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communicate with you via UHF and currently your radio is set to VHF. If you want to switch 
bands, follow these instructions: 

First, ensure that you are in Frequency Mode. You must hit the orange “VFO/MR” button 
on the face of the radio if you’re currently in Channel Mode. Once in Frequency Mode, hit 
the “BAND” key on the right side of the face of the radio. 

 

How to Listen to Broadcast FM 

Broadcast FM is what most people call “the radio.” This is the series of channels that you listen 
to music to while you’re driving in your car. For example, 94.6 may be a popular country music 
channel where you live. You can listen to these frequencies on your UV-5R. 

 

You have to push the orange ”CALL” 
button on the left side of the radio. Once 
you have activated broadcast FM, you can 
then change what channel you’re listening 
to by hitting the up and down arrows.

 

This will fine tune the frequency to what you 
want it to be. 

To turn off broadcast radio, just hit the 
“CALL” button one more time. 

How to Change 
Bands Within 
Broadcast FM 

There may be a time when you want to 
access a different band while in broadcast 

FM. To do so, you must first put the radio into broadcast FM mode. 

You do this by hitting the 

orange “CALL” button on the left side of the radio, above the push-to-talk button.

 

After you have done this, if you hit the “BAND” button on the front face of the radio, you will 
switch back and forth from 65 – 75 MHz to 76-108 MHz. 

Summary of Contents for UV-5R Series

Page 1: ...their radio and their desire to learn how to use amateur radio Thankfully learning the UV 5R is possible Let s take a look at what it takes to get your UV 5R up and running Consider this the basic ma...

Page 2: ...only as good as your antenna I say this because one of the first things that you need to do for your UV 5R to function effectively is to upgrade your antenna I highly recommend the Nagoya NA 771 This...

Page 3: ...Flashlight Fun fact your UV 5R has a flashlight A bit of a Swiss army knife no If you want to turn on the flashlight you have to press the MONI button on the left hand side of the radio How to Transmi...

Page 4: ...nts 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 h...

Page 5: ...uency that you are listening to is A on the top of the screen and the frequency that you re transmitting on is B on the bottom of the screen You can leave both A and B at the same frequency if you wan...

Page 6: ...to enter the first three digits of the frequency that you want to listen to This will fill in the numbers on the left side of the decimal To enter the four digits on the right side of the decimal you...

Page 7: ...r country music channel where you live You can listen to these frequencies on your UV 5R You have to push the orange CALL button on the left side of the radio Once you have activated broadcast FM you...

Page 8: ...Mode you must then hit the button with a hashtag and a key on it It s at the very bottom right of the face of the radio This will switch you back and forth from Low to High Power This only affects tr...

Page 9: ...ck the keys press and hold that same button once more for two seconds How to Scan Frequencies Sometimes it is beneficial to just scan through frequencies to see if you can contact anybody In a disaste...

Page 10: ...r Two Frequencies at Once You may not find this in your Baofeng UV 5R instruction manual but the radio has the ability to monitor two frequencies at once This could come in handy in a situation where...

Page 11: ...Then hit the EXIT button to exit the menu How to Add Frequencies to the Radio s Memory With your Baofeng UV 5R you can save various frequencies power output group signaling information bandwidth and...

Page 12: ...lking with other HAMS in your area Some duplex receivers you won t be legally permitted to use so figure that out first Once you find what the input frequency is and if you determine you can legally u...

Page 13: ...s free The default setting on your UV 5R is for the VOX to be turned off To turn VOX on perform the following Press the MENU button Utilize the up and down arrows to get to option 4 VOX Use the up and...

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