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

[@cricketgreen6284]

You're a dick! If I was your next door neighbor I would pound your face! Fucking asshole!

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Oh bless your little heart! I'm sure you are _very_ tough and we are all very impressed, but, your tough-guy-talk does not really translate very well here on the internet.. It might work on your playground at school, but on the internet, it just makes everyone laugh at you. But thanks for watching!

[@craigdavidson2977]

Better make the first swing count, sweetheart, because after your first attempted attack you will probably get shot and killed, You have been warned,

[@FosterFarmsOk]

pound his face? that sounds R rated for a radio channel.

[@MPFirebuff]

well damn dude

[@dantucker7390]

I'm new to this... is this the Sad Hams of which you speak in your videos?

[@TheIronGabel]

We need to treat the ATF like this guy treats the FCC

[@craigdavidson2977]

Be carefull with the ATF. They are authorized to shoot. The FCC is only authorized to send a mean letter.

[@BenjiFieldz]

Exactly 💯 😂

[@Gabeis36]

@@BenjiFieldztry it and find out which agency has more funding 🤡

[@DavidDClark]

I have been a ham for 30 years. I can tell you that the best radio in the world is 1- The one you have with you 2- The one that will let you communicate with who you need to communicate with when you need to communicate with them. Keep up the good work!

[@unclejohn5012]

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

[@stephendeben1590]

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

[@Ronin_095]

Fair

[@MrTux62]

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.

[@redfoxtactical8425]

@@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.

[@Apostasy_Plague]

your channel is making me evolve from a practical uv5r owner into a genuine radio hobbyist. we need more people with your attitude.

[@MyWeedgrower]

agreed

[@christianmerrill1735]

i love how hard this guy trolls ham fudds

[@brandonpollok2277]

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

[@natmad]

Truly an art form.

[@Trippsevv7]

Yah, he's GOOD!

[@PropaneTreeFiddy]

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

[@dangerdoberman]

I know right. I'm dying XD

[@Sevendeucegroup]

Finally! A Down to earth straight shooting channel that ACTUALLY cut the bs and told me what I needed to know.

[@mixter345]

Absolutely!

[@frisk151]

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

[@vicrattlehead8665]

You single handedly got me into radios, it couldn't have been any other channels. My good sir you have me binging your videos for both entertainment and education. Dont change for the satisfaction of ANYBODY

[@WallopinSilver]

Agreed! Fantastic content!

[@amberselectronics]

I recently bought a UV-5R, and it is hands down the best piece of equipment I have ever owned! It even sweeps my floor and does my dishes! It increased my IQ by 800 points!

[@حضرمون]

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

[@lilpisser124]

@@حضرمون yeah it even walked my dog!

[@johannmans8187]

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

[@thedave1602]

dude is so spot on about the toxicity of the HAM community. it's so legendary, ive been aware of it's existence most of my life. I only recent bought a radio out of curiosity about it, and my first thought was, "sure hope i don't do anything stupid and have to hear about it 50 times"

[@Da3m0n75]

You’re hilarious! For me your videos are dual purpose. They are funny and entertaining yet very informative. Thank you for doing what you do!

[@Stunthangar]

I had my UV5R for years and was going to throw it out but I decided to see how to use this doorstop. I found your channel and you taught me how to use it easily. So I bought 2 more. Thanks!

[@TS-my9yq]

Hilarious interaction with the “Sad Ham”. Great information as always.

[@mosesm.3431]

I love how this guy isn't just another one of the ham KZbinr guys. He says honest stuff and is not biased. He says stuff that the majority won't dare say. He says what needs to be said. He says the truth. He is unique. He stands his ground. I love his humor. I love how he's not racist. I love this channel. I love being subscribed with notifications on. 'Nuff said.

[@memphistenn4610]

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

[@narkfly]

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

[@totallyfrozen]

@@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.

[@TruthWarrior1]

I have had a Baofeng UV-82III for about six months and entered frequencies manually for that time after watching this video. Received a programming cable two days ago and installed Chirp on a PC. At this point I can say that manually programming will be a last resort after experiencing Chirp. The ease of programming and the features you have with Chirp that are not available via manual programming make it a no brainer.

[@cedarhillkennels3252]

Dude, you have just become my favorite KZbinr. I wish there were more radios like the UV5R that are simply programed on the radio instead of having to us chirp

[@MyWeedgrower]

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

[@leftyeh6495]

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.

[@DarrenWinsett]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love this holy crap it's great. I talk to my families walkie talkies via Baofeng on every family convoy there is. Out in the field? We all get baofeng's. At work? Yeah none of us are licensed but... baofeng.

[@rahtorenripcore1699]

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.

