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Have you tried the "chirp" program?

I downloaded a copy to my laptop, connected the USB cable and got ALL the memory channels filled. The Baofeng is hard to hand load.

Greg KF6ZEC

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM, Ron Watkins

<rwatki@...> wrote:

Hi all, im a newbie and just got my Tech license about 2 weeks ago. I got a Baofeng UV-5R radio off Amazon, and have tried programming in the local repeaters, but while I can receive, I have not been able to get any reply to my attempts at broadcasting. I assume I don't have it setup correctly, and wondering if it's possible to hook-up with someone in the Gilbert area who can let me know what im doing wrong.
Thanks,
Ron, KJ7MSB

Ron,

By the way, the repeater that works best for me is the Ocotillo one (449.325 MHz PL 100). There are 2 nets that we have checked into. One every Wednesday at 7 PM local time & one on Saturday at 8 PM.

Are you receiving anything, can you hear the nets

Greg KF6ZEC

Greg & Jill Delezynski S/V Guenevere
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On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 8:58:20 PM MST, Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Yes, I used CHIRP along with downloads from repeaterbook to program the phone. IT does show the frequency shift and PL tones as being programmed, but it still not able to raise any contacts.

Ron

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 8:45 PM Jill & Greg delezynski via Groups.Io <delezynski=[email protected]> wrote:

Have you tried the "chirp" program?

I downloaded a copy to my laptop, connected the USB cable and got ALL the memory channels filled. The Baofeng is hard to hand load.

Greg KF6ZEC

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM, Ron Watkins

<rwatki@...> wrote:

Hi all, im a newbie and just got my Tech license about 2 weeks ago. I got a Baofeng UV-5R radio off Amazon, and have tried programming in the local repeaters, but while I can receive, I have not been able to get any reply to my attempts at broadcasting. I assume I don't have it setup correctly, and wondering if it's possible to hook-up with someone in the Gilbert area who can let me know what im doing wrong.
Thanks,
Ron, KJ7MSB

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Ron Watkins
602.743.5272

Ron,

A quick test.....

Listen to a repeater that you think is close and you want to use. It will ID itself with a? morse code signal every so often. Mostly on the hour & half hour.

Once you hear that wait until all is clear, no talking.? Then just for a second press the Tx button. IF you are contacting the repeater you will hear a quick tone after you release the button. And on our radios the small green LED will be light showing you are receiving.

Greg KF6ZEC

Greg & Jill Delezynski S/V Guenevere
Our Home Page:
Our YouTube page:

Our videos are now digital and can be downloaded to any device from Amazon Video;

On Thursday, March 5, 2020, 8:38:27 AM MST, Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Yes, I can receive?fine, but I have not gotten any replies?to calls I have made. Not sure to tell if it's transmitting at all, or if im just being ignored because I don't know anyone on frequency.

Ron

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:50 AM Jill & Greg delezynski via Groups.Io <delezynski=[email protected]> wrote:

Ron,

By the way, the repeater that works best for me is the Ocotillo one (449.325 MHz PL 100). There are 2 nets that we have checked into. One every Wednesday at 7 PM local time & one on Saturday at 8 PM.

Are you receiving anything, can you hear the nets

Greg KF6ZEC

Greg & Jill Delezynski S/V Guenevere
Our Home Page:
Our YouTube page:

Our videos are now digital and can be downloaded to any device from Amazon Video;

On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 8:58:20 PM MST, Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Yes, I used CHIRP along with downloads from repeaterbook to program the phone. IT does show the frequency shift and PL tones as being programmed, but it still not able to raise any contacts.

Ron

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 8:45 PM Jill & Greg delezynski via Groups.Io <delezynski=[email protected]> wrote:

Have you tried the "chirp" program?

I downloaded a copy to my laptop, connected the USB cable and got ALL the memory channels filled. The Baofeng is hard to hand load.

Greg KF6ZEC

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM, Ron Watkins

<rwatki@...> wrote:

Hi all, im a newbie and just got my Tech license about 2 weeks ago. I got a Baofeng UV-5R radio off Amazon, and have tried programming in the local repeaters, but while I can receive, I have not been able to get any reply to my attempts at broadcasting. I assume I don't have it setup correctly, and wondering if it's possible to hook-up with someone in the Gilbert area who can let me know what im doing wrong.
Thanks,
Ron, KJ7MSB

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Ron Watkins
602.743.5272

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Ron Watkins
602.743.5272

Yes, I can receive?fine, but I have not gotten any replies?to calls I have made. Not sure to tell if it's transmitting at all, or if im just being ignored because I don't know anyone on frequency.

