[chirp_users] retevis rt-5rv

Jim Unroe
Tue Nov 8 15:37:18 PST 2016


On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Tom Simonson <tom at tsimonson.com> wrote:
> I have used Chirp with Baofeng and BTech radios. I may have the occasion
> to program some retevis rt-5rv radios. They look quite similar to the
> retevis rt-5r (with just the addition of a chrome screen over the
> speaker), and appear to be like the Baofeng UV-5r radios.
>
> I assume that they are part of the same family as the Baofeng 5 series
> radios. Chirp does have an entry for the retevis rt-5r, but not for the
> retevis rt-5rV variant. I expect that they are functionally the same
> (for programming basic functionality e.g. channels, channel names etc.),
> but can anybody confirm that they can be programmed with the 5R selected?
>
> --
> Tom Simonson, Alameda CA (tom at tsimonson.com)

>From the Baofeng UV5R Variants list...

RT-5R/RT-5RV (Retevis)

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

So just use Baofeng/UV-5R (the Retevis/RT-5R selection is just an
alias to the UV-5R selection).

Jim KC9HI



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