Need Help trying to pair my Baofeng to BCA

[Nightsider]

radios come Tuesday baofeng uv8hp really appreciate posted info will try to program

 

[swedecore]

I've been trying to program mine with the BCA channels. I can't get a connection with the USB cable to use chirp.

I think I've got the frequencies right, I can receive, but not transmit. Do I need to input the CTCSS codes also? Do I need to do anything else?

Thanks

Did you sort this out? My UV-5R can receive from the BCA but cannot transmit to the BCA.

 

[TimG]

Your BCA is using a sub channel (CTCSS code) then. Take the sub channel away and they should work.

 

[Pickin’ Boogers]

Or the Baofeng is using the CTCSS code to receive but not to transmit.

 

[swedecore]

Or the Baofeng is using the CTCSS code to receive but not to transmit.

I want to communicate with standard BCA channels. I have set both T-CTCSS and R-CTCSS in the Baofeng and can still only hear on the Baofeng... not the BCA. Any other ideas? Seems like this should be easy but I am new to radios.

 

[TimG]

You can’t program the ctcss codes on the baofengs to be whatever you want. They only have numbered ctcss presets. And as far as I know, they don’t match up with bca ctcss presets. I am up against the same thing with getting my baofengs to work with my mobile Motorolas.

 

[Pickin’ Boogers]

You can’t program the ctcss codes on the baofengs to be whatever you want. They only have numbered ctcss presets. And as far as I know, they don’t match up with bca ctcss presets.

Not true. Baofengs use the actual frequency of privacy codes, though you might be programming them with presets. Use the attached frequency chart - BCA, Motorola, and other "family band" radios use the same frequencies for their presets.

 

[swedecore]

Not true. Baofengs use the actual frequency of privacy codes, though you might be programming them with presets. Use the attached frequency chart - BCA, Motorola, and other "family band" radios use the same frequencies for their presets.

So what might our issues be?

 

[Pickin’ Boogers]

Try programming it manually using the "frequency mode" and the BCA chart. If that works, then something is wrong with the "channel mode" programming that you've loaded.

 

[Timbre]

Here is a video that might help a bit . . .