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HTML
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.3/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<div id="radioset">
<input type="radio" id="174928" name="freq"><label value="174928" class="tooltip" for="174928">5A</label>
<input type="radio" id="176640" name="freq"><label value="176640" class="tooltip" for="176640">5B</label>
</div>
<button id="trigger">Trigger Change Event 5A</button>
<button id="trigger2">Trigger Change Event 5B</button>
JavaScript
$(function() {
$( "#radioset" ).buttonset();
})
$('#trigger').click(function(){
$("#174928").attr('checked', true);
});
$('#trigger2').click(function(){
$("#176640").attr('checked', true);
});