Hidden Baofeng Settings

I stumbled on these two “hidden” settings on my Baofeng radio yesterday which I added to the Short Guide:

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Short press to reverse repeater output and input

Long press to scan channels or frequencies

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Short press to toggle between H/L power

Long press to lock the controls

From the MENU settings:

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TDR ON allows the radio to quickly scan between the A/B channels or frequencies.

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BEEP OFF turns of the beep when pressing buttons.

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VOICE OFF turns off the voice when pressing buttons.

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MDF-A/B sets how the channels / frequencies are displayed. I have one set to NAME and the other to FREQ.

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ROGER OFF turns off the roger beep. Please turn this off!

The other setting I recommend changing is the squelch levels using CHIRP. More info on how to do that on the Chirp How-to page.