Using a BAOFENG UV5R as a radio scanner. (2021)
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- čas přidán 4. 08. 2024
- What can you receive scanning with a cheap £25 BAOFENG UV5R. Scanning in FM using an extended fake Nagoya Antenna NA771. These radios are great fun but just be sure you do not get scammed with a cheap fake radio.
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Having great fun listening on mine whilst out walking the dog or to work. As well as the Ham repeaters, have heard construction workers, hotel staff, kids on play walkie talkies, and someone putting an order in for an ounce of weed. No maritime or air traffic for me yet though, I'll keep listening :)
@@londo776 You can however force the baofeng to tune to as low as around 120 MHZ and receive AM signals by tuning slightly off frequency to allow detection although they will sound distorted...
I never got that weed,fyi.
@@london19657 lol
So good Fred!! Love the shots of the ships out at sea
You would have to put the shore frequency and ship frequency on A/B and dual watch to get both sides of the conversation on the ship to shore channels
That was an aircraft ground repeater on FM from some airport nearby. Mostly so that ground staff are aware of aircraft movements and engine starts and pushbacks.
The airband is from a repeater from an airport near by, it's so all the ground staff can hear what's coming in.
The Baofeng UV5R is legal to buy and listen to without a license. You only need a amateur radio license if you want to transmit.
Thanks for posting Fred.....take care mate....Bob
Used to have on one these years ago to as a scanner did manage to get to speak to the computer with no problems but with eveeybody going over to digital there was less and less to listen to, even most of the taxi companies have moved to digital and bus companies to so frequenciea are dead up here now.
I live on the coast and even the marine bands are very quiet. Do still listen to the air bands and if i am really lucky might hear some ships.
But good little radio and it does what said on the tin.
2m calling channel is 145.500, 145.525 is used for rsgb news broadcasts on Sunday mornings, otherwise it is usually just a normal communication channel.
Just ordered mine to add to my baofeng collection. I go to the kent coast a lot so will be listening to the marine channels too.
Have fun!
The last conversation was definitely air traffic control of some sorts as they were discussing flight levels and was typical chat for aircraft.
The frequency you were on though was just outside the proper range though which was odd. They also use AM which is why it sounded a little off.
Airband uses 117.975 - 137. These days it's moved from 25 KHz spacing to 8.33 KHz spacing.
You can sometimes hear airband on 400 (ish) MHz if near the airport.
Is that not the vhf relay for airport ground vehicles?
I just ordered the tri-band model with fake 771 antenna.
The first thing I'm doing with it will be to reprogram with chirp, turning off all duplex, just to make sure I don't accidentally tx.
Hi, i used the Data Cabel and the Programm Chirp. It easy to programming. Mostly Frequencies PMR and Marine Traffic Channels i use to SWL it. 73 from Baltic Sea Coast.
5:55 That is an intermodulation product which is caused by the UV-5R's poor IF and front end
Great wee radio i got one off fleabay for £20 good as new for the money cant argue.
In the USA 108MHz to 138Mhz is used for Civil Aviation and formerly in the 1970s to the mid 1990s a slice of that (128MHz to 142MHz) was for police and emergency services but no more as they are now on 520MHz Digitally Encrypted signals. Civilian Aviation now has the whole pie to themselves.
But as for you in the UK? I am not sure.
Marine VHF channels are .050 mhz steps (or .025 mhz depending on how you go up in channel numbers)
Marine channels used to be separated by 50kHz intervals. As technology improved, it was rationalised to 25kHz steps.
That’s a very old sweater you’ve got on judging by the sleeves! 😜
Hello Fred , using a Baofeng UV5 in Italy with even a slightly bigger antenna will result in no signals at all and you will be needing a notch filter 88- 108 mhz . my suggestion is to go up a level and getr the Yaesu FT4XE that works fine even with base antennas (in my case X200) 73's 1RC355
The Yaesu is a LOT more expensive !
@@edwardfletcher7790 new costs around €65
Ogh lord please don't let me bump into you in the pub
Hey Fred, I'm looking for a cheap handie just for Marine and PMR receiving only. Ive got a pmr handie and was going to get a marine tx/rx handie but I'm thinking it's better to get something like this or a Baofeng T1 or CRT FP00 or similar, what do you think? Thanks fella 😉
I like the Baofeng's. The UV5R works. Just need to try and avoid clone radios which is tough.