Ron

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:50 AM Jill & Greg delezynski via Groups.Io <delezynski=[email protected]> wrote:

Ron,

By the way, the repeater that works best for me is the Ocotillo one (449.325 MHz PL 100). There are 2 nets that we have checked into. One every Wednesday at 7 PM local time & one on Saturday at 8 PM.

Are you receiving anything, can you hear the nets

Greg KF6ZEC

Greg & Jill Delezynski S/V Guenevere
Our Home Page:
Our YouTube page:

Our videos are now digital and can be downloaded to any device from Amazon Video;

On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 8:58:20 PM MST, Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Yes, I used CHIRP along with downloads from repeaterbook to program the phone. IT does show the frequency shift and PL tones as being programmed, but it still not able to raise any contacts.

Ron

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 8:45 PM Jill & Greg delezynski via Groups.Io <delezynski=[email protected]> wrote:

Have you tried the "chirp" program?

I downloaded a copy to my laptop, connected the USB cable and got ALL the memory channels filled. The Baofeng is hard to hand load.

Greg KF6ZEC

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM, Ron Watkins

<rwatki@...> wrote:

Hi all, im a newbie and just got my Tech license about 2 weeks ago. I got a Baofeng UV-5R radio off Amazon, and have tried programming in the local repeaters, but while I can receive, I have not been able to get any reply to my attempts at broadcasting. I assume I don't have it setup correctly, and wondering if it's possible to hook-up with someone in the Gilbert area who can let me know what im doing wrong.
Thanks,
Ron, KJ7MSB

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Ron Watkins
602.743.5272

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Ron Watkins
602.743.5272

Those are not the only two likely scenarios.

Some folks are telling how to best program your radio but let's figure out your problem by learning the basics of your UV-5R.

Have you looked at any of the settings I mentioned in my email to you of 5 days ago?

Answer these questions exactly so we can help you solve this issue:

Firstly, place radio in VFO mode by pressing orange VFO/MEM button. If you are in VFO mode, there will be no channel numbers displayed to the right of the frequencies.

Secondly, enter the numbers 449.325.

Thirdly, now check contents of menu locations.

What is the content/setting of Menu....

Number 0 -

Number 1 -

Number 7 -

Number 10 -

Number 11 -

Number 12 -

Number 13 -

Number 25 -

Number 26 -

After you report back, I'll tell you what the problem is and the fix.

Regards,

Joe, N2QOJ - Group Owner

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020, 8:38 AM Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Yes, I can receive?fine, but I have not gotten any replies?to calls I have made. Not sure to tell if it's transmitting at all, or if im just being ignored because I don't know anyone on frequency.

Ron

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 7:50 AM Jill & Greg delezynski via Groups.Io <delezynski=[email protected]> wrote:

Ron,

By the way, the repeater that works best for me is the Ocotillo one (449.325 MHz PL 100). There are 2 nets that we have checked into. One every Wednesday at 7 PM local time & one on Saturday at 8 PM.

Are you receiving anything, can you hear the nets

Greg KF6ZEC

Greg & Jill Delezynski S/V Guenevere
Our Home Page:
Our YouTube page:

Our videos are now digital and can be downloaded to any device from Amazon Video;

On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 8:58:20 PM MST, Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Yes, I used CHIRP along with downloads from repeaterbook to program the phone. IT does show the frequency shift and PL tones as being programmed, but it still not able to raise any contacts.

Ron

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 8:45 PM Jill & Greg delezynski via Groups.Io <delezynski=[email protected]> wrote:

Have you tried the "chirp" program?

I downloaded a copy to my laptop, connected the USB cable and got ALL the memory channels filled. The Baofeng is hard to hand load.

Greg KF6ZEC

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM, Ron Watkins

<rwatki@...> wrote:

Hi all, im a newbie and just got my Tech license about 2 weeks ago. I got a Baofeng UV-5R radio off Amazon, and have tried programming in the local repeaters, but while I can receive, I have not been able to get any reply to my attempts at broadcasting. I assume I don't have it setup correctly, and wondering if it's possible to hook-up with someone in the Gilbert area who can let me know what im doing wrong.
Thanks,
Ron, KJ7MSB

--

Ron Watkins
602.743.5272

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Ron Watkins
602.743.5272

Joe, in an effort to be clearer about this, im including a screen shot of the CHIRP window showing the 2 repeaters I have tried.

