you will probably have the radios confiscated at the border, and may have legal issues (i.e. get a personal tour of a Mexican prison) if you try to take them into Mexico.

You can't program any radio so that only a certain other radio can hear it. You can program a radio to ignore any signals that don't match specified criteria such as a CTCSS tone or DCS code, but that won't stop anyone else from hearing you when you key up.

You can't turn the UV-82HP transmit power down far enough to be FRS legal.

 

[nd5y]

If the radios have 2-tone or 5-tone paging you can program one so it will only altert the user when paged but the Baofengs the OP has don't have paging.

 

[K2NEC]

Don't.

Mexico has different rules and stricter enforcement of radio matters, and you will probably have the radios confiscated at the border, and may have legal issues (i.e. get a personal tour of a Mexican prison) if you try to take them into Mexico.

You can't program any radio so that only a certain other radio can hear it. You can program a radio to ignore any signals that don't match specified criteria such as a CTCSS tone or DCS code, but that won't stop anyone else from hearing you when you key up.

You can't turn the UV-82HP transmit power down far enough to be FRS legal.

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