Cheap 2M/70CM Handy Talkie - $43.50 - shipping included!

[Cactus Red]

Seriously, a dual band, fully programmable HAM radio for $43.50.

At that price, there is no excuse. You can become a HAM for a whopping $58.50 - the license adds an additional $15.00 to the total once you take and pass the Tech exam.

Just got a Baofeng UV 5RA from Amazon.com. I'll be checking it out to see how it does. So far I'm impressed. The audio output is loud and clear - nice for a noisy 4x4.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009MAKWC0/ref ... 25410_item

For those of you that understand this kinda stuff, this gentleman has done some serious testing.

http://hamgear.wordpress.com/2012/04...-uv-5r-part-i/
http://hamgear.wordpress.com/2012/04...uv-5r-part-ii/

I'm finding a lot of info on these little radios!

http://miklor-uv5r.99k.org/

This manual programming advice is spot on, and works well. I've input both simplex and PL tone repeaters into memory. With the PL tone repeaters, I've sorted my repeater list by PL tone, and that way I only have to set that menu once for all the repeaters that use that tone. Here locally most use 162.2 for the PL tone, so it's pretty easy to enter the stuff. I'm only doing a few so I can keep track of what's in it...

From: http://www.wp4aoh.blogspot.com/

SIMPLEX PROGRAMMING EXAMPLE

TO PROGRAM 146.520 SIMPLEX TO MEMORY CHANNEL 001 :

STEP 1 : ENTER 146520 (while in frequency mode to VFO/A)

STEP 2 : PRESS [MENU] [27] ("mem channel" appears on display)

STEP 3 : PRESS [MENU] (radio announces " memory channel")

STEP 4 : ENTER [001] (use the keypad or scroll to it with arrow keys)

STEP 5 : PRESS [MENU] (radio announces "receiving memory")

STEP 6 : PRESS [EXIT]

Memory number 001 is now programmed to 146.520 simplex (no split)

REPEATER PROGRAMMING EXAMPLE - NO PL TONE

TO PROGRAM REPEATER 145.370 / 144.770 TO MEMORY CHANNEL 002 :

STEP 1 : ENTER 145370 (while in frequency mode to VFO-A)

STEP 2 : PRESS [MENU] [27] ("mem channel" appears on display)

STEP 3 : PRESS [MENU] ( radio announces " memory channel")

STEP 4 : ENTER [002] (use the keypad or scroll to it with arrow keys)

STEP 5 : PRESS [MENU] (radio announces "receiving memory")

STEP 6 : PRESS [EXIT]

STEP 7 : ENTER 144770

STEP 8 : PRESS [MENU] [27] (memory channel 002 still on display)

STEP 9 : PRESS [MENU] (radio announces " transmitting memory")

STEP 10 : PRESS [EXIT]

REPEATER PROGRAMMING EXAMPLE W/ PL TONE

TO PROGRAM REPEATER 147.210 / 147.810 WITH A T-CTCS OF 127.3 TO MEMORY CHANNEL 003 :

STEP 1 : PRESS [MENU] [13] ( T-CTCS appears on the display)

STEP 2 : PRESS [MENU] ( radio announces "TCTCS")

STEP 3 : ENTER 1273 ( use the keypad or scroll to it with arrow keys)

STEP 4 : PRESS [MENU] ( radio announces "confirmed")

STEP 5 : PRESS [EXIT]

STEP 6 : ENTER 147210 (while in frequency mode and in VFO-A)

STEP 7 : PRESS [MENU] [27] ( "mem channel" appears on the display)

STEP 8 : PRESS [MENU] ( radio announces " memory channel")

STEP 9 : ENTER [003] ( use keypad or scroll to it with arrow keys)

STEP 10 : PRESS [MENU] ( radio announces " receiving memory")

STEP 11 : PRESS [EXIT]

STEP 12 : ENTER 147810

STEP 13 : PRESS [MENU] [27] ( memory channel 003 still on display)

STEP 14 : PRESS [MENU] ( radio announces " transmitting memory")

STEP 15 : PRESS [EXIT]

[verdesardog]

Hey Mark, was that list of frequiencies that I gave you useful for you?

[Cactus Red]

Thanks, and it sure was Michael. I've got most of those in the PW (2m) and Jeep (2M/70CM) - they are both modded for transmitting out of band. The cheap HT comes with the transmission open from the factory - not sure how they got that thru the FCC, but it's Part 90 and Part 95 certified.

[azracer]

Does that radio conform to the ne narrow band requirements. I have the business band license but no ham license as of yet. I figure at 5watt it will not be a big issue? Thoughts?

Do you know if the radio can be modified to comply with the new narrow banding rules? None of my old radios can be modified so I'm kind of screwed on radios for now.

[Cactus Red]

Ken, It does comply with the business band Part 90 FCC rules, and can be set for narrow band use.

[Fireman78]

Wow.. this is a good deal. I wish I had seen this prior to just spending 75 bucks on mine. Thanks for the programing info.