Programming Rugged Radio frequencies / channels into a Baofeng or QYT radios for off road 4X4 radio. 

You are welcome. I hope it helps you.

Yes, so just buy a Boefung and program them yourself. Plus you can add additional channels.

@@jimtheradioguy8010 it's baofeng...

Easy, 1) Connect radio you want to reprogram and download current frequencies into CHIRP. 2) Cut and paste frequency list just like you would in a spread sheet. 3) Upload to your radio. You are done.

@@jimtheradioguy8010 Thanks I was able to upload the frequencies yet the radio does not show the channel names. It shows the freq.

@@jamesq5383 In CHIRP, open the "Settings" menu for the radio in the left column, Scroll down to "Display mode A:" change setting to "Name." Do the same for B.

@@jimtheradioguy8010 Thanks,It wouldn't work in CHIRP as it didn't give me those options. But I opened up the TYT software and found the display mode, made the switch from freq to name. I appreciate the assist.

The RR R1 is a business band radio, the Midland is limited to GMRS frequencies. I don't think they are compatible.

Sounds like the newer one is locked so that you can't reprogram it yourself.

@@jimtheradioguy8010 That's what I am thinking too, unless you go to the website and buy the $50 kit they sell after you just spent $85 on the radio. But then again I am not sure what that will allow you to do with it. What a waste of money, I did reach out to RR tech to see what they say, and will update here when I find out more. (Okay I just looked again $25 for the program, $30 for the cable, $49 if bought together from RTsystemsinc.com) Baofeng cable should work on it, considering it's the same radio?

No you need to buy the rt cable. I tried to use my baofeng cable. Did not work.

This can happen on new radios with slightly different firmware or new versions of CHIRP.

I've had no trouble programming this radio using the included cable. Be sure to open the Windows control panel and check the hardware devices to be sure the computer sees the USB cable. Try another USB port or another computer. If the product is defective you should return it. This is why I recommend Amazon since they make returns and replacement very easy.

Ya next time I will buy from amazon I always do I regret buying from eBay Weill I’m calling customer service in the morning they have never given me problems before and have gotten refunds back before

The file became corrupted , I'll get a replacement file up.

@@jimtheradioguy8010 No problem I found one, but I just wanted to make sure you knew about it lol.

You will need to add whichever ham channels you wish to use. Since the uv-5r has the capacity of 128 channels, you should have plenty of space. Be aware of the radio laws in Canada when using the frequencies I have provided. Glad you enjoyed the video.

@@jimtheradioguy8010, thank you for the reply. Perhaps a better route for me might be to enable the receive and transmit on the gmrs only and receive on all the others, if that is possible in chirp.

@@107cadman107cw You could do that, I'm going to make a video on how to program the uv-5r to GMRS using CHIRP. It's easy, click on 'File' then 'open stock configuration' then pick 'US FRS and GMRS' then just load this list into your radio.

After programming gmrs and frs channels could you still manually enter other channels through frequency mode which you do not want saved?

@@107cadman107cw Yes, the manual frequency mode isn't affected by programming. You can always use the frequency mode to quickly enter a frequency as needed.

It's my understanding that RR locks thier radios so that you can't upload any additional frequencies or change the preprogrammed frequencies.

Manually a can one and one, I don’t like doing it like that

Sorry you are having this issue. Did all of the channels load correctly in your radio?

Jim The Radio Guy thanks for the reply, none of the channels loaded

I take that back, the channels did upload. Just weird that the message appears...

@@chrisa9436 The issue is a that the file I posted has a different firmware version than your radio. I'll need to work on that problem.

I'm getting this same error. Is there a fix to this? I cannot find the channels that uploaded.

I've removed the corrupted file, download the CSV file or the PDF file.

Will only let me download the frequency list as a webpage…? How do I download it to my computer

As far as I know these are the current frequencies. The image format is in the CHIRP format.

Get the frequencies from here: ru-vid.com?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblBhSHZNMy03WG1rZTVtTU82aXA4V3NZQWdxQXxBQ3Jtc0trbEpJUDFwS2ZJSEZZWXQtVmUtb0NtOHluWk5pZEdIcXVSNE1mLWctSGNMYjFjay1FUnVpSy1QRzROdzB2ZDBzczM5WEVJaFc2TExyNVpJeW40ME9iVkhxdGZfb0FROHhHaUFHdjB2eWFZWXdQNHlZRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fyxczf7b2

I can open document in google drive, but not download or use it as others have said, so worthless.

Newer Boafengs are locked to ham frequencies, however there is a way to unlock them. See this video, be sure to read the warnings in the video description. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2sg3RJf1ZEA.html

Thanks for catching my error. Unfortunately RU-vid won't let me correct it without resetting the view counter.