Baofeng UV-5R Series Owner's manual

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ProgrammingtheBaofengUV‐5R()
SeriesRadiotoWorkSaudiSat1C
(SO‐50)
BrianBDonaldson‐KF6BL
WhenIreceivedmyradio,IwasexcitedtobeabletoworktheFMrepeatersatellites.Myexcitement
wasdashedwhenIfoundoutthatthereisonlyonesatelliteleft:SO‐50.SoIwentaboutlookingfor
detailedinstructionsonhowtoprogramtheradioforSO‐50.AllIfoundwasprogramminginstructions
onprogrammingforrepeaters.Althoughitisthesameconcept,Ineededthedetailsthatwerepertinent
toSO‐50.So,withtheinformationavailableandwhatIfiguredout,herearetheresults.Enjoy!
HowtoprogramtheBaofengUV‐5R()forSO‐50Operation
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1. SettheradiotoFREQUENCYMODE
a. PresstheVFO/MRbuttonuntiltheladysays"FrequencyMode"
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2. PressA/BbuttontomovethearrowbetweenfrequencyAandB
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3. PresstheA/BbuttontosetfrequencyA
a. Setfrequencyto436.800(downlink)
4. PresstheA/BbuttontosetfrequencyB
a. Setfrequencyto145.850(uplink)
b. ArrowshouldnowbeonfrequencyB
436.800
145.850
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5. SetMenu13‐T‐CTCSSto67.0Hz(accesstoneforthetransmitfrequency)
a. Menu(accessesthemenufunction)
b. 13(accessesmenuitem13)

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T-CTCS
OFF
13
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c. Menu(allowsmodifyingthemenufunction)
d. 67(valuetoentertomodifythefunction)
T-CTCS
67.0HZ
13
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e. Menu(setsthenewvalueandconfirms)
f. Exit(exitsbacktothefrequencymode)
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6. PressA/BbuttonsothearrowisonA(veryimportant)
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436.800
145.850
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7. SetMenu7‐TDRtoON(splitoperations)
a. Menu
b. 7
TDR
OFF
7
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c. Menu
d. ON(uparrowordownarrow)

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TDR
ON
7
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e. Menu
f. Exit
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8. SetMenu34‐TDR‐ABtoB(assignstransmitfunctiontofrequencyB)
a. Menu
b. 34
TDR-AB
OFF
34
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c. Menu
d. B(uparrowordownarrow)
TDR-AB
B
34
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e. Menu
f. Exit
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9. SetMenu0‐SQLto0(openthesquelchsoyoucanhearweaksignals)
a. Menu
b. 0
SQL
1
0
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c. Menu
d. 0

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0
0
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e. Menu
f. Exit
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10. Workthebird(thesmallsindicatesyouareinSPLITmode)
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436.800
145.850
s
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OncetheSQLhasbeensettozero(0),thearrowtotheleftoffrequencyAwillflash.Thiswill
indicatethatyouarelisteningtofrequencyA.
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Whenyoukeytotransmit,thearrowwillbecomevisibleonfrequencyBandwillbesolidbut
flashingonfrequencyA.Thisisconfirmationthatyouhaveprogrammedtheradiocorrectly.
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Whenyouaredone,repeattheprocessandsetthemodifiedmenustotheiroriginalvalues.
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UPDATEFORBFB311FIRMWAREBUG
WhiletryingtoworkSO‐50,Inoticedthattheradiowastransmittingonthedownlinkfrequency.I
decidedtoprogramtheradiowithmylocalrepeaterpairsandCTCSStoseewhatwasgoingon.Hereis
whatIfound.
WhentheradioisSQL=0(Squelchwideopen),and,TDR‐AB≠OFF,then,theradiowilltransmitand
receiveonthedownlinkfrequencyonly.ItwillnotswitchbetweenDLandULfrequencies.
Workaround
Toworkaroundthisproblem,programMenu34(TDR‐AB)toOFF.Then,everyothertransmitcyclewill
beontheULfrequency.ThishasbeenreportedtoBaofeng.Hopetheycanfixthisbug.
Workaroundprocedures
1.Withtheradioprogrammedasabove,theSQLopen,andthearrowontheDLfrequency(436.800),
keytheradioforabout1second.ThiswillplacetheflashingarrowontheULfrequency(145.850).

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2.KeytheradioandmakeyourcontactorannounceyourpresenceonSO‐50.
3.ReleasethePTTandyoushouldnowbelisteningtotheDLfrequency(arrowon436.800).
4.Repeatsteps1thru3untilyourQSOiscomplete.
Althoughapaininthebehindtodothis,atleastyouwillnothaveadelaywhenchangingDLfrequencies
withtheupanddownkeys.Itdoestakealittleusetodoingthis.Itisbesttopracticewhenthesatellite
innotinthearea.
Goodluck!