Per the discussion on this week's technical mentoring and elmering net:
The way I've prevented a user of my radio from accidentally transmitting on the channel I have set for the sheriff (460.275MHz) is to set the channel up with an offset, as you would when programming a repeater into memory. In this way, one does not transmit right on top of the sheriff, but rather, somewhere above, or below. It still may constitute an "illegal" (and accidental) transmission, but better than illegally (/accidentally) transmitting right on their frequency. I also set power to LOW on that channel to cause the least grief if this were to happen.
Then again, maybe being able to transmit right on their frequency is a plus (in case you get mugged while on a walk, or witness a crime, etc.). I wonder if this would be allowed in an emergency situation. Hmmmm.....
I decided to try to find a way to set it to "off" (as Brian, K6BPM, indicated there may be), and after a lot of digging, it seems that newer firmware releases do have the ability. Per http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns you need to set "Duplex" for the channel in question to "off". I have tried this on my UV-5R and BF-F8HP (each with very recent firmware) and now when I press the PTT button the radio just beeps at me rather than transmitting.
Ken
For us with wide band TX capable radios we usually set TX inhibit if possible and if not set the TX to a channel inside of the nearest Ham band.
Sent via iPhone 5s.....73's KD6VEX
Stephen N.
On Jan 16, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Ken Alker ka6ken@alker.net wrote:
Per the discussion on this week's technical mentoring and elmering net:
The way I've prevented a user of my radio from accidentally transmitting on the channel I have set for the sheriff (460.275MHz) is to set the channel up with an offset, as you would when programming a repeater into memory. In this way, one does not transmit right on top of the sheriff, but rather, somewhere above, or below. It still may constitute an "illegal" (and accidental) transmission, but better than illegally (/accidentally) transmitting right on their frequency. I also set power to LOW on that channel to cause the least grief if this were to happen.
Then again, maybe being able to transmit right on their frequency is a plus (in case you get mugged while on a walk, or witness a crime, etc.). I wonder if this would be allowed in an emergency situation. Hmmmm.....
I decided to try to find a way to set it to "off" (as Brian, K6BPM, indicated there may be), and after a lot of digging, it seems that newer firmware releases do have the ability. Per http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns you need to set "Duplex" for the channel in question to "off". I have tried this on my UV-5R and BF-F8HP (each with very recent firmware) and now when I press the PTT button the radio just beeps at me rather than transmitting.
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Agreed Steve I set my in inhibit when I can and then in the VHF band to 146.46 transmit and in UHF to 446.000 transmit no pl. Safe that way, btw the FCC type acceptance numbers of the Baofeng radios are bogus and unregistered with the FCC so they at NOT type 90 accepted if anyone is thinking about using them with permission on a Public Safety system.
Andy W6AMS
-----Original Message----- From: sbarc-list-bounces@lists.netlojix.com [mailto:sbarc-list-bounces@lists.netlojix.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Nelson Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 4:01 PM To: Ken Alker ka6ken@alker.net Cc: sbarc sbarc-list@west.net Subject: Re: [Sbarc-list] how to prevent a Baofeng from transmitting on a particular memory
For us with wide band TX capable radios we usually set TX inhibit if possible and if not set the TX to a channel inside of the nearest Ham band.
Sent via iPhone 5s.....73's KD6VEX
Stephen N.
On Jan 16, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Ken Alker ka6ken@alker.net wrote:
Per the discussion on this week's technical mentoring and elmering net:
The way I've prevented a user of my radio from accidentally transmitting on the channel I have set for the sheriff (460.275MHz) is to set the channel up with an offset, as you would when programming a repeater into memory. In this way, one does not transmit right on top of the sheriff, but rather, somewhere above, or below. It still may constitute an "illegal" (and accidental) transmission, but better than illegally (/accidentally) transmitting right on their frequency. I also set power to LOW on that channel to cause the least grief if this were to happen.
Then again, maybe being able to transmit right on their frequency is a plus (in case you get mugged while on a walk, or witness a crime, etc.). I wonder if this would be allowed in an emergency situation. Hmmmm.....
I decided to try to find a way to set it to "off" (as Brian, K6BPM, indicated there may be), and after a lot of digging, it seems that newer firmware releases do have the ability. Per http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns you need to set "Duplex" for the channel in question to "off". I have tried this on my UV-5R and BF-F8HP (each with very recent firmware) and now when I press the PTT button the radio just beeps at me rather than transmitting.
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Excellent! So chirp lets you turn off the xmit per-mem slot.
stp W6STP
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On Jan 16, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Ken Alker ka6ken@alker.net wrote:
Per the discussion on this week's technical mentoring and elmering net:
The way I've prevented a user of my radio from accidentally transmitting on the channel I have set for the sheriff (460.275MHz) is to set the channel up with an offset, as you would when programming a repeater into memory. In this way, one does not transmit right on top of the sheriff, but rather, somewhere above, or below. It still may constitute an "illegal" (and accidental) transmission, but better than illegally (/accidentally) transmitting right on their frequency. I also set power to LOW on that channel to cause the least grief if this were to happen.
Then again, maybe being able to transmit right on their frequency is a plus (in case you get mugged while on a walk, or witness a crime, etc.). I wonder if this would be allowed in an emergency situation. Hmmmm.....
I decided to try to find a way to set it to "off" (as Brian, K6BPM, indicated there may be), and after a lot of digging, it seems that newer firmware releases do have the ability. Per http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns you need to set "Duplex" for the channel in question to "off". I have tried this on my UV-5R and BF-F8HP (each with very recent firmware) and now when I press the PTT button the radio just beeps at me rather than transmitting.
Ken
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