[chirp_users] UV-5RA - latest build

[Curley Frazier]

Baofeng Tech South Dakota

The v2+ is not a model we sell or support and this is the issue

Our models are CHIRP compatible
On Jun 8, 2016 8:33 PM, "Curley Frazier" <ricknbrook at gmail.com> wrote:

> My complaint
>
> Regarding Firmware. If you refuse to provide Firmware to CHIRP programmers
> I will stop supporting your business & stop using your radios. I have sent
> you a lot of sales because of CHIRP & how easy it is to use. I love your
> radios & CHIRP. Together they are great! Honestly your software sucks! It
> is very difficult to use. I will not try it again. I suggest you supply
> CHIRP with the UV-5RV2+ & any future firmware or I will boycott your
> products & send new radio interests elsewhere.
> On Jun 8, 2016 3:10 PM, "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Success !
>> >
>> > It ended up being three issues:
>> >
>> > 1) The speaker and mic jacks on my new UV-5RV2+ are not centered. They
>> > are off by a few mm. Therefore, my programming cable would not seat
>> > correctly. Trimmed the cable plug with a utility knife until it seated
>> > properly. Incidentally, my old UV-5RA has the jacks centered.
>> >
>> > 2) While trimming the cable plug, I accidentally cut the ground wire.
>> > After repairing that, the old UV-5RA could be read with CHIRP.
>> >
>> > 3) The 2014 version of CHIRP does not talk to the new UV-5RV2+. The
>> > latest build does work correctly with the UV-5RV2+. Thanks !
>> >
>> > A learning experience.
>> >
>> > 73,
>> > Steve, N2IC
>>
>> I'm glad to see you have it worked out.
>>
>> UV-5R style radio development for CHIRP has been quited active over
>> the last 4+ years. Except for a few recent models that chose not to
>> provide their firmware version, it you cannot program your UV-5R
>> variant, there is a 99% chance that it is a cabling problem (device
>> driver and/or connection of the cable to the radio).
>>
>> Jim KC9HI
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