Baofeng 1701 Find Save Scan OpenGD77

This is a quick post that will explain how to scan frequencies, save frequencies, and then scan them. This post is for the Baofeng DM 1701 with OpenGD77 installed. If yours has the stock / original software, this process will be different. If you are just interested in receiving signals like I am, and finding as many DMR frequencies as you can, make sure most filters are turned off. The only filter I have on is CC scan. All the rest are turned off. Or to "none" as they are called on this radio. On some radios and to some people, it's referred to as promiscuous mode.

How to find / scan for new frequencies

When it comes to scanning for new frequencies, the user has to set a low frequency and a high frequency. Then scan in between the low and high frequency setting. To do this press the red button to get into VFO / manual frequency mode. Long press the up arrow and two frequencies [or two blank spaces for entering frequencies] on the left and right should appear at the bottom of the screen.

Then, type the frequency you want to start the scan from, which would be the lower frequency. Once done press the green button. Now do the same for the high frequency on the other side. Once done press / long press the up arrow and the radio should start scanning within the frequency range you have just set. Example: from 430MHz [low] - 440MHz [high].

How to save frequencies

If you find a good frequency while scanning and want to save it, first press the green button once so the scan stops / stays at that frequency permanently and doesn't continue scanning once the signal is no longer being received. Now press the highest button on the side of the radio, the one above the PTT button. There you will see a menu. Scroll down until you come to "VFO  --> New chan". Select that [green button] and it will ask you to confirm that you want to save the frequency to a new channel. Press Yes [green button]. And that's it, the channel has been saved.

Scanning saved frequencies

To scan the frequencies that have been saved, toggle between VFO and channel mode by pressing the red button on the keypad. Once in channel mode, perform a scan by long pressing the up arrow. The radio will now start scanning through the channels you have saved. Hope this helped you out.