fredintheshed1 hi, i just purchased the baofeng bf888s plus, and i want to pair the frequency with my baofeng bf888s, can you help me with the frequencies list of the baofeng bf888s plus and software for it... Thx before...

You need CHIRP software. chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

Then if you want legal PMR freq's cut and paste them into CHIRP and save. Bit of a learning curve but ok if you read up. Look on KZfaq for Chirp "how to" guides. Freq's are here (not digital). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMR446

I know this is an old comment so you may have already figured this out but the 888s and the 888s+ are identical internally, the only differences are cosmetic. The volume pot and channel selector are cheaper feeling. The belt clip is inferior and the batteries are more expensive and harder to find. The antenna is slightly longer but that is only the plastic casing. The coil antenna is exactly the same length. And speaking of antennas, you cant use after market antennas like nagoya without modifying the radio case. It's a common thing to see with products coming from China. They make you think you are getting a better product when in reality you are getting a more expensive, more limited one. Nvm I just found your comparison video, and you figured out most of it.

Cheers Gary. Also the small palm size of the T1 is a great feature. It will do 400 meters no problem which as you say is ideal when your mate goes to the bar at an event and they have run out of your fav beer.

May i know,how to use the scan feature, because i tried but failed to scan, please advise!

I know Matt they seem to be just getting cheaper and actually work pretty well.

Reckon you could get 3 miles out of them?

Not sure if there are any other type of battery available other than the one supplied with the radio.

I believe if you retrofit a proper vhf antenna, you can reach much further with this one. harmonics would be pretty terrible though so you may as well need a low pass filter

Hi Joel. I was impressed by the mic gain on the 888s. I was prob talking too close to the radio as they are very loud.

Thanks

No prop

Yea man same seller called rugby lol got mine other day lol

one of mine sometimes failing to turn on after charging, if I remove the battery for a second, it gets back to work. btw a Much better scanner would be an rtl-sdr. just saying..

Thanks!

Thanks! Big help!

Hi mate. The T1 is pure PC programming.

Yes on the 888's but no on the T1.

Cheers. I always like Yogcasts Minecraft channel.

I used CHIRP to program the 888. I copied and pasted the PMR freqs from the T1. You can program a max of 16 channels on the 888s.

@@CB-RADIO-UK and if you leave ch 16 blank, it acts as a scanner for the other 15, quite a neat function and worth losing a channel

The UV5R is the best radio. You cannot beat its value. None of the radios are type approved though. Also there a loads of Baofeng fakes on ebay and Amazon so buy carefully and read feedback / reviews etc.

It needs to be activated in the software. I think there is a tick box.

In theory with a base station antenna 3 KM is possible. I am not sure if it will be reliable for quality comm. CB might be better

@@CB-RADIO-UK I tried raising the stock antenna 10 meters higher (on a tree) with an SMA extension wire and the signal became worse.

@@lethaldriver Prob threw out the SWR. CB would be better.

Replying to antennas that can be put atop of houses, maybe building a 1/4 groundplane might go. HEHE 73's

UV5R has more power so indoor use i would go for that.

You can only program these radios with a USB cable. Chirp is a free program which works well.

Cant say about the midland radio but the T1 in a suburban built up area is prob around only 1/2 miles tops in very good conditions.

Hi. Sorry i was unable to test my hands free earpiece as there was a connection break in the wire.

fredintheshed1 oh i see. No wories though ill find the solution

Yes you must program these radios if you want to use them as walkie talkies. They come with random test freqs programmed and you could end up in trouble using them .

Hi Mark. i dont think i ever range tested the UV5R as i used it as the receiving radio. Sorry bud.

I'll keep my eye out for it if you decide to make one. Hint hint.

@@Roadshome I might do some updating on 446 stuff in the summer as there are a few new radios out. The UV5R will have a good range prob better than a 888. :-)

without obstacles.... D=K*(√ht+√hr) K (baofeng uv5r + antenna rh901s)=2.57 D=distance (km) ht = altitude transmitter (m) hr = altitude receiver (m) noise (QRM) can limit the distance. K(baofeng 888s original antenna) = 2.25

Thanks Art.