@@CB-RADIO-UK ....thanks fella, if I can't find a cheap marine handie I'll probably go for the UV5R. 73's 👍
Welcome to Norfolk Fred!...
Thanks. Really like Norfolk.
1:28 PMR licences generally permit up to 4W for a handheld
I'm afraid your mistaken Maximum power is 500 mW ERP which is half a watt.
Yeah afraid its just half watt with a fixed antenna. No fun :-(
@@Superfandangoo No Norty, PMR has thousands of licenced channels with maximum power levels typically of up to 25 Watts.
PMR 446, by contrast has 16 channels with a maximum ERP of 500 mW
@@TonyLing well yes business can also be encrypted but this video is of PMR446 free channels theres no comparison
Great Video. I checked and they don't have the air band, if it did it would be a remarkable value as a scanner.
for airband you will be needing AM too
@@annax5212 Yes you are correct and that will make price go higher.
You can always listen in using a cheap SDR
@@annax5212 Yes you can. I use an old uniden scanner I purchased for a great price and it picks up air band. I posted a video on it capturing audio from ISS .
@@annax5212 I have a tri band uv5r with AM
145.500 is the 2m FM calling channel Fred. 145.525 is channel v42
S21 GB2RS
Nice radio
I'm a bit of a novice and wanted to listen to try and learn and see if this is a hobby for me. For some reason mine will not let me type in half the frequencies that most CZcamsrs are showing. Help would be gratefully received.
Hi. Iam no expert but you might have to buy the USB programming lead and program it on a computer using free CHIRP software. You should be able to put any freq withing the radios tuning range into memory.
I have a question. Can’t find the answer.
In my am radio if I cut the wire from antenna rod. Is it possible to get a station and or voice to come through??
By cutting am wire is this the equivalent to removing the fm antenna from radio ??
Kind of. If you shorten the antenna by cutting it you change the frequency the antenna is tuned for. So on this radio you would turn it deaf.
@@CB-RADIO-UK thank you so much for answering!
Let me clarify something. I disconnected the am wires from the board and the wires hang loose. So all that remains is the am antenna .Is this still the same as removing fm telescopic metal antenna??
@@bgood213 Think your talking about an AM /FM radio? If so you have a ferrite rod antenna built in the radio for AM and the telescopic antenna for FM. If you desolder the AM ferrite antenna you will lose AM reception but will keep FM.
I have of these but after checking things out they are copys including battery packs had bought 2 of those long antennas but a video they may not even match the radio so dont use them dont want to burn them out
I have just bought a baofeng bf f8 plus....looking a better antenna for it... problem i have is it goes 400.000-520.000...an most replacement only go 400.000-480.00....wahat are my options....mamy thanks
Hi Joe. I dont know if you can reprogram them wideband like a 10 m radio. Prob can with a usb lead. Might be worth trying CHIRP software.
6:00 sounds like ATC and/or planes.
Schools using unencrypted public channels seems a bit daft these days maybe, mind you it would be a great way for me to find out if my boys are causing trouble (again) 🤷♂️🤦♂️
5:35 Pretty sure that is RAF Lakenheath.
Hi Fred lovely video mate and very well said about the fakes ones . Fred can you help me out I’m
After the radio ss6900 files to install uk 40 on this radio mate SS6900 struggling to find
Hi. Ive heard the software is available to download on line. Ive never re programmed myself as yet so not much help. See comment below
Have a look at this video. Might help. czcams.com/video/KXK6ZvowcDs/video.html
Hi where is it possible to find all these frequencies thanks
Ofcom. static.ofcom.org.uk/static/spectrum/fat.html
Are there any reliable methods of sourcing a genuine one?
Hard on line. Amazon reviews can help uncover fakes.
Does it matter if I put my uv5r on wide band or narrow band on pmr
Yes you really should be on NFM
My pmr keeps staying on wide band when I set on narrow band
Can they be programmed for the trippel 5 and UK 40 ?
Hi no sadly not.
Ok thanks Fred ☺️
Hope its not a daft question but any idea how the fake ones perform? Mine came from Baofeng so hopefully they are original 😂😂
For basic scanning and 446 my fake model works the same. The keyboard buttons have a nicer feel on the genuine item though.
May have said this before, RNLI and RAF search and rescue operations occur on "channel Zero"
160.600 offset - 4.600 (156.000)
Can be interesting listening when you see lifeboats or coastguard active.
