Radio channels to use for offroading

dominoman · Post by **dominoman** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:39 am

I bought myself a Boafeng radio for Christmas this year. Got it in the UK so I now need to set the channels to the right frequency for AD 4x4 club use.

Does anyone have the list of frequencies I should use?

Sorry if this has already been asked. I couldn't see it on the site.

karam Al janabi · Post by **karam Al janabi** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 2:09 am

dominoman wrote:I bought myself a Boafeng radio for Christmas this year. Got it in the UK so I now need to set the channels to the right frequency for AD 4x4 club use.

Does anyone have the list of frequencies I should use?

Sorry if this has already been asked. I couldn't see it on the site.

Dear dominoman

Merry Christmas
For the channels we mainly use channel 7
With the frequency 462712
Try it if it’s working then all the other channels should be fine.

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PearlyGates59 · Post by **PearlyGates59** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:42 am

Hi Mike. Here’s a full list of channels.
CH01 462.5625 *
CH02 462.5875 *
CH03 462.6125 *
CH04 462.6375 *
CH05 462.6625 *
CH06 462.6875 *
CH07 462.7125 *
CH08 467.5625 *
CH09 467.5875
CH10 467.6125
CH11 467.6373
CH12 467.6625
CH13 467.8874
CH14 467.7125

Frequencies with stars are most commonly used (in practice usually 5,6,7,8 but you never know!).

Good luck!
Matt

PearlyGates59 · Post by **PearlyGates59** » Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:45 am

PS depending on your radio you may not need to input the final ‘5’ as listed. That usually denotes a UHF channel and many radios don’t accept 4 decimal point frequencies...

dominoman · Post by **dominoman** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:32 am

Brilliant. Thanks. I'll check the radio and set it up for those channels. Looking forward to the next drive.

dominoman · Post by **dominoman** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:08 am

I'm struggling to program my radio. Apparently I need to know the output frequency, input frequency and type of squelch (CTCSS, DCS).

Is there a place in abu Dhabi that I can take my radio to get it programmed to the channels listed above? I don't have the knowledge to do it...

dominoman · Post by **dominoman** » Tue May 22, 2018 8:18 pm

I finally got a cable and am programming the channels now using CHIRP.

One question. For the Tone Mode which of the follow should I be setting?

(None): No tone or code is transmitted, receive squelch is open or carrier-triggered.
Tone: A single CTCSS tone is transmitted, receive squelch is open or carrier-triggered. The tone used is that which is set in the Tone column.
TSQL: A single CTCSS tone is transmitted, receive squelch is tone-coded to the same tone. The tone used is that which is set in the ToneSql column.
DTCS: A single DTCS/DCS code is transmitted, receive squelch is digitally tone-coded to the same code. The code used is that which is set in the DTCS Code column.

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 6:05 pm

PearlyGates59 wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:42 am
Hi Mike. Here’s a full list of channels.
CH01 462.5625 *
CH02 462.5875 *
CH03 462.6125 *
CH04 462.6375 *
CH05 462.6625 *
CH06 462.6875 *
CH07 462.7125 *
CH08 467.5625 *
CH09 467.5875
CH10 467.6125
CH11 467.6373
CH12 467.6625
CH13 467.8874
CH14 467.7125

Frequencies with stars are most commonly used (in practice usually 5,6,7,8 but you never know!).

Good luck!
Matt

I know this post is ancient, but it's the first result on Google for frequencies used by ad4x4.
I believe channel 13 should be 467.6875, as this matches the FRS channel 13.

dominoman wrote: ↑
Tue May 22, 2018 8:18 pm
One question. For the Tone Mode which of the follow should I be setting?

Tone mode should be None in order to hear others.