How To Program A Baofeng UV-5R To Listen To Other Walkie Talkies - FRS, GMRS, & MURS 

Exactly mate, better to with than without. Especially in a emergency situation.

It’s just like cameras. The best camera is the one on you that takes the pictures you need to take.

Fair

Heck yeah... that UV5r is easy to throw in a bag with an extra battery and a snubby ABREE or Diamond antenna..... and a Nagoya for the big distances.... and still spend less than $50... They are handy little radios. Plus you can listen to music on the FM radio and it will interrupt if the channel you're monitoring becomes active.

@@MrTux62 the other thing that's super helpful is they're capable of picking up the National Weather service automated stations anywhere in the US. I take my Baefeng with me anytime I go backpacking or scuba diving because you generally don't have cellphone signal and I can get updates on if severe weather is coming.

I love that there’s a term,” ham fudds”...

Truly an art form.

Yah, he's GOOD!

Just keep a toy walkie nearby in case one of those mythical FCC vans tracks you down lmao

I know right. I'm dying XD

agreed

Agreed! Fantastic content!

Absolutely!

EXACTLY.. I just found it.. Grateful for sure! Humor while parsing through BS.. What's not to love in this day an age...

idk why ppl hate baofeng but its a good and cheap radio to do ur thing

@@wokzip yeah it even walked my dog!

Is it true that Canada does not require a license for GMRS usage.

You the man I learned a lot I will Definitely subscribe.

"... I love how he's not racist." Um... what?

@@narkfly yeah, I must have missed that video…the racism video.

@@narkfly It’s a reference to his other video where he yells the radio Karens not to hate the Baofeng simply because it’s Chinese.

Sounds a bit gay but, okay yeah. He’s awesome. I think a little racism would really bring the room together and make this video better 😆😆😆😆😆

Wow people are dumb He giving you information if need use the radio. Specially if got one for GMRS which FCC won't allow. He even set the link learn how get GMRS license. BUT this the grip. How dumb are to publicly announce your breaking the law and worse you blow in other people as well. Just say you got chance use the radio and baofengs work great.

chrip is pretty easy to use if u need help with the basic things i can help

I still use chirp just because it's way faster. Have a profile built, every radio I add to the collection just gets the same program dumped on it.

You really got your gmrs license

how long once you gave them the money did it take to get your license

Yeah, I spit out my coffee when he had a pic of that tranny Navy admiral up on the TV screen behind him. Freakin hilarious.

As a newbie, I’m curious….with all the discussion that there’s no enforcement of all these rules regarding licenses, why do you feel you need one? Not trying to challenge you, just honestly interested in why some get a license and others don’t. Thnx.

Just tried on my Bf-F8HP. Worked great. I was actually really concerned that it might not be an option in an emergency situation.

Just got a pair for myself and my daughter. I can anticipate that I’d take this keeping but is it reasonable to take it on road trips and stuff? Is that legal?

I do too I take it everywhere try to listen to Everyone

Tell them a joke and they will not be sad hams….😢😂

This is the exact reason I picked up some for me and my son. Plus I wanted an emergency radio that I could put on other frequencies sould I need to call up some help while free camping.

yeah. guys like him are actually answering the questions for those of us who don't want to talk to other weirdo's accross the world lol. I have mine because it was affordable and all of my buddies have an assorted aray of radios that use a wide aray of freq's and the Boafeng can pick them all up.

