Baofeng radio-stock update

What do you do when rechargeable batteries are dead and you cannot recharge ?
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Use it till you are comfortable. Buy extra batteries and a 12v charger. The more you use it the more you'll know how to use it.
 
aakoksal said:
A whole new world would open up when one has Ham Radio Licence and these radios (and others including high power mobile units, base stations, even long distance communication)... I would encourage everybody to get licenced...
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Big Uke said:
I wholeheartedly agree with that. As an Amateur Radio operator for many years the mobile radio, handheld, and location devices have served me very well.
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Total no nothing here: I've often been tempted but the morse code requirement slowed me down so I'm glad to see it can be avoided...when you guys talk about a whole new world and being well served by having a licence in what sense do you mean? For hunting, camping or other reasons? Genuinely curious! Thanks!
 
Just adding my 2 cent about the uv 5r.They are great for the price.I d ont think that 5 or 8 watt will make a big differance.The gain of the antenna will IMO make a bigger range improvment over the 5 vs 8w.Still vhf and uhf are line of sight range.For example i was this summer on top of the Whiteface mountain in NY have made contact with my uv 5r and nagoya 771 antenna to Ripon repeater in Quebec it was 205 kms.On the other side it is impossible to establish contact 5kms away with mountain in betwen with the same radio.The only down side of the uv5r and almost all of the chineese radio is when in RF noisy environment the receiver gets oveloaded and they are less sensitive on the rx.On normal urban use with my sr-112 simplex repeater hoocked on the uv5r on a widows of the second floor i reach around 7kms all around at 5w in uhf. Having a ham licence is great ...You can do all kind of things with those uv5r.
 
you can use "chirp" to program them.there is a link in the program to load local ham repeaters or with a subscription to "radio reference" you can load the frequencies you want.
 
For the extend battery pack with 2500mah AA rechargeble i get almost twice the life vs the 1700mha stock li ion.As said up Chirp is good program for those radio.They often come with clone prolific chip programing cable that window will not install the good driver.In general you will need the 3.2.0.0 version.
 
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SigWig said:
Use it till you are comfortable. Buy extra batteries and a 12v charger. The more you use it the more you'll know how to use it.
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I looked at the aa battery pack but realized for the price and size of it it was better to buy Xtra batteries.
 
zxcvbn said:
Total no nothing here: I've often been tempted but the morse code requirement slowed me down so I'm glad to see it can be avoided...when you guys talk about a whole new world and being well served by having a licence in what sense do you mean? For hunting, camping or other reasons? Genuinely curious! Thanks!
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Couple things I can think of...

With ham licence, you can operate high power mobile units (VHF + UHF) in your truck, tent, etc. extending your reach considerably.

If anybody at home is also licensed, you can setup a HF rig and talk to him/her while you're outdoors. Last night I had a chat with a ham operating in Battleship Iowa docked in Los Angeles, that would be roughly 2000 km.

APRS allows you to keep an eye on your buddies.

Nowadays, best approach in my mind for certification is to go for Basic with Honours, that is to say you need to score above 80%. That gives you HF privileges with decent transmit power. Later you can go for advanced certification which will give you more frequency range as well as transmit power.
 
Randomized said:
Are the Nagoya antennas you guys carry straight from Nagoya? I'm just worried because I have heard so many stories about knock off antennas that are worse than the rubber ducky ones that come with them.
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I didnt see anyone answer this, so are they legit???
 
aakoksal said:
Couple things I can think of...

With ham licence, you can operate high power mobile units (VHF + UHF) in your truck, tent, etc. extending your reach considerably.

If anybody at home is also licensed, you can setup a HF rig and talk to him/her while you're outdoors. Last night I had a chat with a ham operating in Battleship Iowa docked in Los Angeles, that would be roughly 2000 km.

APRS allows you to keep an eye on your buddies.

Nowadays, best approach in my mind for certification is to go for Basic with Honours, that is to say you need to score above 80%. That gives you HF privileges with decent transmit power. Later you can go for advanced certification which will give you more frequency range as well as transmit power.
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Thanks. The APRS sounds interesting. In 2003 there was a huge blackout in the NE US and Ontario that lasted days. I would think having a ham radio could be very useful in a situation like that.
 
aakoksal said:
Couple things I can think of...

With ham licence, you can operate high power mobile units (VHF + UHF) in your truck, tent, etc. extending your reach considerably.

If anybody at home is also licensed, you can setup a HF rig and talk to him/her while you're outdoors. Last night I had a chat with a ham operating in Battleship Iowa docked in Los Angeles, that would be roughly 2000 km.

APRS allows you to keep an eye on your buddies.

Nowadays, best approach in my mind for certification is to go for Basic with Honours, that is to say you need to score above 80%. That gives you HF privileges with decent transmit power. Later you can go for advanced certification which will give you more frequency range as well as transmit power.
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Did anyone passed the basic technician test recently and how difficult is it ??
 
gambit, I passed mine a few years ago with honours (which means attaining over 80 percent on the test) and found it quite simple. My overall was in the high 90's and I have very little electronics knowledge other than a few internet articles here and there and reading the study material. If there is someone teaching a HAM class in your area I would highly recommend attending one, though, to ensure an 80 percent or higher. As mentioned above you can use high frequency for distance communication and other more nerdy stuff, even.
 
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