[chirp_users] limitations of baofeng uv-5r

[Amnon Zohar]

maybe they were both actualy on the top limit of 176??
you should try with a radio that has 223 within its limit to make sure

2016-05-27 1:42 GMT+03:00 Ted Roby <ted.roby at gmail.com>:

> The default settings for Baofeng uv-5r include the following ranges:
>
> 130 - 176 (VHF)
> 400 - 520 (UHF)
>
> However, I was able to successfully raise the VHF range to 130 - 225.
> I did not attempt to go higher than 225 as I wanted to cover HAM
> frequencies in my area.
>
> After raising the limit of VHF in Other Settings, I was able to manually
> program a range of fm simplex frequencies through the radio itself.
>
> However, CHIRP does not allow me to program the 135cm band into memory,
> and states that it is out of supported range for this radio. I am able to
> download these modifications from the radio, but I cannot modify through
> CHIRP.
>
> Can this limit be raised in the driver?
>
> For verification I was able to tx from one uv-5r to another on 223.580
> simplex.
>
>
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Amnon
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