It should handle that no problem.

Thanks for your help! in that case if i'm not mistaken i should program with pc each 6 units before i use them right?

Yes you should program them to the 8 or 16 legal 446 Mhz PMR band. If you use the freqs supplied your well off band and ilegal.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fLaJra5_qL2Yg2w.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMR446

LOL. We dont get the Geicko here in the UK but ive had loads of comments about the little devil. Cheers Bryan. :-)

Ahhhhhh, yes you did....

Lol, it's true Pleasant speaking voice thogh

Hi. Its an open band radio so you could talk to many people all on the same channel. Some areas run PMR nets or groups. Sadly not near me.

I think by default its FM narrow. Not tried it though.

@@CB-RADIO-UK tha default setting on my uv5r radios are wide band you have to go in and switch it to narrow makes me wonder if narrowband would get out farther kind of like sideband CB

Check that they are both programmed to the same frequency.

Only if the distance is not too far. Prob max 300 meters.

fredintheshed1 thanks for the reply. Too bad I cant buy one of these. Thru a bit of research I found out. I would actually need to get a License to use one of these in my country. 😭

Hi. No its got a remove antenna

The UV5R is still the best buy. Cheers

Well they will work but they are programmed with all sorts of add test freq and most illegal.

100 m line of site is no problem for either radio. The larger 888 can use a range of Kenwood earpieces which are very cheap on ebay. The smaller T1 uses a different connection so iam not sure. The one supplied with mine did not work.

Thx @@CB-RADIO-UK I like the idea of a small unit, but the 888 is tried and tested (and roughly the same price) I think I'll go for that! Cheers.

Fred, the headset/mic aren't voice activated. As my daughter will be riding her horse,she won't be able to take her hands off the reins to press a button to talk. Do you know of any products that are fully hands free? The one that a lot of horsey folk use is the CeeCoach Duo, but it is £200! Both the rider and Coach can talk to each other without pressing buttons, which is what we need. Thank you.

You need to look for a radio with a "VOX" function which allows voice active comm. Have a look at a Baofeng UV5R which has this feature.

Thanks@@CB-RADIO-UK!

Hi Yes if all radios are tuned to the same frequency. Best thing would be to program all radios with the 446 PMR channels and then they would all be the same.

fredintheshed1 hey! Can we also use a British charger for it too?

I would say stick to legal good quality 446 Mhz radios. Problem with using Baofengs is that they are not legal and come programmed with freq which could interfere with Ship comms. Its not worth upsetting the holiday. Some thing like the Motorola TLKR T92 would be a good choice.

Hi. You can buy these radios without a license although they are not type approved for use on the PMR 446 Mhz band in the UK. If you intend to transmit on any of the HAM radio freqs you will need a licence.

@@CB-RADIO-UK thank you what about the 888s? I'm thinking of getting them

nagasai nath hey man, does bf-888s come with vox function? If yes, can you tell me how to use vox on bf 888s?

888s work not good at urban area.. too sad .. it signal only long at 450meters ..

@SilverStone XAdvanced ,buying antenna or modify from VHF to UHF which is best choice ?

How can the 888s change to vhf? It beeps when I go to the modified channel

An external antenna on the 888 would work well.

@@CB-RADIO-UK Thank you for you're answer.. Can you give me you're gmail..... If you don't this my gmail send me messege to talk to you aitbouchouireda@gmail.com

What the T1 ?

You should really. You dont know what freqs they are programmed with.

@@CB-RADIO-UK The listing says Frequency Range UHF 400-470MHz and the seller has got a chart saying factory frequency

Hi. The Baofeng 888 radios would be fine and work well. If you are not going to use them outside the house then you prob do not need to reprogramme a matched pair (bought at the same time). However programming the radios is very easy with a computer and Baofeng connection lead using a free program called CHIRP. The 888 radios program without a problem. My latest video briefly covers Chirp programming. I will add the link video below. Good luck Fred.

