Hot Springs Village Amateur Radio Club

How to program your Baofeng Ham Radio

This is an updated guide to programming the Baofenf UV-5R radios. The words in quotes are what the radio says if you have it set to speak in English. Example: To Program a repeater 146.985, -600 KHz offset, 100 Hz tone, low power, into channel #010

[MENU] “menu” 1 
[MENU] “frequency step”
    Use the up and down arrow keys to select: 5.0K
[MENU] “confirm” [EXIT]
[MENU] “menu” 2 [MENU] “power”
   Use the up and down arrow keys to select: LOW
[MENU] “confirm” [EXIT]
[MENU] “menu” 5 [MENU] “channel bandwidth”
   Use the up and down arrow keys to select: WIDE
[MENU] “confirm” [EXIT]
[MENU] “menu” 1 3 [MENU] “CTCSS”
   Use the up and down arrow keys to select: 100HZ
[MENU] “confirm” [EXIT]
[MENU] “menu” 28 [MENU] “delete channel”
   Enter 010 (or use the up and down arrow keys to select it)
[MENU] “confirm” [EXIT]
[VFO/MR] “frequency mode” (if it says “channel mode” press [VFO/MR] again)
Enter the receive frequency: 146985
MENU] “menu” 2 7 [MENU] “memory channel”
   Enter 010 (or use the up and down arrow keys to select it)
[MENU] “receiving memory” [EXIT]
Enter the transmit frequency: 146385
[MENU] [MENU] “memory channel” [MENU] “transmitting memory” [EXIT]
[VFO/MR] “channel mode”