[chirp_users] UV-5RA - latest build

[Trevor Holyoak]

Uh oh. Is the V2+ the one that Woot just liquidated?

> Curley Frazier <mailto:ricknbrook at gmail.com>
> Wednesday, June 08, 2016 8:40 PM
>
> Baofeng Tech South Dakota
>
> The v2+ is not a model we sell or support and this is the issue
>
> Our models are CHIRP compatible
>
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> Curley Frazier <mailto:ricknbrook at gmail.com>
> Wednesday, June 08, 2016 8:33 PM
>
> 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.
>
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> Jim Unroe <mailto:rock.unroe at gmail.com>
> Wednesday, June 08, 2016 3:09 PM
>
> 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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> Steve London <mailto:n2icarrl at gmail.com>
> Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:51 PM
> 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
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> Tom Hayward <mailto:tom at tomh.us>
> Wednesday, June 08, 2016 11:37 AM
>
> This is always how you should do it. Never upload a .img to a radio
> different than it was downloaded from. You never know what could be in
> that .img file that may not be compatible with a different radio due
> to differing firmware versions, etc.
>
> Always start by downloading from radio, save that .img as a backup.
> Then you can start copy/pasting or importing channels from various
> sources. Save as a new file so as not overwrite your backup, then
> upload to radio.
>
> Tom KD7LXL
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