[@craigdavidson2977]

You are killing me with that awesome sarcasm. Go ahead... Stroke that precious Baofeng radio one more time. I dare ya!

[@craigdavidson2977]

I think this is the first comment I made after discovering your channel. Just one stroke and I knew you were the master of sarcasm. Not a word need be spoken. Good times!

[@That1Stormtrooper]

I can't look at hams in my local grocery store anymore because of you. Totally worth it. 😂 Thanks for the awesome videos. Learning a ton.

[@rebeccaremmel6384]

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

[@samgiancana420]

I'm a newbie to GMRS. Just got my license and I'm trying to learn as much as possible. I bought the KG UV9G pro after watching your review. I've found your videos to be very informative and helpful and subscribed. Thanks for all the great information, looking forward to being a part of the community and learning as much as I can.

[@aaronwilson1666]

My gosh, I love your videos. Makes me so happy. So, I was stationed in San Diego for 13 years. Me and some other servicemen liked to take people hiking further inland. We used these Baofengs having zero licenses , but used the maritime channel, thinking, inland, it’s probably alright.

[@HarryTwoDogs]

I watch this guy for sarcasm lessons. And I thought I had a black belt in sarcasm.

[@bettyjackson16]

Thanks for your assistance. I have Baofeng UV-82 radios. I have had people try to program my radios with the cable and CHIRP software. Two have failed in their attempts. Your assistance with frequencies of Channels will now allow me to talk to friends with their channel programs. I cannot thank you enough. I am in awe. I was even able to work out other settings through the menu.

[@lenkahle33]

Love it when you actually find a smart and down to earth intelligence source on KZbin. Like hitting the lottery.

[@TictacAddict1]

I am a happy ham. All my Baofeng radios have FRS & GMRS channels loaded into memory along with weather frequencies and amateur repeaters within 25 miles and calling frequencies. 🙂

[@johnduh1900]

S2 Underground is starting a war with hams. I love it.

[@mrmidnight32]

You’re a savior man! We’ve been looking for “legal” channels to use walkie talkie with our UV-5R radios we picked up for our airsoft group and troop camps. But we’re not going to force parents and 30 guys to get licenses just to use radios once or twice a year for a couple hours. Just the video we’ve been looking for for the last month. There is a huge elitist attitude in this community. A lot of guys act like their licenses make them gods on earth and refuse to help new guys out with info lol

[@epic_clint]

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.

[@kansaspartan7625]

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.

[@frisk151]

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.

[@frisk151]

@@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.

[@brysonowens1213]

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

[@georgejoachim320]

Hi Sir. I have a humble Boofeng UV-5R 8W on order and - due to your wildly enthusiastic engaging and humorous reviews- my excitement to receive this radio is off my scales!!! I am no ham - I am what you you would call a receiver enthusiast and I have various receiving radios large and small. The Boofeng would be my first TRANSceiver. I really did buy this for the purple screen light. I just gotta have me that!!! These are the receivers that own and love:: Tecsun PL 880 Tecsun PL 990 Tecsun PL 380 Tecsun S 2000 - (the Eton Clone that you reviewed ) Alinco DX R8E AOR DV 1 Standard (Yaesu) VR 160 Icom IC R 6 Thanks again for the beautiful reviews. I am in Cyprus and I have ordered my Boofeng from France (of all places) George

[@michaellastrina4758]

I started watching your videos due to the content and the easy to understand information (I am brand new to radios) However now I watch for entertainment purposes, the dry whit combined with modest levels of sarcasm are hilarious. Thanks for all your efforts.

[@teamjusticerc9860]

I have been a ham since 97 and I just want to say you crack me up. Dude I am a Ham but also FRS, GMRS, and even CB. Most of the time I need to be able to talk to non-hams.

[@bradyfilm]

Thank you, you are hilarious! We don't have all those B.S. laws in Australia, I have a UV-5R and transmit on pretty much any frequency I like .No licence required.

[@unclejohn5012]

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

[@andrewtanczyk4009]

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

[@mossycreekoutdoors2244]

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

[@Sackmatters]

@@mossycreekoutdoors2244 dayum.

[@JohnKobel-hd5vp]

I have a license and find you knowledgeable and weirdly funny. We all are not the way you make us appear. I particularly love the way you caress the baofeng. That alone absolves you from transmitting without a license

[@davidbrock4104]

The sad ham routine has to be the best. I've seen a few hams like that. I'm ham & GMRS licensed & never thought it gave me the right to be obnoxious. Love your videos😁

[@grassrat4506]

I just ordered a Baofeng UV-5R. One of your videos came up in my KZbin feed and I told myself I had to get one of those radios. Your videos are very informative. Thank you for posting them.

