Not able to receive on BAOFENG BF-F8HP

[MOGVET]

Help! I am new to HAM (still studying for Tech) and bought the BF-F8HP. I have installed CHIRP and have no problems with getting the settings into radio.

Heres the problem...I dont hear any traffic at all (with the exception of NOAA7) The NOAA7 works perfect! Even doing a scan, or trying to input any type of freq, I get nothing.

What am I doing wrong.

(I did find another thread from last year+ on this site dealing with same issues however I would think this would be fixed by now with a newer radio and updated firmware)

Thanks for any help at all!

MOGVET

 

[DickH]

... What am I doing wrong....

If you are listening to the Repeater INPUTS, you may not hear anything because that's only low power portables.

 

[MOGVET]

Thanks. truthfully I guess Im not sure if its INPUTS. Hopefully its just a newbie issue and not the radio.

MOGVET

 

[DickH]

Thanks. truthfully I guess Im not sure if its INPUTS. Hopefully its just a newbie issue and not the radio.

MOGVET

What exact freqs. are you NOT hearing? Give us some examples.

 

[MOGVET]

I have tried multiple repeaters from this list:

Amateur and GMRS radio repeaters Local to SAINT LOUIS, Missouri

I am close to Point B. I have set all the parameters into the radio and I don't get anything.
I also have tried some freq's to scan from police and other public safety but nothing there either.

MOGVET

 

[DickH]

I have tried multiple repeaters from this list:

Amateur and GMRS radio repeaters Local to SAINT LOUIS, Missouri

I am close to Point B. I have set all the parameters into the radio and I don't get anything.
I also have tried some freq's to scan from police and other public safety but nothing there either.

MOGVET

Are you using CHIRP to program it?

 

[FKimble]

Go to the NOAA Weather website and find the map and find your closest transmitter. Put it's frequency in. They transmit all the time. See if you can hear it.