Application Specific Setup; Commercial Radio Setup; Amateur Radio Setup - Baofeng UV-5R Documentation

Chapter 13. Application Specific
Setup

Commercial Radio Setup

PLMR users in the United States are mandated to move to 12.5 kHz narrowband com-
munication in the 150-174 MHz VHF and 421-512MHz UHF bands by January 1, 2013.
Follow these instructions to set your radio to Narrowband mode:
1.
Press the
2.
Press the
3.
Enter on the numerical keypad.
4.
Press to select.
5.
Use the
6.
Press to confirm and save
7.
Press to exit the menu.
You can also switch by holding down the
frequency mode.
If your employer has a dispatch system that requires your radio to identify via ANI,
please see Chapter 12, Automatic Number Identification for detailed instructions on how
to set that up on your radio.
To find out what other channels and features needed, please contact your employer.

Amateur Radio Setup

In contrast with Commercial radio operators, who often need very specific requirements
to be compatible with a very specific radio implementation, Amateur radio operators tend
to need the broadest possible settings in order to be compatible with as many systems
as possible. This basically implies turning all the fancy features that you typically might
need for a commercial setup off.
In a typical Amateur radio setup the following settings would be recommended:
• Set bandwidth to Wide (menu item 5).
key to enter frequency mode.
key to enter the menu.
and keys to select between Wide and Narrow("Narr").
Baofeng UV-5R
key on the numerical keypad while in
This section is only
true for VFO mode.
WN is settable on a
per channel basis and
has to be set prior to
storing a channel.
Once a channel has
been programmed,
the channel must be
deleted and
reporgrammed to
change the WN
setting.
This doesn't work
on my BFB231
UV-5R. This key is
the shortcut key in
Menu mode only.
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