Baofeng BF-H8HP Manual

Note of Encouragement
In a crisis situation, you are not required to have a license to operate a HAM radio. However, it will
matter that you know how to operate a HAM radio. I encourage all who read this to familiarize yourself
with understanding how to operate a HAM radio. I also encourage you to follow up and study for the
technician license which is the minimum license required fornon-crisis HAM radio operation.
The most common material to study is the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Technician manual.
There is also a web site called: www.hamexam.org where you can take a practice exam for the technician
license. This web site also contains the entire pool of exam questions which will also help you to learn
the technician requirements.
After you have studied and feel confident enough to take the license exam, you can find an exam
location through the ARRL web site at: http://www.arrl.org/exam_sessions/search
Most locations run exam sessions on a regular basis.
Mandatory Equipment:
•
Baofeng radio model BF-F8HP (do not order BF-F8) hand transceiver (HT) (~$62 on Amazon)
Optional Equipment (highly encouraged):
• Nagoya NA-771 Radio Antenna, SMA Female 15.6" Whip VHF/UHF (~$15 on Amazon)
•
Hypario SMA-Male UT108 Dual Band 144/430MHz Antenna (~$20 on Amazon)
The Whip antenna is used to replace the standard antenna that comes with the HT and improves
distance.
The Hypario antenna is magnetic mount and is intended to be used mounted on the top center of
a car. This by far gets the best transmission quality for distance.
BASIC SETTINGS
Radio (HT) settings are changed using the "MENU" button. The HT is setup with default settings for
simplex operation. Only the squelch setting needs to be changed when the HT is unpackaged from
the box. Each setting can be accessed by first pressing the "MENU" button. There are 40 different
MENU settings. Each setting also has a number associated with it that flashes in the upper right
hand corner. There are two different ways to get to each setting.
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