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BaoFeng UV-5R - Entering Channel Numbers

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Hello all,

New to the forum and well as to UV-5R. I have been going through the process of setting up the BaoFeng and wanted to find out whether I was entering channels numbers in the correct way.

It seems that I have to first select "0" before I can then enter the channel I want. That seems very odd but it is the only way I have found to go to a channel.

When I am in channel mode, if I press numbers on the keyboard, nothing happens other than the screen flashes briefly but the channel does not change.

If I select "0" first, I can then enter other numbers to go to specific channels. The really strange thing is that is I want to go to channel 100 or above, I have to go to channel 99 and then use the up arrow to go below that channel. The reason for this is that I enter "0" for it to "register" I want to enter a channel number, but once I enter 1, "0" and then the last 0, it thinks I am trying to start over. I know all that seems really odd but I am just not sure if I did something for it to be acting this way.

Now, the one caviate to this is that if I press "0" then something like "25," I can quickly then enter a number above 100 within it thinking the first 0 is starting over. If I wait more than a few seconds, I sort of get locked out and have to go back to "0" to enter channel numbers.

any thoughts from the group.

thanks everyone.
 
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That's how the memory channels are allocated in the radio. The channels are technically "000", "001"..."099", "100"..."127". If you want to select a memory channel under "100", you'll have to type in a "0" for the hundreds place.

To get to the 100s channels, just type directly - "1", "#", "#". To get to the sub-100 channnes, type directly - "0", "#", "#".

When typing in your example - "0", "1", "0" goes to channel 10, but then the next "0" you type tells the radio you want to go to a different "sub-100" channel.

Verified this on my Baofeng last night.

This type of memory access is rather wide spread, and used in may different types of equipment, not just amateur.
 
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