Press MENU to confirm channel selection.

Press MENU and select the desired channel with arrow buttons.

While in FREQUENCY mode enter the channel frequency.

Hopefully the Chinese introduce an improved model with the same output power, better frequency tolerances, and a more sensible exterior shape as to make it stable when standing upright. In conclusion, if you can purchase the F8HP for under $50 then you will find it an acceptable HT for repeater work. I finally ground the feet off even with the base so that it would stand up better on the table. It is constantly falling over when the table is bumped. It has four tiny feet that are inset so that there is reduced stability. I recommend using CHIRP if programming from a PC as CHIRP is much better than the supplied Chinese programming software. The HT is easy to program from the front or using software.

It definitely has more output than the UV-5R. It does not put out a true 8 watts, as typical for Chinese hype it is somewhat less, about 6.8 watts on VHF full power.

Although within tolerances, it was marginal. In my testing I found the BF-F8HP I used was off frequency according to a calibrated frequency counter. The F8HP is basically a UV-5R on steroids. Many newly licensed hams choose the UV-5R family of HTs for repeater use. This is a high output little HT with extended VHF and UHF coverage.

5.5 Hacking for Out of Band Frequencies.

5.4 select channels to skip when scanning.

Although I must admit the radio has a good form factor and suitable for short distances communication office or home work. My answer is a YES and NO, yes it will be useful for monitoring radio frequency on VHF channel and no it will not be useful for field work as the measured output power on VHF is less than 1 watt for it to be useful on normal field work. Will it be useful after programming VHF channel on it?. So let us now give the conclusion after watching the video playlist. Let’s answer that by watching the how to video and let’s give out the conclusion later on. Now that we are sure that the radio can accept both VHF and UHF frequency, let’s move to the second question, will it be useful?. Fortunately yes it seems that the radio chip on Baofeng BF888s are capable of accepting VHF frequency channels although I have not open the radio to check the datasheet on what chip was actually used on this tiny radio with a good form factor. So on the first question, can we program VHF channel on BF888s UHF radio?.

How to program VHF channel on Baofeng BF888s UHF radio and will it be useful?.

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