It's pretty simple to change the BCA radios to have any of the 22 FRS/GMRS channels assigned to any of the letters on the mic via the menu and arrow buttons on the radio base unit. Sorry that was a little long, but does that make sense? Thanks everyone for the help.įrom reading through this it looks like some people haven't realized that the BCA radios come with default frequencies programmed but they all can be changed to suit the users needs. I was hoping someone might either share a CHIRP file with configuration known to work with the BCA or copy and paste into an excel file for import into my own CHIRP file.ĭo you know if BCA has one of the channels as a "distress channel"? Having a little experience with CHIRP, I know that each of the Baofeng radios have different feature sets (I own the UV-82HP and the UV-5R) but the channel configuration tables are the same. I was also hoping also to name my channels the same as BCA (Letters? Frequency? Other?) so if I did find I was riding with someone with BCA, it would be easy to get on the same channel with each other. What I was hoping to do is add channels configurations known to work on the BCA radios so that if I find myself in a tight spot, I could call for help. I can design my own channels with privacy codes for family communications. My motivation in my question is for personal safety. If you are suggesting that the BCA radios are configured with basic FRS/GMRS channels, then thank you, I'm good. (Limited to channels A-F?)Ģ) I do not own a BCA radio, nor do I have a riding buddy that has one to test my configuration.
My confusion lies in the following:ġ) the above posts show some BC channels with privacy codes, some without, some with the default offset, some with changes, and some of the posts imply that the BCA radios aren't using all 22 channels in the FRS/GMRS range. I've also got the basic FRS/GMRS channels you supplied in the spreadsheet.
Thank you el_gato, I do have the programming cable, and the CHIRP software, and I have experience programming the radio.