TimChgo9

I have 4 UV82's and 1 UV82 HP. I rather like the HP. Have not paired it with the 15.6" antenna yet, but, from the 2nd floor of my house, I am able to hit a local repeater about 8-10 miles distant, and this is in a built up suburban area. Otherwise, when my son and I use the radios for when we are out doing our photography thing, I can get about 2 to 2.5 miles in this same area. When we are in a rural area, the range is closer to 4-5 miles. I am ordering another UV82 HP (Blue) in the next week or so.

Well looking in to the programming, and I would really appreciate some answers. Perhaps I am over thinking it. I don't know. I have 5 radios, BaoFeng UV-82. The repeaters I would wish to access, have PL codes of 114.8 and 127.3, which have been put in the appropriate fields, along with the Offset. Now, in CHIRP, there are also fields for Tone Mode, DTCS Code, DTCS Rx Code, DTCS Pol, and Cross Mode. By default CHIRP has the DTCS Code, and the DTCS Rx Code as 023. Cross Mode is "None" and Tone Mode is "None". Now, since I have the DP/PL codes for each repeater, should the "Tone Mode" be set to DTCS?. None of this information is present in the repeater information that I have been given. So, since it is not there, can I assume that the defaults will suffice? Or do I need to have all of that information? There is also the possibility that I may be out of range of the repeaters in question, so that also may be why I am not reaching them. So, I will keep fiddling with this as I wait for answers. Thanks in advance to any information.

I have a total of 5 radios. Two of them have been programmed on a couple of channels to access repeaters. On the channels that haven't been altered, trasmitting and receiving is fine. The remaing 3 radios work fine as well. I am pretty certain I am doing something wrong during the programming process.

Thanks, that helps. At least I have some understanding of the "why". I might not understand the details, but I get the gist of what that article was saying.

Oops. sorry, left that little detail out. They are Bao Feng UV-82's

Kind of OT, but I get interference on my scanner, at various times during the day. It sounds like a transmission that barely breaks the squeich, but I can't squelch it out but turning up the squelch. I get it mainly on our local fire frequency (154.250). However, it also affects 154.370, 154.265, 154.415, and 154.800 (our local police department), as well as 154.635 . Additionally it affects 161.100 (BNSF Chicago Subdivision) and 160.650 (BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision) ,. It affects these frequencies simultaneously, and it comes and goes. Sometimes it appears to be dependent on weather, such as on clear nights, it happens more frequently. I am wondering if there is an improperly grounded transmitter out there causing this. Is this possible? The sound is annoying, and forces me to lock out many frequencies on the scanner so I don't have to listen to it. Some days it lasts for a few minutes, and on others it goes on for hours. As a side note, I am about 5 blocks from the police and fire stations, and the high school across street has an FM radio station that broadcasts at 88.1Mhz. Also, I do not get this interference while outside and using a handheld scanner. Any ideas? It was gone for most of the winter, it seemed, but now that warmer weather has returned, so has the interference. Kind of hoping to find a solution perhaps. Relocating the scanners in the house hasn't helped.

I found this on Amazon about three weeks ago. Wondering if anyone knows anything about it, and if it's any good. Apparently it is a 40 watt radio. http://www.amazon.com/Baofeng-BF-9500-Transceiver-Vehicle-400-470MHz/dp/B00RFI8YXK/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1428809548&sr=1-10&keywords=baofeng Also wondering if something like this could be used as a base station of sorts....

I am having trouble programming my radios to work properly. I have a list of repeaters that I can access, now, I have the PL codes, for both in and out, and the offset. When I program the radios following the information that I have, I cannot hear audio when I am receiving. The LED lights up, but I hear nothing. I am not even sure I am transmitting, even though the transmit LED lights up. What I want to know, is there default Tone, Tone Squelch, DTCS RX, and DTCS RX Code. These are all fields in CHIRP, and that information is not included with the repeater info I have. I have left them in their default options, but that doesn't help much. Not sure what I should do. Any ideas, anyone?

The radios I have are not the "bubble pack" types, I picked up 5 Bao Feng UV82 and currently they are programmed without PL codes so I could avoid using repeaters until I got the FCC license. I can here a fair amount of local traffic on a couple of the frequencies (A school, hospital security, and what sounds like a maintenance company.) I am not sure of the location of the repeaters, but there are two in the area that broadcast their ID and time at the top of the hour, and the signal is fairly strong.

Okay. Newbie GMRS person here. While I understand radio communication (9-1-1 Operator, FIrefighter, Dispatcher, etc) I am not sure on this whole repeater thing. I purchased some radios, and obtained a GMRS license, so I could get repeater access. I understand what a repeater is, and I also understand that some owners require permission, and such. My question is, once I get access, how close do I need to be to the repeater to utilize it, and if necessary, how could I build a repeater of my own, to facilitate access , if I am too far away from the repeater I wish to access...

Love old radios. Nice photos. I used to have a Realistic TRC -212 40 channel CB radio, that I purchased way back in 1983 or 1984. It was a great radio. Also my father had an old RCA shortwave, probably from the 1950's that we used to play with as kids. I used to love listening to it, and hearing stuff from all over the world. Been kind of a radio nut since I was a kid. I love old radio equipment.

I recently bought 5 of the radios for use around the house, and for the kids to use (12 and 13, I have educated them in proper radio manners). I have had the "bubble pack" radios in the past, and while decent, the UV-82 is much better. In my built up suburban area, I get, at ground level, around 1 to 1.5 miles range, and from the second floor of the house, it gets closer to two miles. They work well for when the kids are walking home from school, or when my son and I are out taking photos at the railroad tracks. Overall, the radios sound good, have decent range, and seem solidly built. We just got licensed in the last week or two, so I am looking to program them for some repeaters in the area. For the money, they are good radios, and seem to hold up well. The microphones are decent, and look like they will stand up to some use, and the audio quality is pretty good.