[chirp_users] UV-5RA not working

[Clarence York]

I bought a BaoFeng BF-F8HP several weeks ago along with a BaoFeng
programming cable. Downloaded software from the download site and
everything has worked perfectly. First time I had ever used the radio or
the software. Perhaps you have a bad cable.
Clarence
KM4FTG



On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Herb Gerhardt <hgerhardt at wavecable.com>
wrote:

> I keep reading of folks who say Chirp does not work for them especially
> when
> programming others radios.
>
> I too program UV-5RA radios for a number of my friends since I am the only
> one with a good programming cable that I bought at HRO for $17 but the more
> I read, the more I am glad I bought from a Ham Radio Dealer and not low
> discount dealers.  Mine works fine on all radios I have used it on......
>
> Now as far as programming many different UV-5R radios and the different
> version of that radio.   I too had problem loading the program to the
> different radios but figured out real quick, that every radio seems to have
> an internal date code of some sort and will not allow you to write to the
> radio UNLESS you first read that particular radio.  Then save that file
> just
> in case you need it.  Also make a copy of that file and save it under a
> different name.  Now change the memory channels and other programming
> parameters as you desire.  I generally just delete all memory channels that
> were on that radio and then IMPORT the memory channels from my personal
> radio and change the frequencies to what the other person wants.
>
> This method has worked flawlessly for me in programming a number of radios
> regardless of which recent version of Chirp that I have on my computer.
> The
> secret is to first read the radio and change that particular file to what
> you want and them write it back to that particular radio.  Trying to write
> a
> file that works on one radio to another radio just does not work, at least
> not for me.  Once you learn how to program it, you can't beat this $35
> radio.
>
>
> Herb, KB7UVC
> NW APRS Group, West Sound Coordinator
> Our WEB Site:  http://www.nwaprs.info
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com
> [mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Jim Unroe
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 10:21 AM
> To: Discussion of CHIRP
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] UV-5RA not working
>
> Rick,
>
> I sound like you tried to program your coworkers radios with an older
> version of CHIRP and then upgraded. This allowed you to cross-load
> .img files between radios with N5R firmware and radio with pre-N5R
> firmware. This should not be done because receive will be muted.
>
> The recovery procedure is on the miklor.com website.
>
> http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Recovery.php#N5R
>
> Jim KC9HI
>
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