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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jim,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> I will double check but I think I used Chirp to program 220 on my UV5RC. I did change the other settings in the radio before trying Chirp but I don’t recall any problems. I’ll volunteer to try the new version if it required modifications.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alan – W6ARH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> chirp_devel-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_devel-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Unroe<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [chirp_devel] [UV-5R] Support for 144/220 Model and Band Expansion<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'd like to look into expanding the CHIRP UV-5R driver to work with the newly released 144/220 models (UV-5RAX and others). I have acquired 2 CHIRP image files from 2 different owners of this model, and there doesn't appear (to me anyway) to be anything in the file that can be used to distinguish if the image came from a 144/440 model or a 144/220 model. I'm pretty sure using the firmware version would be a bad idea.<br><br>What I have currently done is to expand the programmable bands to be<br><br> rf.valid_bands = [(100000000, 199999999), (200000000, 999999999)]<br><br>This makes the VHF/UHF band split at 200 MHz and should be compatible with both radio models and the OEM software. It also allows the user to program all frequencies that the UV-5R is capable of accepting. It will still be up to the user to determine the useability of the frequency entered.<br><br>The appropriate changes would also be made to the Work Mode A/B VFO Frequency presets so the correct band will be automatically selected (the VHF/UHF split is currently at 400 MHz).<br><br>What I have done works fine on my old BFB231 144/440 model. I'm ready to try it out on some other radios but I thought I'd come here and solicit some feedback before I asked for volunteers to test what I have done.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Jim KC9HI<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>