Baofeng Radio

Programming Guide

1. Antenna 7. PTT Switch 13 Not used

2. Flashlight- Don't Use 8. VFO/Memory Button 14. Entry Buttons
3. Volume/ On-Off 9. Kill me Light 15. Speaker
4.LCD Display 10. Strap Buckle 16. Battery
5. Call/ FM Radio 11. Speaker/Mic Jacks 17. Charging Contacts
6. Monitor Button 12. A/B Channel Button 18. Battery Release
There are two ways to enter the programming mode. Both require first pressing the
menu button. Next, you can either press the up or down arrow until you get to the menu
item that you want or you can press the menu button and then directly enter the number
of the feature that you wish to change. This guide will take you step by step from
number one and go up and describe how to adjust each one, if necessary. To program,
you must press the menu button, the up arrow to advance to the next step, press the
menu button again to be able to modify the setting, then the arrow to change the setting,
then the menu button to save the setting. Initially, it sounds confusing, but it's fairly
simple once you've done it a few times. Let's get started.

1. With the radio turned on, press the menu button. The display should read
SQL with a small “0” in the upper right. This is menu item 0 and where we'll start.
Squelch is the setting that kills the background static. The higher the squelch, the
stronger the signal that must be received for you to be able to hear. If this isn't set
on “3”, then press menu again. The little arrow beside the “S” will move to the
lower side of the screen showing you are in the programming mode. Now, use the
up or down arrow to get to the number “3”. Once there, press menu again. You
should hear the radio say “Confirm”. You can now press “exit” to leave the
programming mode if you are finished programming, or you can continue to
program. You have now programmed your first setting. Use this procedure to
program all the settings until we get to the end.
 Programming the channel frequencies are a little different and I will go over that
after we program the rest of the settings.

By now, the radio has probably automatically exited the programming mode. If so,
press the menu button again and then the up button. This will be the menu 1, or “Step”.
This is the how far the frequency advances each time you hit the button to change
frequencies when you are in the VFO mode. Using the steps that we used to change the
squelch, set Menu 1, or Step to 2.5K. Don't forget to hit “Menu” when finished to save
the setting. The following is a list of all the menu items and the setting that they should
be to ensure communication compatibility with other ODF members.

Baofeng Menu Settings

0. Setting 3 11. R-CTCS Off 22. MDF-B Freq 33.BAND uhf
1. 2.5K 12. T-DCS Off 23. BCL Off 34. TDR-AB off
2. TXP High 13. T-CTCS Off 24. AUTOLK Off 35. STE off
3. SAVE Off 14.VOICE Eng 25. SFT-D Off 36. RP-STE off
4. VOX Off 15. ANI-ID 80808 26. OFFSET 00.000 37. RPT-RL off
5. WN Wide 16. DTMFST Off 27.MEM-CH ch-000 38.PONMSGS msg
6. ABR Off 17.S-CODE 1 28. DEL-CH ch-000 39. ROGER off
7. TDR On 18. SC-REV TO 29. WT-LED off 40. RESET ALL
8. BEEP Off 19. PTT-ID Off 30. RX-LED off
9. TOT 60 20. PTT-LT 0 31. TX-LED off
10. R-DCS Off 21. MDF-A Freq 32. AL-MOD tone
 The following table is the frequencies that we program our radios to in the Ohio
Defense Force. Channels 1-22 are used for standard operations, training, and FTX's.
Channels 25 and 26 are to be used in the event that we need to contact one another
during times of chaos or emergency. That is the only time these channels are to be used
Channel 25 is primary and Channel 26 is secondary.

Ch 1 462.562 Ch 7 462.712 Ch 13 467.687 Ch 19 462.650

Ch 2 462.587 Ch 8 467.562 Ch 14 467.712 Ch 20 462.675
Ch 3 462.612 Ch 9 467.587 Ch 15 462.550 Ch 21 462.700
Ch 4 462.637 Ch 10 467.612 Ch 16 462.575 Ch 22 462.725
Ch 5 462.662 Ch 11 467.637 Ch 17 462.600 Ch 23 462.740
Ch 6 462.687 Ch 12 467.662 Ch 18 462.625 Ch 24 143.932

To program the frequencies into the radio you must first make sure you have the radio in
“frequency” mode. This mode allows direct input of the frequency from the keypad.
Push the VFO/MR button until the radio says “frequency mode”. The following steps
must be followed in order to store the frequency into to desired channel.

Deleting Channels and Frequencies

Steps 1-8 Are for a new, out of the box radio. If your radio is not brand new, or it does
not have channels already programmed into it that you wish to have deleted, you can
skip these steps.

1. Menu
2. Up Button to DEL-CH or Up Button 28
3. Menu- Lower line will say CH 001
4. Menu- Radio will say “Confirm”
This will delete channel 1 and the frequency stored there.
5. Menu
6. Menu-repeat pressing menu until the lower line says CH 002
7. Menu
8. Radio will say confirm.
Repeat this procedure until all stored channels are deleted. This is tedious, but its
the procedure for when the programming cable fails or the laptop is unavailable.
 Programming Channel Frequencies

The rest of the steps are the procedures to enter the frequencies to store into the
channels. Again, the radio must be in frequency mode to manually enter frequencies.
Remember during the initial setup at option “1”, we set the step at 2.5K. When we enter
the frequency, the display will show a small “5” in the frequency. This is because of the
setting in option 1.

While in Frequency mode:

1. Enter frequency
2. Menu
3. Up Button to MEM-CH or Menu 27
4. Menu
5. Up Button- Display will show 001
6. Menu- radio will say “Receiving Memory”
7. Menu- radio will say “Transmitting Memory”

Channel 1 is now programmed. Repeat these steps. The only difference is step 5. As you
hit the “up” button, The display will initially show CH 001. This shows that there is a
frequency already programmed into channel 1. Hit the up button again. The display will
show 002, showing channel 2 memory is empty. As you program each channel, you'll
scroll up one more number to correspond to each channel programmed. I know it's
tedious, but as you get the hang of it, you'll get a rhythm and it gets pretty quick. This
skill is needed if the programming cable becomes compromised.