Is there a a way to get it back?

@@skittle7281 do the whole process again

Good bit of information, cheers for that

Doesn’t work mate

worked for mine , many thanks mate

Also Ofcom doesn't regulate PMR446 so people use around 5w with yagis and such to reach further afield.

Andrew Ashton - WOLF Pmr446 is for uk. I’m sure fcc is American

If you search for chirp programming software that should do it

Without playing the video back I wouldn't be able to tell you which radio it was as this is an older video, I'll have a look when I get home later today as I am at work right now

@@PaulMcGeeM0WNU When you are ready, i gave the timing in the video as you made no other reference to what the item is...

@@drewdam8871 Looks like it is the Intek MT-5050, that radio I believe has been discontinued for quite some time now, and was only ever sold as a single radio rather than in a pack of multiple radios, I probably have done a video on it at some point.

Thank you, Paul. Okay, looks to be something I don't need then. Many thanks for your knid replies. Be well...

Exactly, for what folks want here it’s ideal.

Hey its been many years but if you happen to see my comment, can you tell me exactly what all numbers to add in chirp software list of frequencies shown other than the frequency itself to have 446mhz added to one of the 16 channels

BF-88e yes, BF-888S no (UK) unless you have OfCom Licence

True. License must be obtained separately.

Ofcom don't track anyone, they act on complaints of interference to licenced services which the cheap Chinese radios are capable of doing in the hands of Joe Public, a lot of services have moved to DMR yes but some are still analogue due to cost or practical reasons

Suspect your dog may be informing on you. Otherwise, the traffic is monitored. Holographically. Recorded, too. All of it.

@@HarryHamsterChannel well maybe ! Some people talking about of interference but we talking about specific frequency like pmr 0,5 w a when i tested where I live across the valley is 11miles but I’m up hills between a lot of houses 1000 maybe so technically the signal goes at least 11miles radius using 0.5w on pmr you saying I’m interference other people cos signal travels too far were I’m tested baofeng 5 w down the valley the signal goes pretty good for about 1,5 miles uhf about the same when I change to pmr frequency. Technically talking on 05 w on pmr all day 11miles across the valley technically I could disturb more people than in the valley on pmr or uhf . I was born in a cave is illegal to be free you have to work pay taxes ,insurance, and plenty licenses nearly for everything and for a split sec i fought we are living in Communism country in 70 tees where gov listen 👂 people’s on walkie talkies. With ur technology and 5 G is sad like you said it they still listen and even recorded nowadays is sad feel sorry for those folks

I know the emergency services use tetra for most communications however that does not mean they're not using other things as well, which use of BF-888 radios on stock frequencies could very well interfere with

I,m using them straight out the box to keep in contact with my son. i dont understand the programming. had no problems so far

O2 owns tetra

The possession of a license in no way affects the operation of these devices. Even on other planets.

They are what they are at the end of the day

I put one of these into a simplex ammo can repeater on top of the shed. Piece of crap lasted a year before the battery gave out in the 110 degree heat. Radio is fine. I occasionally shop for better radios. Then buy more Baofeng's. Has to be why so many people buy multiples of these things.

it is up to you if you want to use these on PMR446, plenty of people out there do and it's not often enforced by Ofcom

For a start I'm not claiming ignorance of the laws, I know full well these are not legal for use on PMR446, my point was and always has been that if people want to use these on PMR446 that is absolutely on them, the frequencies programmed into these from the factory generally are random and have more potential to cause interference to something safety critical whereas operation on PMR446 less so. Holding an amateur radio licence does not give me the right to tell people they can't use a radio that is illegal to use on certain frequencies, I merely suggest so and let them make that choice

@@PaulMcGeeM0WNU But by saying they're "not strictly legal," you are implying/leading people to infer that they are anything other than _zero percent_ legal, AKA wholly illegal. As a licensed HAM (which I am and have been for thirty years), I believe we absolutely have the obligation to tell others when we know for a fact that what they are doing/wanting to do related to radio transmissions is illegal. We are not telling them they can't do it, we are telling them that our respective legislature/regulatory agency/international treaties have made their intended action illegal. If they choose to proceed and violate the law., we aren't responsible for their acts _unless_ we gave them advice on how to do it and make it easier to get away with it. As a licensed HAM, we are disrespecting the service and all of our fellow HAMs if we give others advice on how they can break the regulations which protect our service and the services used by others. In this video, you are giving advice on how to break the law in a slightly less egregious way - which means you are giving advice on how to break the law.

Ofcom would only prosecute in cases of serious interference where safety of life was involved, people do use these on PMR446 and don't get Ofcom on their backs

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