[chirp_devel] [PATCH] Avoid confusing BTECH UV-5X3 users with UV-5X driver

[Jim Unroe]

> Avoid confusing BTECH UV-5X3 users with UV-5X driver
>
> Reportedly people that are buying the (new) BTECH UV-5X3 radio
> are confused and choosing the Baofeng UV-5X model from the menus,
> which won't work. Many are just outright returning the radio as
> a result, assuming it's broken.
>
> Since there are a million UV-5R variants and this is likely to
> get worse, this patch adds a blacklist of similar magic strings
> from radios that may be confused easily. If we fail to probe the
> radio that was selected, we can probe for the blacklist magics,
> and if any reply, raise a specific error to the user indicating
> that they chose the wrong model.
>
> #4539

Works as expected. Thanks.

Jim KC9HI