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Multiple ways to charge your BaoFeng & BTECH Radios

In our age of technology, we continue to produce more and more gadgets that just make our life, a little easier. This also brings new sources of power, or to be more precise, additional ways to convert energy to power all our devices, including your favorite BaoFeng or BTECH radio. Let’s look at a couple of our most popular power adapting cables, the BT1013 and the 10V USB Smart Cable. You’re probably aware of the BT1013’s use with connecting...

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Set up Analog APRS on BTECH DMR radios

Build an authorized local Analog APRS channel, use a region-appropriate path and identity, and verify one packet before enabling automatic beacons.

Category: DMR, Guides & How-TosTags: APRS & Location, DA-7X2, DMR-6X2, DMR-6X2 PRO, ProgrammingComments: 4

Program your UV-5X3 with CHIRP

One of the most frequently asked questions that we get here at BTECH is, “How do I program the channel memories in my UV-5X3?” The answer is, “Get CHIRP!” CHIRP is a free, open-source application for programming many different radios from dozens of manufacturers. You can use CHIRP to program 11 different BTECH models, including our amateur radios and our GMRS and MURS radios. In this post, we’ll show you how to program a BTECH UV-5X3 with CHIRP. CHIRP...

Category: Guides & How-TosTags: Programming, UV-5X3Comments: 26

Get your CTCSS tones right to access repeaters

One of the things that many newcomers to FM and repeater operation fail to do when programming a radio is to program the CTCSS tone properly. There's even a question on the Technician Class exam that addresses this issue, question T2B04: QUESTION: Which of the following could be the reason you are unable to access a repeater whose output you can hear? ANSWER: All of these choices are correct Improper transceiver offset The repeater may require a proper CTCSS tone from your...

Category: Guides & How-TosTags: Repeaters, Tone SquelchComments: 10

Set up GPS and Digital APRS on BTECH DMR radios

Get a GPS lock, verify the DMR channel, then use the APRS destination and routing required by the network you actually use.

Category: DMR, Guides & How-TosTags: APRS & Location, DA-7X2, DMR-6X2, DMR-6X2 PRO, ProgrammingComments: 3

Create DMR contacts, talkgroups, and receive groups

Create the destinations your channels use—and keep them separate from the large caller-name lookup database.

Category: DMR, Guides & How-TosTags: Codeplugs, Contacts & Talkgroups, DA-7X2, DMR-6X2, DMR-6X2 PROComments: 4

Use Digital Monitor to identify DMR activity

Listen broadly, identify the received DMR details, then return to a correctly programmed channel before transmitting.

Category: DMR, Guides & How-TosTags: DA-7X2, Digital Monitor, DMR-6X2, DMR-6X2 PRO, Scanning & MonitoringComments: 1

Build your first DMR codeplug in BTECH CPS

Build one correct identity-to-zone chain before you import a large codeplug or contact database.

Category: DMR, Guides & How-TosTags: Codeplugs, DA-7X2, DMR-6X2, DMR-6X2 PRO, Programming, Software & CPSComments: 2

Set up a BTECH DMR radio without losing your codeplug

Start with a verified codeplug backup and the exact software for your DMR-6X2, DMR-6X2 PRO, or DA-7X2.

Category: DMR, Guides & How-TosTags: Codeplugs, DA-7X2, DMR Basics, DMR-6X2, DMR-6X2 PRO, Software & CPSComments: 4

Scan a range of frequencies with your UV-5X3

One of the cool things that you can do with your BTECH UV-5X3 Triband Radio is easily scan a range of frequencies. Now, with the UV-5X3, you don't have to scan an entire band, but instead program the radio to scan only a portion of a band. This saves a lot of time, as you don't have to scan frequencies that you're not interested in. For example, I wanted see what NOAA weather stations that I could receive where I...

Category: Guides & How-TosTags: Scanning & Monitoring, UV-5X3Comments: 17