But, if you don’t have a laptop handy or you can’t find your programming cable, these directions should walk you through the steps to program a Repeater’s Frequencies into your handi-talkie. There are a lot of different versions of the Baofeng radios out there so your’s menu numbers may be a bit different. You will just have to give it a try and see.
Remember, the basic keystrokes for changing menu items is:
[MENU] [Use Arrow buttons to chose menu item] [MENU] [Use Arrow buttons to chose value] [MENU] [EXIT]
Baofeng Programming:
- Switch to Frequency Mode:
- In top line, press the numbers on the keypad to set the repeater’s X-mit Freq.
- Menu 13: Select the CTCSS tone to transmit
- Menu 25: Select Offset Shift, + or -
- Menu 26: Set Offset, 000.6000 for VHF, (005.000) for UHF
- Press PTT to test (Freq. should shift by 600 KHz, in the correct direction)
- Menu 27: Store programming into Memory Channel Number
- Press * (Reverse Freq. will be displayed)
- Menu 27: Store in Memory Channel Number (Same as above)
- Switch to Channel Mode:
- Tune to programmed Channel Number
- Test programming by pressing PTT
- NOTE: Menu 28: Will delete programming in Channel Number if you made a mistake and need to start over. It's a good idea to delete a menu BEFORE trying to write to it, just in case it was already assigned once before.
Give it a try. If it works you can copy and past these steps into your NOTES application on your iPhone or iPad. Android probably has a similar application where you could store the notes for later use.
Keith
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