[chirp_users] Chirp Baofeng UV5RA Settings

[Jim Unroe]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:24 AM, Jeff Widen <dftd3 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> In the advanced settings section for a Baofeng UV5RA in Chirp there is a
> "RESET menu" enable check box and "ALL menus" enable check box. What do
> these do?
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>

Hi Jeff,

When "RESET Menu" is not ticked, menu 40 (RESET) is not available to the
user when the radio is in MR/Channel Mode.

When "All Menus" is not ticked, none of the radio's menus are available to
the user when the radio is in MR/Channel Mode.

Unfortunately, once the user taps the [VFO/MR] key and puts the radio into
VFO/Frequency Mode, all menus are available to the user no matter what the
settings for "RESET Menu" and "All Menus" happen to be.

There is no way, in the typical UV-5R family of radios (see link below), to
keep the user from accessing VFO/Frequency mode. This pretty much
diminishes the usefulness of these settings.

Import Communications' most recent F-11 (private label UV-5R), on the other
hand, has a custom firmware that allows the [VFO/MR] key to be disabled.
Disabling the [VFO/MR] key with the radio in MR/Channel Mode keeps the user
in that mode and allows the "RESET Menu" and "All Menus" settings function
as intended.

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Baofeng_UV5R_Variants

Jim KC9HI
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