We’re all aware of Phone mode over radio. Phone mode is what most people use a handheld radio to do. It simply involves pressing the PTT button and speaking into the microphone. But handheld radios can do so much more with digital modes.
Digital modes simply means that you are sending data over the air instead of voice. With digital modes, you can send text, images and files over the amateur band. Digital modes have been widely used over HF frequencies for some time now, but it IS possible to use these modes on VHF and UHF.
Thanks to the PR-Digi from Prepper Radios Canada, you can now enhance your VHF/UHF comms plan. The PR-Digi interfaces your PC and Baofeng UV5R. Using the free FLDigi software, you can use any digital mode. Setup is simple with the included plug and play USB sound card. Plug the appropriate cables into the sound card, and to the UV5R (use the imrfadaptor for the speaker port on the UV5R) and with a few simple configurations of the FLDigi software you’re ready to go!