[@idahoron]

The UV5R is my precious. I take mine everywhere I go.

[@nvalles2565]

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?

[@ItzjoshyVQ_37]

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

[@nealbarton9289]

I love your comments . Because we all know ham radio for a lot of these nerds is their show business. The first time I used a repeater in Houston and did the echolink the Wrong way, you would have thought I set his house on fire. He later apologized.

[@savage88jb74]

I just purchased my first UV-5R after watching many of your videos (which I love). Came in today and the battery charger just flashes red and green when it’s plugged in, with it without the radio in it. I reached out to the company and they said, “This is not a model we sell or support.” Juusssst Lovely.

[@TheNotaRubicon]

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.

[@savage88jb74]

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

[@mrbyamile6973]

@@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.

[@buckeyeblaster]

Finally got my GMRS license. Thanks for all your help and encouragement NotaRubicon!

[@GySgtHassle]

Just submitted for my GMRS license! Thanks to the walkthrough on your site it made it much easier. YOU ROCK

[@signalsoldier31]

You really got your gmrs license

[@hogcat858]

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

[@JasonSpiffy]

The level of truth / comedy in your videos is hilarious. Keep up the great work!

[@t58beare]

Got my first UV-5R in the mail last night, I like your videos over all others, very useful, easy to listen to, and you are comical which makes the watching experience even better. Take my subscription.

[@InTheFilth]

So glad I found this channel instead of some sad ham channel when surfing the interwebs.

[@Xx_BigBadJohn_xX]

I love your non-sugar-coated, bullshit-free explanations. I have learned quite a bit watching you. Of course, you can get lots of answers just by using your "Google Machine" lol, but sometimes you bring up questions I never thought of asking. So.....mind blown! Love your channel and so do a few friends I introduced to your channel. Thank you, Sir!

[@brianmcgauley2664]

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.

[@christopherlucas5120]

I bought 2 Baofeng GT-5R radios, long story, I'm now studying for my ham license :-) I stumbled across you channel. Not only are you very informative you are also very funny! Keep up the great work. Thank you for your time and effort 👍

[@brianmcgauley2664]

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.

[@dustinfarley5758]

Your attitude and wealth of knowledge is greatly appreciated I've learned so much from this channel cheers!

[@archerjackson690]

I think the seniors at my club would scoff if they heard I’ve ever watched a single video of yours but I love this channel and I find it hilarious

[@Green_Leaf]

Done and got it work with a Baofeng BF-F8HP and Motorola T270. Awesome video and thank you 😊 Had to turn off both the tx tones and sub channels on the T270 to get the Baofeng to hear the T270 transmissions.

[@Wolfpak765]

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

[@EustisRider]

This great... clear accurate information with humor. Glad I found you. After watching this I know not to eat or drink during your videos. My monitor is now coated in coffee.

[@stevederjones7340]

I like your videos. You do the most at explaining and letting us know what is available in the GMRS and what to avoid. I have several GMRS radios now. Several of them I would have not known about if it wasn’t for you. I’m going to start buying the things that I need to set up a GMRS base station. I would like to see you do a video on setting up a base station. I’m planning on using the Midland MXT115 or the Midland MXT400 . I have my power source converter and back up power supply. The problem is the type of base antenna and what to use .

[@51504lyf]

I just noticed your radios have a nice coat of life on them.....respect.

[@arnoldosuna6462]

I just bought the Midland MXT275 and just realized it only has channels. What a great relief to see you took the time to do a video explaining how to use both radios together. Baofeng UV-5R & Midland MXT275. Thanks a bunch and keep up the good work

[@nathanreed2046]

I bought the uv5r and thought that I bought something that I couldn't use since it was locked now I'm able to pick up gmrs frequencies thank you for the instructions on how to jailbreak the UV5R

[@RVintrest]

The floating sad ham is very funny

[@davidarmstrong2503]

You are AWESOME. Iam not a comment lever but I have to leave you some, you are GREAT help to me as I know nothing but truly iam learning from you THANK YOU

[@Doug557]

I have to say, I was cracking up 75% of the time while watching this video. It was informative and funny. Thank you!

[@geterdnboy]

I really want to troll the comments and get moved to the top but I appreciate the content Mr. NotaRubicon makes so much that I cant bring myself to do it

[@Jrod_FPV]

but after posting this comment i think he would appreciate the entertainment value of a troll comment :-p

[@mrbyamile6973]

I think there's enough sad hams out there waiting for the despised UV-5R video to come out just so they can disparage it and the users of them. And I am a licensed ham but dang, these radios sure have there place. I have cheap $26 dollars Baofeng radios and $180 hand held and let me tell you, there is a huge difference in quality but the cheaper radios still work quite well. Also I throw the UV-5Rs in glove boxes, backpacks and trunks of car and would hardly batt an eye if they were stolen.

