RifleMaster650
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What are the frequencies I can use program in Boca Raton on my Baofeng UV-5R
What are the frequencies I can use program in Boca Raton on my Baofeng UV-5R
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Do have a ham license?
This radio can only used a ham frequencies in the USA. if you have a license you should already know about 2 meters and 70 centimeters frequencies that many repeaters use.
This radio can only used a ham frequencies in the USA. if you have a license you should already know about 2 meters and 70 centimeters frequencies that many repeaters use.
He didn't say he was going to transmit.
Unfortunately the Boca Raton police and fire are on a digital trunked system that the Baofeng can't receive. Police are encrypted but fire is not.
Suggest that you check the RRDB and use CHIRP to program the radio. There are some things you can hear just not fire or law enforcement. With a real scanner it is possible to hear fire calls. No scanner can hear encrypted transmissions.
Unfortunately the Boca Raton police and fire are on a digital trunked system that the Baofeng can't receive. Police are encrypted but fire is not.
Suggest that you check the RRDB and use CHIRP to program the radio. There are some things you can hear just not fire or law enforcement. With a real scanner it is possible to hear fire calls. No scanner can hear encrypted transmissions.
ecps92
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Then why buy a Radio that is called a Two-Way (ie: TX and RX) - go buy a Scanner
All of Palm Beach County P25 Phase II System is "SIMULCAST", on 5 different sites, in which Boca resides on this system. Boca PD is Encrypted "E" for the talk groups that matter. Stash the Baofeng in the drawer and get an SDS100 or SDS200, or Unication G4/G5.
Seems like that should be up to him!
Because real radios are generally much better quality than scanners, both in terms of RF performance as well as build quality and battery run time. Now I doubt that applies to a POS Baoturd, but it certainly applies to hardware manufactured by the big players in the industry. Oh yeah and often those radios can be had second-hand cheaper than a $500+ digital scanner.
the answer to the OP can be found right here:
Palm Beach County, Florida (FL) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference (radioreference.com)
the takeaway --- is that the answer is "not much" other than schools and some public works channels.
doug
Palm Beach County, Florida (FL) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference (radioreference.com)
the takeaway --- is that the answer is "not much" other than schools and some public works channels.
doug
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