ProgrammingtheBaofengforSO‐50‐KF6BLPage1
ProgrammingtheBaofengUV‐5R()
SeriesRadiotoWorkSaudiSat1C
(SO‐50)
BrianBDonaldson‐KF6BL
WhenIreceivedmyradio,IwasexcitedtobeabletoworktheFMrepeatersatellites.Myexcitement
wasdashedwhenIfoundoutthatthereisonlyonesatelliteleft:SO‐50.SoIwentaboutlookingfor
detailedinstructionsonhowtoprogramtheradioforSO‐50.
AllIfoundwasprogramminginstructions
onprogrammingforrepeaters.Althoughitisthesameconcept,Ineededthedetailsthatwerepertinent
toSO‐50.So,withtheinfor mationavailableandwhatIfiguredout,herearetheresults.Enjoy!
HowtoprogramtheBaofengUV‐5R()forSO‐
50Operation
1. SettheradiotoFREQUENCYMODE
a. PresstheVFO/MRbuttonuntiltheladysays"Frequency Mode"
2. PressA/BbuttontomovethearrowbetweenfrequencyAandB
3. PresstheA/BbuttontosetfrequencyA
a. Setfrequencyto436.800(downlink)
4. PresstheA/BbuttontosetfrequencyB
a. Setfrequencyto145.850(uplink)
b. ArrowshouldnowbeonfrequencyB
436.800
145.850
5. SetMenu13‐T‐CTCSSto67.0Hz(accesstoneforthetransmitfrequency)
a. Menu(accessesthemenuf unction)
b. 13(accessesmenuitem13)