The Baofeng Operator’s Bundle: Plain-English Guide + Field Communications Manual
$47.00
Two guides. One complete radio operator. Your First Baofeng gets you out of the box and operational — every control explained, legal frequencies, family communications plan, 17-channel starter list. The Baofeng Field Communications Manual takes you the rest of the way — repeaters, improvised field antennas, digital modes, SOI planning, COMSEC, and the report formats used by special operations. Buy together and save $7. Instant PDF download, both files delivered immediately.
Description
There are two phases of Baofeng competence. Most people never make it to the second one.
Phase one is operational: the radio works, you know what the buttons do, your family has a channel and a check-in time, and NOAA weather is programmed in. That’s what Your First Baofeng covers. It takes most people one afternoon and turns a drawer radio into a functional preparedness tool.
Phase two is employment: you know how to extend your range through repeaters, build a field antenna from wire when you need one, plan a communications network with rotating frequencies and authentication, send a SALUTE report cold under pressure, and operate in a way that doesn’t hand your adversary information about where you are and who you’re talking to. That’s what the Baofeng Field Communications Manual covers.
Most guides stop at phase one. This bundle doesn’t.
What’s Included
Your First Baofeng: The Prepper’s Plain-English Radio Guide — Retail $17
The missing manual Baofeng doesn’t put in the box. Written for preppers and off-grid families with no radio background. Every control explained in plain English. The legal landscape made simple — what you can listen to for free, what you can transmit on without a license, and when the $35 GMRS license is worth getting. NOAA weather setup. A 17-channel starter list ready to program from the page. Battery best practices. A fillable family communications plan template. What to do step by step in an actual emergency.
Baofeng Field Communications Manual: Repeaters, Antennas, Digital Modes & COMSEC — Retail $37
The operational layer most guides never reach. The three roles of field communications — Sustainment, Tactical, and Clandestine — and how each one changes your configuration and technique. Repeater access and programming from scratch. Three antenna upgrade paths including improvised wire antennas with calculated element lengths for common prepper frequencies. The SOI planning framework used by military and special operations units adapted for civilian preparedness networks. The SARNEG authentication system. SALUTE, ANGUS, BORIS, and 9-line MEDEVAC report formats with worked examples. Digital modes — APRS, Winlink, VARA FM. Five COMSEC principles that change how you operate. The ham Technician license path for those who want it.
Why These Two Together
The beginner guide answers the question every new Baofeng owner has: how do I actually use this thing?
The field manual answers the question every serious prepper eventually reaches: how do I use this thing when it really matters and I can’t afford to get it wrong?
The gap between those two questions is where most preparedness radio content leaves you. This bundle closes it.
Together they cover the full spectrum from first-time programming to operational communications planning — the same radio, the same $30 piece of gear, taken as far as it can go by an operator who knows what they’re doing.
What You Get
Both PDF guides delivered immediately after purchase. Your First Baofeng — 8 chapters, controls reference, 17-channel starter list, fillable communications plan template. Baofeng Field Communications Manual — 7 chapters, complete frequency reference appendix, report format cards for SALUTE, ANGUS, BORIS, and MEDEVAC, antenna construction guides with calculated element lengths. Print as many copies as you need for personal household use. Compatible with all UV-5R variants and most other Baofeng dual-band radios.
Both guides are part of the Foundations of Personal Preparedness program at Survival Technician. The full course at survivaltechnician.com ties radio communications into the broader preparedness framework — water, food, medical, security, and communications as an integrated system.
⚠ Legal note: Transmitting on many frequencies covered in these guides requires an FCC amateur radio license. Both guides clearly mark every frequency with its license requirement. Where COMSEC techniques have legal implications, they are presented for academic and preparedness education purposes.
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