According to this screenshot, both the PL tone and frequency offset are programmed already. Not sure what else needs to be done.

Just a note: I am continuing this thread on the Group just for edification on diagnosing issues.

They seem ok but you are probably not going to fire up those two repeaters in Phoenix.

Lets work one issue at a time.

You don't see the contents of your memory location menus on the radio, you can only see VFO setting for the menus of the band you are on.

In VFO mode (440 Mhz band), program in the frequency I said before - 449.325 and enter the following in the Menus...

Number 1 -5k

Number 7 -OFF

Number 10 -OFF

Number 11 -OFF

Number 12 -OFF

Number 13 -100.0 Hz

Number 25 - (-)

Number 26 -005.000

Now, when you transmit the display will change from 449.325 to 444.325.

I'll be listening

Joe, N2QOJ

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 2:13 PM Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Joe, in an effort to be clearer about this, im including a screen shot of the CHIRP window showing the 2 repeaters I have tried.

According to this screenshot, both the PL tone and frequency offset are programmed already. Not sure what else needs to be done.

Joe, and everyone else to gave me help on the Baofeng, I got it working with the help of KI7QZP (credit where credit is due).

Turns out that the CHIRP software sais it's setting certain setting which actually it doesn't set in the radio and thus they have to be added manually after programming.

We did get it working now with manual programming of the offset.

Thanks again to everyone and im looking forward to meeting some of you at a club meeting soon.

Ron

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 4:46 PM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:

Just a note: I am continuing this thread on the Group just for edification on diagnosing issues.

They seem ok but you are probably not going to fire up those two repeaters in Phoenix.

Lets work one issue at a time.

You don't see the contents of your memory location menus on the radio, you can only see VFO setting for the menus of the band you are on.

In VFO mode (440 Mhz band), program in the frequency I said before - 449.325 and enter the following in the Menus...

Number 1 -5k

Number 7 -OFF

Number 10 -OFF

Number 11 -OFF

Number 12 -OFF

Number 13 -100.0 Hz

Number 25 - (-)

Number 26 -005.000

Now, when you transmit the display will change from 449.325 to 444.325.

I'll be listening

Joe, N2QOJ

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 2:13 PM Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Joe, in an effort to be clearer about this, im including a screen shot of the CHIRP window showing the 2 repeaters I have tried.

According to this screenshot, both the PL tone and frequency offset are programmed already. Not sure what else needs to be done.

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Ron Watkins
602.743.5272

Ron,

You are very welcome.

I must add that CHIRP does indeed set all setting correctly. I have used CHIRP to program my radios, the radios we use for Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group, and for about 50 or so members' radios.

There was a glitch in your case.

Unusual things happen with CHIRP if you don't start with a saved copy of your original downloaded radio content (some refer to it as the codeplug). The correct process is to download your radio's content and save that file, make a copy, and enter your frequency map into that file copy.

Strange this happen - or worse - if that process is not followed.

Hope to hear you on our repeater soon.

Joe

Joe Sammartino

24/7: ?480.270.4563

Mobile: ?480.381.2993

jsammartino@...

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 5:38 PM Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Joe, and everyone else to gave me help on the Baofeng, I got it working with the help of KI7QZP (credit where credit is due).

Turns out that the CHIRP software sais it's setting certain setting which actually it doesn't set in the radio and thus they have to be added manually after programming.

We did get it working now with manual programming of the offset.

Thanks again to everyone and im looking forward to meeting some of you at a club meeting soon.

Ron

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 4:46 PM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:

Just a note: I am continuing this thread on the Group just for edification on diagnosing issues.

They seem ok but you are probably not going to fire up those two repeaters in Phoenix.

Lets work one issue at a time.

You don't see the contents of your memory location menus on the radio, you can only see VFO setting for the menus of the band you are on.

In VFO mode (440 Mhz band), program in the frequency I said before - 449.325 and enter the following in the Menus...

Number 1 -5k

Number 7 -OFF

Number 10 -OFF

Number 11 -OFF

Number 12 -OFF

Number 13 -100.0 Hz

Number 25 - (-)

Number 26 -005.000

Now, when you transmit the display will change from 449.325 to 444.325.

I'll be listening

Joe, N2QOJ

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 2:13 PM Ron Watkins <rwatki@...> wrote:

Joe, in an effort to be clearer about this, im including a screen shot of the CHIRP window showing the 2 repeaters I have tried.

According to this screenshot, both the PL tone and frequency offset are programmed already. Not sure what else needs to be done.

--

Ron Watkins
602.743.5272