UV5r Initial configuration & On the fly programming.

[Steve]

(23 September 2013, 19:07)River Song Wrote: My pair arrived today. Aren't they dinky?

I'll try and get them programmed tomorrow

Once I've got the hang of it - I'll spend a little time listening on the PMR bands

Out of interest Ive also got the programming cable.
Is this useful for bulk configuration?

Your radios are capable of operating in the PMR frequencies, but between the standard channels. You can set a separate send and receive frequency, so radio A transmits on freqA and radio B receives on that frequency, and vise versa.

I like this setup, it's not intruding on other reserved frequencies and the separate tx and rx frequencies and "in between" settings give some measure of privacy.

OK it's not legal, but unlikely to attract attention.