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How to Switch
Between
Channel and
Frequency
Mode
Your UV-5R has two different
modes that you can listen to:
Channel mode and Frequency
mode.
You use channel mode to
quickly access the frequencies
that you have programmed
your radio to remember.
This
makes it much faster to listen in
on and transmit on the
frequencies that you like to access
often.
Frequency mode allows you to
make fine adjustments to get to
a particular signal and allows
you to scan frequencies to find
any incoming transmissions.
It's
a bit like the tuning dial on your
car’s radio.
Both modes are useful, and you want to know how to access both of them.
To switch between
Channel Mode and Frequency Mode you have to hit the orange “VFO/MR” button on the
face of the radio.
How to Switch the Frequencies You’re
Listening to and Transmitting On
Sometimes you may want to listen in on one frequency but transmit on another. This function
can be useful in
where you become a message relay center. Perhaps
somebody in a nearby neighborhood needs to contact somebody across the city, but they are too