[@Michagan_outdoorsman_James]

dogs and cats will be sleeping together 🤣🤣 i love that tekmat

[@farmerinthecell9041]

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

[@greg6162]

I almost spit out my coffee 😂🤣

[@deaves727]

The best how too guy. I love this guy. Awesome teacher of the science of doing this stuff. 😅

[@Varrick2]

Your videos are strangely addicting and has been causing me to be more interested in radio in general, keep up what you are doing.

[@Jimschannel4321]

Honestly every ham radio operator has and still does use illegal equipment they are just jealous of people who don’t have a ham license are smarter then they are. I am a extra class and I don’t care what you use but I honestly am appreciating the information because I hate reading lol 😂 but I love learning about how to do things by watching and then try them and they work I’m grateful. So I’m sorry about those stuck up hammer’s but I appreciate it

[@crisburton4868]

Awesome videos I'm a former army radio operator maintainer and you have made using this radio super simple and super easy to follow. Thank you!!!!!

[@Bleu-RosePack]

Just bought a pair with the long antenna and ear piece , cant wait to start using it. Watching all your videos to learn as much as i can.

[@steelowear]

Finally someone on youtube with clear instructions using radios. Thank you. Question: What type of radio is the TYT TH-UV88, HAM or GMRS? Is it similar to the UV-5R?

[@g.cobble4453]

Ham not to be used on GMRS

[@Native_love]

I LOVE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR! I came to learn a little about HAM radios and I stayed because of your humor! I'm watching all your videos. :-)

[@justhavingfun0736]

Love your sense of humor. Thanx for the videos!! Appreciate them.

[@markscott529]

2nd day into adult radio 4 qty, 5R-8W's that couldn't communicate with each other,,, now they all have 6 channels and 1, 5w (frs/gmrs) programmed in. Still got lots to learn. Thanks

[@PhoenixBerry1988]

LEGEND, You have made learning how to use my first radio SOOOO easy!

[@TictacAddict1]

Great, that explains it. I transmitted on a GMRS frequency from my UV-5R and that's why all the kittens our cat had bark.

[@dc_model_arts599]

You Sir are my Spirit Animal! LOL! This was a great and very instructional video, and PLEASE make a "Sad Ham" patch so we can buy them and set them free on the world! Keep up the awesome man.

[@raven69600]

I’m new to the radio thing… the last time I used one in the field was decades ago… now with the recent outages I’ve remembered just how important it is to have good comms. 🤙🏾

[@brisonpalmer6730]

I transmit all the time on my uv5 to talk to my offroad friends while we are wheeling. It works great to talk to frsand Gmc’s radios on the trails.

[@noelelenes9090]

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

[@mrbyamile6973]

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

[@scottl3739]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂💀 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 💪🏼😎🍻

[@brpnw4r94]

@@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!!

[@NashBR]

This channel is very underrated, though i guess there arent that many radio nerds out there.

[@marykirby7406]

Waiting for Amazon to deliver my BF-F8HP tomorrow. How to program on the keypad was exactly what I needed to know. Thank-you!

[@richardsherrick8922]

Just found this channel after buying my Baofeng UV-5R Pro radio and I just had to tell you that I think you channel is GREAT 👍🏻 Oh and I love how you rag on the HAM guys 😄

[@KASPLARFO]

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?

[@michaelt.3805]

Watch out, Randy, that "Sad Ham" has it out for you. Great video as always sir.

[@DavidHiester]

I just found you and your channel this evening (having just purchased a Baofeng BF-blah blah blah), and YOU CRACK ME UP! I’ve watched 5 of you videos (for the content of course) but as I became familiar with you, you got funnier and funnier. My wife has been casting suspicious glances my way each time I lose it. Anyhoo, props, and thanks for the content.

[@westvirginiaridgewalker7115]

Thank you for this information, as a newbie it was really helpful

[@manuelguerrero3089]

Thank you for making this type of videos . I have 0% knowledge of radios . I just want to have communication with my treen when we go off roading . I just bought a pair TidRadio I think that by watching your videos I should be able to get going . Thank you

[@dennis4261]

I learn a little more each time I watch one of your videos. Thanks

[@learningtostream3919]

I just have to tell you I've bn watching your tutorials & got inspired. Ran and bought guess what a uv-5r and doing my license in January in Johannesburg. Thank you.

[@mosesm.3431]

Boy I just love this guy! I want to subscribe all over again!!

