Depending on your security settings, it should automatically prompt you to save the exe file after the page finishes loading.
Just follow the instructions on how to unpack and install it then enjoy exploring. :-)
Like Lauchlin said, you need to be licensed to legally transmit on commercial frequencies and use repeaters, excepting cases of emergency.
Repeaters are just that, a relay station, usually on top of a mountain, that is able to receive a signal addressed to it and retransmit that signal to another mountain top within range or to another ground station, effectively creating a network to extend radio communications over larger areas that would normally not be able to reach each other.
You can program in LADD or any other frequencies in your band range and monitor them all you like but if they are private or restricted use channels you can not just transmit on them. You can only technically legally transmit on allocated public use frequencies for radio can tune like FRS/GMRS on the UHF band as long as it's under 5W on GMRS and under 2W on FRS channels I believe. 146.460 mHz is designated as the official 4WD Association of BC VHF channel but I don't think it is used much on the Island. I have only ever heard a series of accidental keyups on it in a year of monitoring it on the road and the trail. It is useful for car to car radio in a group since you know you aren't going to be messing up someone else's channel. I am thinking about getting my amateur radio license this year and learning more about repeaters and stuff like that myself. I used to be an electronics tech so the hardware part isn't going to be as hard for me to figure out as filling in all the learning gaps and the proper way to operate everything.
Did you get the programming cable with it?
They're a bitch to load up without it.
I have the Retevis RT5 which is basically the same thing as the Baofeng UV-5R.
The loading software has a spread sheet layout with all the different options for programming each channel laid out.
If you have a Garmin mapping GPS, I can link you to a really good free Topographic map of Vancouver Island that you would find most useful while here.
It includes the logging and service roads here and many of the well known trails and other parks and attractions on it that can help you while exploring.
I would recommend using a separate chip for it though as it will overwrite any TOPO map you already have installed on it.
Also keep in mind while you are here that on Vancouver Island in particular, a lot of our forest lands are "privately owned or managed", which means access to many areas may be restricted or subject to regular and unpredictable closures. There are still many public parks and land reserves that are open and accessible all year round and there are sometimes workarounds for closed gates if you go with locals who know the trails so you can at least have a chance to see some of the hidden treasures on the island. Spring and summer is an amazing time to be outdoors here.
Here it is.
http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/658/download/
Depending on your security settings, it should automatically prompt you to save the exe file after the page finishes loading.
Just follow the instructions on how to unpack and install it then enjoy exploring. :-)
Never heard of it, cool!
Like Lauchlin said, you need to be licensed to legally transmit on commercial frequencies and use repeaters, excepting cases of emergency.
Repeaters are just that, a relay station, usually on top of a mountain, that is able to receive a signal addressed to it and retransmit that signal to another mountain top within range or to another ground station, effectively creating a network to extend radio communications over larger areas that would normally not be able to reach each other.
You can program in LADD or any other frequencies in your band range and monitor them all you like but if they are private or restricted use channels you can not just transmit on them. You can only technically legally transmit on allocated public use frequencies for radio can tune like FRS/GMRS on the UHF band as long as it's under 5W on GMRS and under 2W on FRS channels I believe. 146.460 mHz is designated as the official 4WD Association of BC VHF channel but I don't think it is used much on the Island. I have only ever heard a series of accidental keyups on it in a year of monitoring it on the road and the trail. It is useful for car to car radio in a group since you know you aren't going to be messing up someone else's channel. I am thinking about getting my amateur radio license this year and learning more about repeaters and stuff like that myself. I used to be an electronics tech so the hardware part isn't going to be as hard for me to figure out as filling in all the learning gaps and the proper way to operate everything.
Did you get the programming cable with it?
They're a bitch to load up without it.
I have the Retevis RT5 which is basically the same thing as the Baofeng UV-5R.
The loading software has a spread sheet layout with all the different options for programming each channel laid out.
If you have a Garmin mapping GPS, I can link you to a really good free Topographic map of Vancouver Island that you would find most useful while here.
It includes the logging and service roads here and many of the well known trails and other parks and attractions on it that can help you while exploring.
I would recommend using a separate chip for it though as it will overwrite any TOPO map you already have installed on it.
Also keep in mind while you are here that on Vancouver Island in particular, a lot of our forest lands are "privately owned or managed", which means access to many areas may be restricted or subject to regular and unpredictable closures. There are still many public parks and land reserves that are open and accessible all year round and there are sometimes workarounds for closed gates if you go with locals who know the trails so you can at least have a chance to see some of the hidden treasures on the island. Spring and summer is an amazing time to be outdoors here.