Chirp is the easiest way to program them and actually very simple. As long as your PC "sees" the HT you should be good to go.I bought one just to use for listening to local communication. I could never figure out how to program it, it's been in the closet since i got it. I think i was getting close once I downloaded CHIRP, but i accidentally reset the thing somehow and the next thing i knew it was speaking chinese and everything was wiped out, i gave up.
I bought one just to use for listening to local communication. I could never figure out how to program it, it's been in the closet since i got it. I think i was getting close once I downloaded CHIRP, but i accidentally reset the thing somehow and the next thing i knew it was speaking chinese and everything was wiped out, i gave up.
So i decided to break out the HT and try this again.
I have already installed the right drivers and everything, so getting my PC to recognize the baofeng isn't a problem. I have CHIRP, got it all hooked up.
Just a few questions.
If all I am doing is wanting to program a few frequencies in there to listen in on local repeaters, can i just go to the Radio tab, Import from stock config? I'm using whatever it pulls up from the repeater book.
Is just simply having the right frequency in there and having the memory channels saved to the HT enough to listen in? Or are there other things I need to do like set the tone, offsets, etc. or can i leave those alone? I do not intend to transmit with the device as I am not licensed, i'm just jusing the radio to listen and to try to become familiar with repeaters, frequencies, and programming my first ham radio.
I have about 15 frequencies saved, tried to enter the local police frequency, fire dispatch, etc. But when I scan the channels, I never hear anything except for some beeping on a couple of channels which I think might be the calling frequencies?
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well, somebody broke squelch and i could hear some talking on one of the channels while scanning, so i must be figuring something out. Also I can hear the police dispatch! Great sounding, loud audio on this HT.
I was really frustrated with this thing when i first got it, but it's actually pretty cool. Glad I didn't sell it. The battery was charged when I got it, played with it a little bit, and then put it in the closet where it's been for about 3 months. Still fully charged!
Hopefully I find more frequencies to listen to.
There are some settings recommended on the Miklor site that I posted, and it's worth changing them via your menu settings. Easy to do, and it makes sure you have everything set correctly.
Where is this section at on the site? I've looked around but couldn't find anything on recommended settings.
I looked up all the nearest repeaters for my area and have the frequencies saved as channel memory presets. Very happy about that. Now I can finally listen to the local Ham club's weekly net.
Remove chirp and the adapter drivers. Download and install CCleaner(google it) and run it to clean out the crap in the registry. Reboot and run CCleaner one more time. Install the adapter first after which look at the device manager and see what com port its assigned. It should be com 3 if available. If the PC is seeing the adapter then install Chirp and set it to work on the com port you saw in the device manager. This should get you up and running. If not then the adapter is defective or there is a conflict.for some reason my baofeng will no longer sync up with my computer, I keep getting errors when I try to Upload to my radio in Chirp. says it can't find the specified file.
I tried reinstalling the appropriate driver but it didn't help.
What should I do?
I have not heard of anyone getting it working with Windows 8.It's Windows 8.