I just bought a Baofeng M-5R. I didn't need another HT, but this one features the aviation band as well as FM radio, 2m, and 70 cm.

It came with an owner's manual titled "UV-5RX Series." I already have a few other Baofengs, so I got this one up and running without delay and the aviation band receiver (AM) seems to work well.

One error in the manual (or maybe just a difference between models) is that changing the FM Radio band from 65-75 MHz to 76-108 MHz is stated to be accomplished using the A/B key. But the change is actually made using the BAND key.

73,

Maynard
W6PAP

> small dualband yagi mounted on a roof tripod . . .

Is the tripod on your roof or on the ground?? Can you alter the AZ-EL?

> roving I use a dualband mag mount antenna, around 16 inches tall or so . . .?

Impressive!

Bob ?W7DIT

Greg . . .

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:02:43 -0400, "Greg Halsey" <ghalsey4@...>
wrote:

>Wow! That sounds intriguing. I'm gonna start studying for my general and Extra license soon.

I was disappointed when I got my technician license, upgrading from
novice. Repeaters got old for me pretty quickly. The real fun, in my
opinion, is on the HF bands.

I don't mean to minimize what you can do on 2 meters and above, as
there's plenty to get involved with. But HF lets you talk around the
world, and I find that more interesting than satellite and ISS
communication. That's my opinion, of course. Plenty of people don't
upgrade from technician and are active in amateur radio. But what
we've found locally in our area is that people take and pass the
technician test, then get a Baofeng HT, and after using the local
repeaters give up and we never hear from them again. Few seem to stay
active unless they upgrade to general, where they can use the HF
bands, and it seems that's where most of the enjoyment is.


Donald KX8K



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/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng

Interesting! What are RT systems?? Yes, I did forget to download from the radio first, you are right. It's just been many years since I've fooled with these radios. I'll try that. Thanks.

On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 2:47?AM Dave Springer via <n0txj=[email protected]> wrote:

I DO NOT understand why anyone would try to program a UV5R with anything other than RT Systems! I've done anything that can be done with any number of radios of various brands, including my Boofeng UV5R.

I have never had an issue programming any brand of radio with them.

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On Sep 24, 2024, at 19:46, Donald Hellen <donhellen@...> wrote:

Here's a few things to consider if you haven't already. Since you
didn't provide much information on what you tried. If you already are
aware of these things, then maybe someone else can benefit. 

Have you downloaded the memory structure file from the radio first?
Many don't realize this is the first step. You can't import anything
but the specially structured file that was downloaded from the same
model radio (or one you downloaded and changed yourself) then uploaded
it to the radio. 

That needs to be done first to set up the file that you're going to
enter programming data into for each memory channel. Save what you
downloaded, even if it has things on it you're going to erase, just in
case you mess something up, so you can go back to this stage. 

Then you can copy and paste into that downloaded form you have after
downloading the file from the radio. Be sure you only copy columns
into appropriate columns in your radio. There may be columns that
aren't in the same place as the CSV file has. Or columns that are
different. Don't change the positions of the columns.

Does this help?


On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:41:13 -0400, "Greg Halsey" <ghalsey4@...>
wrote:

It does, or it has a UV-5R in the drop down menu of supported radios. My problem is that I can't get it to upload a csv file. It will still be easier than entering it into the radio, but I think I'm missing something.




There's no place like 

Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM   /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp    /g/Baofeng

RT systems make excellent software and proprietary leads. They are expensive but work. The support is fantastic.
Chirp is free and covers more radios than you can shake a stick at. Plus you can export by CSV and import to other radios (if they have same coverage/spec)
You make your own mind up.
RT that costs as much as the radio or Chirp

On Thu, 26 Sept 2024, 17:06 Greg Halsey via , <ghalsey4=[email protected]> wrote:

Interesting! What are RT systems?? Yes, I did forget to download from the radio first, you are right. It's just been many years since I've fooled with these radios. I'll try that. Thanks.

On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 2:47?AM Dave Springer via <n0txj=[email protected]> wrote:

I DO NOT understand why anyone would try to program a UV5R with anything other than RT Systems! I've done anything that can be done with any number of radios of various brands, including my Boofeng UV5R.

I have never had an issue programming any brand of radio with them.

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On Sep 24, 2024, at 19:46, Donald Hellen <donhellen@...> wrote:

Here's a few things to consider if you haven't already. Since you
didn't provide much information on what you tried. If you already are
aware of these things, then maybe someone else can benefit. 

Have you downloaded the memory structure file from the radio first?
Many don't realize this is the first step. You can't import anything
but the specially structured file that was downloaded from the same
model radio (or one you downloaded and changed yourself) then uploaded
it to the radio. 

That needs to be done first to set up the file that you're going to
enter programming data into for each memory channel. Save what you
downloaded, even if it has things on it you're going to erase, just in
case you mess something up, so you can go back to this stage. 

Then you can copy and paste into that downloaded form you have after
downloading the file from the radio. Be sure you only copy columns
into appropriate columns in your radio. There may be columns that
aren't in the same place as the CSV file has. Or columns that are
different. Don't change the positions of the columns.

Does this help?


On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:41:13 -0400, "Greg Halsey" <ghalsey4@...>
wrote:

It does, or it has a UV-5R in the drop down menu of supported radios. My problem is that I can't get it to upload a csv file. It will still be easier than entering it into the radio, but I think I'm missing something.




There's no place like 

Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM   /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp    /g/Baofeng

Here's a few things to consider if you haven't already. Since you
didn't provide much information on what you tried. If you already are
aware of these things, then maybe someone else can benefit. 

Have you downloaded the memory structure file from the radio first?
Many don't realize this is the first step. You can't import anything
but the specially structured file that was downloaded from the same
model radio (or one you downloaded and changed yourself) then uploaded
it to the radio. 

That needs to be done first to set up the file that you're going to
enter programming data into for each memory channel. Save what you
downloaded, even if it has things on it you're going to erase, just in
case you mess something up, so you can go back to this stage. 

Then you can copy and paste into that downloaded form you have after
downloading the file from the radio. Be sure you only copy columns
into appropriate columns in your radio. There may be columns that
aren't in the same place as the CSV file has. Or columns that are
different. Don't change the positions of the columns.

Does this help?


On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:41:13 -0400, "Greg Halsey" <ghalsey4@...>
wrote:

It does, or it has a UV-5R in the drop down menu of supported radios. My problem is that I can't get it to upload a csv file. It will still be easier than entering it into the radio, but I think I'm missing something.




There's no place like 

Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM   /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp    /g/Baofeng

It does, or it has a UV-5R in the drop down menu of supported radios. My problem?is that I can't get it to upload a csv file. It will still be easier than entering it into the radio, but I think I'm missing something.

On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 2:50?PM John Geiger AF5CC via <Af5cc1=[email protected]> wrote:

Does the ODMaster program/app work with it?? That is the program that the Tidradios use for programming via bluetooth.? I seem to remember that there is a Baofeng UV-5R selection in the radio part of the program.

73 John AF5CC

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---- On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:59:32 -0500 Greg Halsey <ghalsey4@...> wrote ---

Good afternoon,

?

? I'm trying out my TIDRADIO bluetooth adapter and trying to figure out an easy way to import radio frequency lists into my baofeng UV-5R. Is there one?

?

thanks in advance,