[@lns4048]

I'm so glad you are here. I'm learning a lot in a short time.

[@kurtzFPV]

I've been trying to think of who you reminded me of. Finally remembered it was a younger Bill Murray when you got to he dogs and cats sleeping together line. Im lazy. No way I'm programming a baofeng by hand unless it's life or death.

[@bristolmod]

An American with a British sense of humour! Love it.

[@MOKPT3]

I love your videos. Thank you for taking your time to keep us informed and entertained. I commented this on your last video but It had been up for a bit. I think your fans would also like to see the UV-5R be a star. Totally off topic, but I just watched "Fate of the Furious" for the 1st time since getting into ham....I mean GMRS radios. I know your passion for the UV-5R. That's what the team uses. There is a whole rack of them at 1:09:12....and they all have the flashlight on! But nobody ever licks one, which would be great. Keep up the great videos! Has anyone else noticed this in the movie?

[@HappyHermitt]

Just saying thanks. Your channel has been my manual. To make sure it worked, 😂, I tested it by using all I had, which was 2 Chinese 16ch walkie talkies, SED-8s.. I used scanning through every range to find the "walkie talkie" while hot miking the Sed8. I found this out. Cheap chinese walkie talkies dont use frs or gmrs freq.

[@An9eL_C]

I salute you. Thank you for sharing your videos...

[@daniellittle7225]

I stumbled upon this video while looking for some info on cheap radios to use in my complex. I just wanted to say I find your humour (yes, i spell homour with a U) awesome. I came for the radios, I stayed for the entertainment. Thumbs Up!!!

[@idaho2085]

MUCH appreciated. I've been trying to sort some things out and you seem to be very straight forward and lay things out in a concise manner. Again, much appreciated.

[@harryinoklahoma1866]

I set the memory channels on my baofeng to match my FRS & GMRS channel numbers. This works really well.

[@dthompsont3796]

I did the same with both of my Baofeng radios.

[@georgespeck8761]

Never throw away your owners/ users guide book, you will need it for future reference.

[@intheshop406]

I'm just starting out with ham and iv been through a few guys on KZbin but by far this guy is the best lui from Toronto Ontario

[@SocialistDistancing]

I would really appreciate it if you could send me that sad ham logo. I want to make a fridge magnet with it. LoL

[@dimtso6107]

Notarubicon is The Master Ken of radio comms.

[@believethebible88]

You are hilarious. You keep doing you, and let the sad hams cry.

[@sendtosurge]

Thank you for not f***ing us all around with garbage content and thank you again for getting down to the details in good time. Much appreciated.

[@pagpapaitim]

Oh shiet this is good stuff. Love the sad ham.

[@profgyland2]

I enjoy your comments and they are correct and similar to my opinions. I made my HAM license when I was 75 years old as some of my commercial broadcasting colleagues plagued me since years to do my license. I did. Do I regret it? "YES". Most of the older HAMS especially in the Capital of Australia are the most unfriendly people one can ever meet. If you do not use Morse Code, they simply do not like you. The same happens in the cliquey digital broadcasting media. They are also vicious as they do not talk, but listen and if you make the tiniest fault, they will report you to ACMA the national broadcasting authority. My experiences with most HAMs are rather negative. The hobby is rather expensive as the modern equipment is comprehensive and not worth the exuberant high price. Cheap equipment such as Baofeng are prohibited in Australia by ACMA and as such by law. I am sure this is more political than anything else. Would I bother to do the license again after I had my experiences, I would say "NO". If I want to talk to someone worldwide or local, I use my mobile phone. HAM radio is outdated, glorified CB radio.

[@wbrarizona2022]

I enjoy your videos, they're very informative and fun to watch. Question though.......It appears the GMRS frequencies have 7 digits, but the UV 5R appears to only accept 6. It looks like you dropped off the zero in the video for GMRS Channel 16 when entering. If I were to want to "listen" to a different channel on a UV5R, would I drop the last numeric value on that one as well to get to a length of 6 numbers? Thanks

[@parallelcircuit]

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.

[@AndrewWisler]

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.

[@AndrewWisler]

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.

[@jimmyjohhn15]

Thank you!! I don't know anything about handheld radios. I got an old one from work, bought another on Amazon. The one that I got says channel 21, the one I bought says 123.456. I spent the last half hour trying to find out how to make them talk. I don't know ham radio, gfmrs... any of it, I just wanted to get them to talk, any your videos showed me how, and for that, thank you! That being said, I think I'm going to do more research. I didn't know there was so much to hand held radios. I might have a new interest!

[@MichaelChuba]

Love the Ghostbusters reference.