Ch:00 or Ch:33
How do I get my uv5r to stay on uhf not vhf on channel mod it want change but on frequency mod it stay on uhf can u help free please
Not really sure. As a recall the radio will change between A/B channels if it receives a signal on any of the 2 freqs in the display. Maybe thats it.
had mine for over a month and havent heard anything on mine. im just not cut out for radio.
ok ive heard two people talking to each other and thats it. why cant i get my freq over 145? it wont go to 146 and above. ive unlocked it with the 3 button thing but still wont go up further.
don`t suppose you have a video showing how i download it from my windows pc to the radio do you ? i`m also a pc novice 😌😌
I did a basic guide on this video. czcams.com/video/rt5rdMw0yWs/video.html
This one might help also czcams.com/video/3-R28hBPwuQ/video.html
@@CB-RADIO-UK cheers fred, your a saint
The first person in the radio sounds like a dutchman (Alex die host ad die hengel)thats crazy because we are no longer allowed to fish in the english waters 😃
Alex gunna send zanger rinus after you for snitching
Anyway if identifying a fake.
There is, they stopped making them in 2014 so all fake, I had one in 2016, it didn't last a day. Think I will get the CRT FP00 for a cheap backpack radio
Hi .How do you know if its counterfeit? I've just ordered one from ebay brand new.
Unless you have a known genuine UV5R next to it to compare its almost impossible.
What's best handheld pmr. Or base
Depends if you want to walk around. Very few base radios these days.
@@CB-RADIO-UK how far can u get out on them
Pretty sad, some of the things that are considered terrorism these days. Love my Baofeng although I'm also looking for a proper scanner so I can get the AM air band.
How do you get it to scan?
As i rem press scan and then the up or down button and it starts.
Had a couple of these radios for what you pay for them there a bargain, as for the so called copies/fake what do they look like or how can you tell ? because you only can normally buy them off ebay or Amazon , don't know of any radio shops that sell them either , plus what is ironic the Baofengs range are Chinese copies of other radios anyway so bit silly selling a copy/fake that's already a copy of something
Its getting really hard these days to tell. My fake has slightly heavy font and the buttons do not feel as smooth to use.
@@CB-RADIO-UK But how do you know its actually a fake Fred ?, I and a few of my friends brought these back when they wasn't that much brought and accepted within the radio community as being classed as cheap Chinese crap lol and even back then and still now the quality control wasn't and isn't exactly brilliant so what other things say its a fake.
also did you know the company Pofeng is also Baofeng too and Sansonic and as for the Nagoya antennas I've used both genuine and so called fake and one of the fake ones worked better than the genuine 🙂
Does it have some automatic scanning option or you must manualy searching for some active frequency?
You can set the high and low freq
Surprised you have anything left that isn't "digitally encrypted" in your area. All of the scanner radio traffic is pretty much gone in my area. Down east Maine / New Brunswick. I live in a border town and scanner traffic is almost completely dead around here. On both sides of the border. How all these poor States and Provinces can afford to subscribe to these very expensive encrypted services .. puzzles me.
👍👏👏
What happens. If u jail break uv5r uk
You run a risk of bricking the radio. Prob better with a quansheng uv-k5
Can be used As a ghost box??
I guess so as any radio which receives static could be used. Prob best to remove the antenna.
@@CB-RADIO-UK That's the first thing you have to do if you buy such a thing (SB7 and others), always cut the antenna wire from the inside!
Fred what's ctcss mean
Hi Its a semi privacy code that allows your radio to ignore (not hear) calls from other parties who are using the same channel
Can u use it on channel mod to
Why pmr 446 dead now
There's fake UV5-R's ?? Oh crap ☹️
Can't here anyone when codes on when scanning
No you wont unless they happen to have the same codes as you. Best to switch them off and then you will get anyone if they are on air.
Hi do these come preprogrammed
Normally a random set of test freqs
Thankyou which frequencies are best to use
I programme mine for the 16 pmr channels. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMR446
None of these channels seem to work for me
well dont buy radio,s on wish there counterfit,i have 2 but there still work great,there even do more power then the official baofengs
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It’s shitty because no delay function , missing complete conversations
Nope they are in duplex mode.
@@CB-RADIO-UK when being used as a scanner my pofeng misses out complete conversations as there is no delay feature but that’s the nature of the beast
U kinda forgot how to show us how to use the scanner "(
Press the scan button and the radios scans :-)
on peut tous ecoute de la police vraix ou faut
Not really a how 2 vid
Sheesh get a better antenna this was bad for the ears