Baofeng uv-5g won’t communicate with others

[Guest Shane]

This is a little weird. I have two Baofeng UV – 5G. And 2 Midland x talk gmrs radios. The Midland is set to. Channel 20 and the UV – 5G is set to the corresponding. Frequency which I think is 462.675. Anyway, the two Midlands will talk to each other and the Midlands will talk to the two UV- 5g but the two UV 5G will not communicate with each other, and will not communicate with the Midland. I don’t get it. Any ideas?

[WRXB215]

The first thing I would do is check the tones. Start by removing them all and then if you want to use tones, make sure they are the same on all radios.

[ShaneF]

I will try that but the issues is i can talk FROM the midlands but not from the UV-5g

[Tico]

12 hours ago, Guest Shane said:

This is a little weird. I have two Baofeng UV – 5G. And 2 Midland x talk gmrs radios. The Midland is set to. Channel 20 and the UV – 5G is set to the corresponding. Frequency which I think is 462.675. Anyway, the two Midlands will talk to each other and the Midlands will talk to the two UV- 5g but the two UV 5G will not communicate with each other, and will not communicate with the Midland. I don’t get it. Any ideas?

Someone mention about this issue when one radio is using wide band and the other narrow band check it out and let us know. 

[OffRoaderX]

Wide/Narrow has nothing to do with it because that would not prevent them from transmitting/hearing each other.

The issue is he is trying to transmit in frequency/VFO mode, which you cannot do on UV-5G radios.. Assuming there are no incorrect tones, putting the radio in channel/MR mode and set the correct GMRS "channel" should make everything work.

[ShaneF]

Thanks  it worked

Both radios are in channel mode and working

 

[Guest Wrzt743]

Your baofengs might be locked from transmitting on gmrs

[OffRoaderX]

1 hour ago, Guest Wrzt743 said:

Your baofengs might be locked from transmitting on gmrs

• He already confirmed that the issue was resolved from a previous comment
• The radio he specified, the UV-5G, is designed specifically TO transmit on GMRS.

Nice effort though .. I guess?

[WRZT743]

I some how missed his response saying he fixed the problem.

OffRoaderX  - Just wanted to say thanks for all your videos, they have helped with allot of my own questions... FYI Your sense of humor is great. 

[Guest Bob WRZP358]

19 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:

• He already confirmed that the issue was resolved from a previous comment
• The radio he specified, the UV-5G, is designed specifically TO transmit on GMRS.

Nice effort though .. I guess?

I like the post, and comments you post, I have learned a lot about GMRS from you do a great job, for the new GMRS operators, I have been the whole rout in radio, I started in radio as a CBer, I be came to Ham Radio operator, and now I add GMRS, To me its all about talking to new people, when ever thing goes South all radio will be needed. Thanks and keep up the great work, Randy.

[Guest despair]

mg shinny new uv 5g plus will not save or delete channles no matter what firmware baofeng will not edit. thrown it in the bin

[WRXB215]

@Guest Send it back for a replacement.

[Guest Rommel]

On 12/14/2023 at 3:17 PM, OffRoaderX said:

• He already confirmed that the issue was resolved from a previous comment
• The radio he specified, the UV-5G, is designed specifically TO transmit on GMRS.

Nice effort though .. I guess?

My new UV-25 is not transmitting after a factory reset. Maybe it is locked from transmitting in GMRS? I don't know. Can you please give some advice about this?

 

[OffRoaderX]

29 minutes ago, Guest Rommel said:

Can you please give some advice about this?

My advice is to create a new topic/thread instead of necroposting on this one, which is about a totally different radio.