Re-programming Baofengs. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNplpcd-3Jbdh6c.html

Fred in the Shed thanks Fred that’s really helped 😃keep up good work mate 👍

@@86Smally Anytime

Not sure if it needs to be on narrow or not. seems to work ok on the default.

@@CB-RADIO-UK Okay. All I know is that you get better signal to noise ratio on the receiver if it's set to narrow band. And PMR channels should be set to narrow band. Good video!

No sorry. Aircraft band is up around the 130 Mhz AM. These radios wont tune to that freq.

Iam going with feng.

Yes that would be a good test. At the moment its just me doing the videos so there going to be one way iam afraid.

fredintheshed1 It's not only you - all these "radio guys" on youtube are doing this which is a bit odd. Don't you have a friend who can take the second radio for a real world two way test? If I was a geek like you I'd test it the right way!

Yes ive been thinking of doing a video with a radio guy for a while now. Its just logistics. My day off / his day off need to sync etc.

Depends on the country. Here they are not approved for PMR 446 Mhz use.

@@CB-RADIO-UK so is that not OK with 400-470mhz?

If using for airsoft and camping is it no problem?

If you use on the 2 meter band you need a licence. Most use on the 446 Mhz PMR band although they are not legal.

But here they see this brand have guilty for using not for Thailand here big problem is here

Less than a mile unless in the open on high ground.

No as theywork on the 446 MHZ PMR band which is not a HAM band. You do need to program them to the 446 band however before you can use them. Also they are not UK legal as the transmit too much power. But everyone uses them.

fredintheshed1 yes you need a driver licence hahaha are you kidding??everybody can use gun walkie talkie !!

£1 each is just crazy if they work even if they are fake. The Olywiz radio ive just reviewed is of better quality.

Did they arrived tho?

Yes thanks for that. it was very easy to use and worked a treat.

your welcome mate normaly you know more then atleast about cb radio (Y)

Yes you will need to program the radios. If your looking for a basic radio for local com you might be best looking at legal 446 PMR radios.

@@CB-RADIO-UK I dont know what that is, its all double Dutch to me lol but thanks for the reply. Im in the Philippines by the way : )

You will need to set the scan option in the software. Then when you set the channel selector to channel 16 drop the squelch it will begin scanning. On channel 16, Press and Hold the PTT and MONI buttons while switching ON the transceiver to turn the Scanning ON or OFF.

From the manual. SCANNING Scanning is used for hands off monitoring of your favorite frequencies. When the transceiver options are set to SCAN (via software), setting the channel selector to channel 16 directs the radio to scan the selected channels from 1-16. 1. Transceiver stops scanning when a signal is detected and continues when signal is gone. 2. If there are less than 2 channels, it cannot scan. (Go figure) 3. On channel 16, Press and Hold the PTT and MONI buttons while switching ON the transceiver to turn the Scanning ON or OFF. 4. If FM Radio function is activated via software, the radio will not scan. Note: There is no actual FM Radio function in this radio, so this option should always remain deactivated in software.

I would say yes for short range. A UV5R would be better for longer range. Either way you would just need to make sure they were re programmed for PMR 446 freqs as not interfere with ships comm.

fredintheshed1 That is a great point. Thank you!

Iam not sure what a doomday license is. If you want a high quality radio on the same band check out. Yaesu FT-65E VHF/UHF 2m/70cm

Ww3 lol i get in to

Connect ?

Ok i to bay tank

There a re a lot of fake Baofengs on ebay. I bought a 888's

@@CB-RADIO-UK mine all have orange lanyards should i try to get a refund ? other than that and the small cutout inside to fit the battery connection propperly without pinching the wire they look identical.

Its really hard to prove fake radios as the fakes are very good. If your not happy with performance then just start a Ebay return claim. A good seller will be ok with that.

@@CB-RADIO-UK Thanks for that advice, i think i will because its just not doing anything close to what i expected. .6 of a kilometer as the crow flies didnt seem an unreasonable expectation from the reviews ive seen on youtube for it.

Does your 888s is at vhf or uhf frequency range ?

In a built up area. You will get more out in the open but it has a small antenna.

I hit repeaters 60+ miles away with bf888s