On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Bill Hand billtbyhand@outlook.com wrote:

I am trying to program a BaoFeng UV-5R radio to work with our 2-way radio system. The question I have is what/where do I specify the CTS/DTS Decode/Encode values?

Chirp calls CTCSS "Tone" (encode) or "ToneSql" (encode and decode).

Also, any idea what the other settings in CHIRP should likely be set as (besides the frequency)

This depends on the details of your license and personal preference. Be careful when programming not to violate any of the terms of your license.

Tom KD7LXL

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Bill Hand billtbyhand@outlook.com wrote:

Hi everyone.****

I’ve got what is probably a very basic question, but I’m not sure how to solve it.****

At work we have Black Box 2-way UHF Radios with the following settings.***

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Receive Frequency: 464.xxxxx Mhz****

CTS/DTS Decode: 100.0****

2T Decode: None****

Transmit Frequency: 469.xxxxx Mhz****

CTS/DTS Encode 100.0****

2T Encode: None****

Beat Shift: No****

Scan Add: Yes****

Busy Lock: None****

PPT ID: Off****

Wide/Narrow: Wide****

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I am trying to program a BaoFeng UV-5R radio to work with our 2-way radio system. The question I have is what/where do I specify the CTS/DTS Decode/Encode values?****

Also, any idea what the other settings in CHIRP should likely be set as (besides the frequency)****

Thanks a million for your help.****

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Hi Bill,

If you haven't already, visit the Miklor website http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ Once you arrive there visit the CHIRP Software & FAQs page. There you will find a CHIRP Guide that attempts to explain how the columns are used relative to the UV-5R and how they interelate to one another.

Something else you should know, is that you never have to program a receive CTCSS tone. So in this case Tone Mode could be Tone and Tone could be 100.0 and all will be good. But if you want to use both TX and RX CTCSS, you should be able to figure that out using the guide.

Assuming that you are in the USA, another thing I might mention is that unless I am missing something, your radio system at work should have been switched to narrow band by the 1st of this year. So you might want to check that out with the person responsible with that system. Anyway to be compliant with the new FCC rules, you would want to set the Mode for the UV-5R to NFM. Jim