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In Report From Engine 82 Dennis Smith writes about being in the firehouse when a signal 5-5-5-5 came in on the bells. My father-in-law is a retired FDNY lieutenant from the war years. I’ll ask him about this.

BFD389 wrote: keep in mind that the "need" to do the speal with the Assigned License Numbers for the FCC kind of went out when progress " automated" signal devices that identified using morse code... It’s not a need, it’s a legal requirement. FCC requires most license classes to legally ID...

Looking at this rig it looks like the only cab seats were for the chauffeur and officer. Where did the rest of the crew ride, and how many were on the crew each tour?

Fdny747: I programmed mine manually. It’s very easy, here’s the link I used: https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/2016/08/how_to_manually_program_the_baofeng_uv-5r_from_the_keypad.html Good luck!

I have had a UV-5R with the extended battery for 2-3 years now. Battery life with either battery is excellent. I’m still using the factory supplied rubber duck antenna but the radio performs very well. I use it both as a scanner and making contacts on the local 2m repeaters. It is a...