by Ron | Dec 18, 2019 | Tech Corner
I have wanted a Motorola radio since before I became a licensed Ham – I’d been fascinated with the radios I saw in the television shows ofmy childhood Adam-12, Emergency, and S.W.A.T., especially the EMT radio “Go-box” (as we would call it today) called the “Biophone”...
by Roger | Apr 18, 2017 | Tech Corner
Short Review: Baofeng BF-888S Let’s get the adjectives out of the way – inexpensive, available, simple, limited. Those words describe the Baofeng BF-888s, a 70CM monoband HT available from Amazon.com for $11.70 each. They are not field programmable (this is a plus in...
by Roger | Apr 18, 2017 | Tech Corner
Programming the Baofeng UV-82 for the Irving WA5CKF 146.720 repeater: In this example, I will use memory channel 70, but you should use whatever free channel you want or any channel you want to overwrite. Other than the number keys, we will use the MENU, EXIT/AB, UP,...