This is just an opinion: "NOT legal advice".... People, BUY the BF 5R, and whatever HAM band transceivers you like.. Do a LITTLE bit of research (Radio Reference (website)) to see what frequencies are being used in your area / the area you are wanting to communicate in, and don't use any of the known / used freqs. There is a HUGE amount of unused feqs in the HAM band! NOBODY is going to mess with any of you... Do you see a single question @ Amazon checkout which requires you to input your HAM lic/cert info?? Yes, and NO... Nobody will know you are on the band unless you call the FCC and turn yourself in.. AND, it IS doubtful they would even send someone to monitor it even IF you gave them the dates, time and maybe even the address you were transmitting from. HAM has its uses, especially in real emergencies... However, there aren't just 40 channels like in a CB unit, or the walkie talkies that are popular.. You're welcome to GTS it if you doubt what I am saying. With all of the digital communications (online and off) today, HAM is mostly dying. ALL you need to do is to tune into the web streams of countless HAM repeaters / ham clubs to realize this. Sometimes, there isn't even a reply to the callouts. I will NEVER sell my handhelds, but if the "apocalypse" were to hit, and we lost power and sunlight (for solar battery backups) the true LONG range HAM stations will be DOWN soon thereafter. The "elitists" are part of the problem with HAM.. Yes, they dumbed it down so you don't have to do morse code fany longer to get your 'transmission permit'.. HOWEVER, I was listening in on the net when Hurricane Ian hit, and I was truly DISGUSTED at the old timers talking crap to people who were trying to ID, were scared and missing (breaking up) the info, and getting ADMONISHED for the way they were transmitting / communicating. For any of you "old timers" who may read this. Get current with the barriers to entry. Otherwise, you will simply be a nice (and legit) page in the history books. Massive amounts of GEO and LEO Satellites are rendering HAM useless, especially for SARS.

@@kansaspartan7625 Glad that you are "tuned in". I don't mean that sarcastically at all. While I absolutely talk hard against people who think they own the "ham" band, I respect those (generally) who appreciate it, and keep it alive.

THANK YOU SOMEONE SAID IT next question can i talk uv-5r to uv5r? I also got them for airsoft

Me too. If you have two of these radios, can you link them up and talk normally as you would on a regular walkie-talkie without dealing with the sad hams?

Im no expert but from my reading we do have laws and you do require a licence except for on cb channels.

@@unclejohn5012 he said he’s from Australia. Where are you from?

Hopefully you’re doing it with a mask on🤣🤣🤣

@@mossycreekoutdoors2244 dayum.

1st Ghost busters movie. Eon Quote. 👍🏻😆

I almost spit out my coffee 😂🤣

yah, well for $30 you get what you get, but all of mine (i have like 8) except for 1, do that red/green flashing thing.. they still charge just fine.

@@TheNotaRubicon Great! I will keep on with it. Thanks for the videos... They’re great. Funny and very informative.

@@TheNotaRubicon exactly, I think for less than $30 I would just order a second radio. Probably cheaper than sending it back for repairs and likely cheaper than buying just the charger.

Ham not to be used on GMRS

I just bought them for that reason. Do you need any licensing or is it legal?

@@noelelenes9090 you have committed a Federal offense and will have FBI, ATF, NSA and NASA agents knocking at your door any minute now.

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂💀 the funny part is I tricked Brison palmer by taking the batteries out of his radio , hilarious af 👍🏻🍻🦾 It was just a funny prank me and my wife pulled on him that day that's just what friends do 💪🏼😎🍻

@@mrbyamile6973...Yeah, the MIB will fast rope from stealth helos and snatch you right up and take you to their leader for advanced interrogation. Good times!!

This actually isn't a problem at all. In the case mentioned, the trailing zero doesn't actually do anything, 462.5750 is the same as 462.575, just like 1 1/2 can be written 1.5 or 1.50. For other channels, say Channel 8 which is 467.5625, if you type in 467.562 into you UV-5R you'll see a little tiny 5 show up after the frequency. that's because in this frequency band the radio is programmed to go in steps of 2.5k(560, 5625, 565, 5675, 570). This is fairly standard to keep interference between channels to a minimum.

Thanks for that -- that was the exact question I came here to answer. I have the gmrs channels programmed on my BF radios through CHIRP, where you can enter the 500 Hz digit, but I wasn't sure how to get there from the keypad. Makes sense, if you have it set to step by 2.5Hz, there wouldn't be a xxx.xx20 MHz frequency on the band.

Funny thing is, I saw the small font "5" and it looked like an "S" and I was trying to figure out why they had an S there, haha.

Just watch the video.