You anywhere near Albuquerque? I just sat for and passed the Technician exam this weekend. Picked up Baofeng UV-82HP. So far, I've managed to reprogram one channel and change the display color. The manual is... lacking. Gonna have to find a teenager.
re: “ Gonna have to find a teenager. “
Order the programming cable and get a copy of the free program called CHIRP to program it ...
Get the plug in data cables (they hook into the earphone mike holes) and dl the program CHIRP to your computer. Plug your Baofeng into the usb through the data cable and dl the transmitters database. You can then edit it and ul the completed database into your Baofeng again. Very easy.