Radio for Preparedness 101: How to set up your radio

This is a long one, but it needed to be. This is a follow up to my first radio for disaster preparedness video. After Helene, we saw how important radio was to the people in the southeastern US. Today we're going to take a look at actually setting up a radio from scratch.....and I mean from scratch. We'll go over all of the different band allocations, talk about the band plans, look at all of the different frequencies you might want to program, as well as where to find them. We'll also be programming the radio both via CHIRP software, as well as by hand. Hopefully this is helpful for those of you just starting out. I know it seems overwhelming, but once you get the hang of all of this it's really not that bad. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them. Thanks for watching and 73! Baofeng UV-5R: https://shorturl.at/sG6AK Programming Cable: https://t.ly/lG00W Baofeng 1800mAH USB-C battery: https://shorturl.at/d6VFA Baofeng 3800mAH USB-C battery: https://shorturl.at/sWAFl Signal Stuff Signal Stick: https://signalstuff.com/product/super-elastic-signal-stick-sma-female/ Diamond antenna: https://t.ly/4C4Qd Nagoya 771: https://t.ly/_fIgO Retevis antenna: https://t.ly/n11T0 N9TAX J Pole: https://n9taxlabs.com/shop/ols/products/dual-band-slim-jim-antenna-with-10-or-16-foot-cable/v/DUAL-2M70CM-LONG-SMAF Ham Band Chart: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Regulatory/Band%20Chart/Hambands4_Color_17x11.pdf ARRL Band Plan: http://www.arrl.org/band-plan Calling frequencies: https://fmarc.net/calling-frequencies/ Repeaterbook: https://www.repeaterbook.com/index.php/en-us/ GMRS Frequencies: https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2022/11/list-of-gmrs-frequencies-and-channels.html MURS Frequencies: https://bettersaferadio.com/murs-multi-use-radio-service-band/ MyGMRS repeaters: https://mygmrs.com/ CHIRP: https://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download NOAA Weather Frequencies: https://www.weather.gov/nwr/station_listing Evan K2EJT buymeacoffee.com/K2EJT [email protected]