DickH
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The Baofeng/Pofung UV-82 can be a low cost Police scanner for 136-174MHz and 400-520MHz. It will only scan conventional frequencies, no trunking. But what do you expect from a $40 radio?
Some people have had trouble trying to program it with a cable and computer, but it can be done manually, rather easily, if you follow the steps, below.
FIRST, charge the battery. Seat the radio in the charging cradle and the red light will light.
When it is fully charged the light changes to green.
NEXT, set the menu items.
1. Press MENU. You will see SQL 5. The tiny zero on the right is the menu number.
(The SQL setting has no effect. Just leave it as is).
To change a setting, press MENU again and the arrow will move to the lower line. Now use
the UP and DOWN arrows to change the setting.
To SAVE the setting, press MENU again.
3. Press the UP arrow to move to the next menu item.
I suggest using the same settings I use (listed below).
MENU items explained in detail. http://www.miklor.com/COM/kc9hi/82Menus.pdf
MENU
NUMBER DESC. SETTING
0 SQL 5
1 STEP 2.5
2 TXP LOW
3 SAVE 3
4 VOX OFF
5 WN NARROW
6 ABR 5
7 TDR OFF
8 BEEP ON
9 TOT 60
10 R-DCS OFF
11 R-CTCS OFF
12 T-DCS OFF
13 T-CDCS OFF
14 VOICE ENG
15 ANI-ID - - -
16 DTMEST OFF
17 S-CODE 1
18 SC-RBV CO
19 PTT-ID OFF
20 PTT-LT 5
21 MDF-A NAME
22 MDF-B FREQ
23 BCL OFF
24 AUTOLK OFF
25 SFT-D OFF
26 OFFSET 0.6
27 MEM-CH 0
28 DEL-CH 0
29 WT-LED PURPLE
30 RX-LED ORANGE
31 TX-LED BLUE
32 AL-MOD SITE
33 BAND VHF
34 TDR-AB OFF
35 STE ON
36 RF-STE 5
37 RPT-AL OFF
38 PONMSG FULL
39 ROGER OFF
40 RESET ALL
41 R-TONE 1750
The UV-82 has two operating modes, CHANNEL MODE and FREQUENCY MODE.
To change modes: Hold the MENU key down while turning the radio ON.
In CHANNEL MODE you can scan up to 128 freq. (Channels 0 to 127). To enter freqs.
into specific channels, start in FREQUENCY MODE.
TDR (Transceiver Dual Reception, menu 7) must be OFF.
1. Make sure arrow is at the top freq. Move the arrow using the EXIT/AB key.
2. Enter a freq. (example 154010 - no period). Wait, and it will display 154.010.
3. Press MENU 27, press MENU again.
4. Select the channel you want using the UP and DOWN arrows.
5. Press MENU to store the freq. Repeat for each freq.
To SCAN, use the EXIT/AB key to select the bottom row, then HOLD the SCAN key.
FREQUENCY MODE can scan the 2 freqs. displayed in the top row (A) and the bottom row (B).
To switch, use the EXIT/AB key. The arrow shows the active (and Priority) freq.
To enter the freq. you want, enter the numbers using the keypad. Period not needed.
For example, enter 154010, then wait and it will display 154.010.
To scan the 2 freqs., TDR (Transceiver Dual Reception, menu 7) must be ON.
If you are scanning the two freqs. in Frequency Mode you can quickly change to Channel Mode to scan the 128 channels. Turn the radio OFF, then HOLD the MENU key while turning it ON.
Some people have had trouble trying to program it with a cable and computer, but it can be done manually, rather easily, if you follow the steps, below.
FIRST, charge the battery. Seat the radio in the charging cradle and the red light will light.
When it is fully charged the light changes to green.
NEXT, set the menu items.
1. Press MENU. You will see SQL 5. The tiny zero on the right is the menu number.
(The SQL setting has no effect. Just leave it as is).
To change a setting, press MENU again and the arrow will move to the lower line. Now use
the UP and DOWN arrows to change the setting.
To SAVE the setting, press MENU again.
3. Press the UP arrow to move to the next menu item.
I suggest using the same settings I use (listed below).
MENU items explained in detail. http://www.miklor.com/COM/kc9hi/82Menus.pdf
MENU
NUMBER DESC. SETTING
0 SQL 5
1 STEP 2.5
2 TXP LOW
3 SAVE 3
4 VOX OFF
5 WN NARROW
6 ABR 5
7 TDR OFF
8 BEEP ON
9 TOT 60
10 R-DCS OFF
11 R-CTCS OFF
12 T-DCS OFF
13 T-CDCS OFF
14 VOICE ENG
15 ANI-ID - - -
16 DTMEST OFF
17 S-CODE 1
18 SC-RBV CO
19 PTT-ID OFF
20 PTT-LT 5
21 MDF-A NAME
22 MDF-B FREQ
23 BCL OFF
24 AUTOLK OFF
25 SFT-D OFF
26 OFFSET 0.6
27 MEM-CH 0
28 DEL-CH 0
29 WT-LED PURPLE
30 RX-LED ORANGE
31 TX-LED BLUE
32 AL-MOD SITE
33 BAND VHF
34 TDR-AB OFF
35 STE ON
36 RF-STE 5
37 RPT-AL OFF
38 PONMSG FULL
39 ROGER OFF
40 RESET ALL
41 R-TONE 1750
The UV-82 has two operating modes, CHANNEL MODE and FREQUENCY MODE.
To change modes: Hold the MENU key down while turning the radio ON.
In CHANNEL MODE you can scan up to 128 freq. (Channels 0 to 127). To enter freqs.
into specific channels, start in FREQUENCY MODE.
TDR (Transceiver Dual Reception, menu 7) must be OFF.
1. Make sure arrow is at the top freq. Move the arrow using the EXIT/AB key.
2. Enter a freq. (example 154010 - no period). Wait, and it will display 154.010.
3. Press MENU 27, press MENU again.
4. Select the channel you want using the UP and DOWN arrows.
5. Press MENU to store the freq. Repeat for each freq.
To SCAN, use the EXIT/AB key to select the bottom row, then HOLD the SCAN key.
FREQUENCY MODE can scan the 2 freqs. displayed in the top row (A) and the bottom row (B).
To switch, use the EXIT/AB key. The arrow shows the active (and Priority) freq.
To enter the freq. you want, enter the numbers using the keypad. Period not needed.
For example, enter 154010, then wait and it will display 154.010.
To scan the 2 freqs., TDR (Transceiver Dual Reception, menu 7) must be ON.
If you are scanning the two freqs. in Frequency Mode you can quickly change to Channel Mode to scan the 128 channels. Turn the radio OFF, then HOLD the MENU key while turning it ON.