[chirp_users] Wouxun Tx Inhibit

[Jim Unroe]

On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Phil - w2lie <w2lie at w2lie.net> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone had a trick to keep the Wouxun KG-UV8D from
> transmitting when it is setup to receive outside the Amateur Radio Band.
>
> The Baofeng radios have the ability to set the duplex to "off", but that
> does not seem to be supported on the Wouxun.
>
> Chirp is smart enough to check the offset when I import the CSV file, so
> I can't offset + 70.000 either.
>
> Anyone have any tricks up their sleeves for this one, besides setting
> the split to something low in the amateur band at low power?
>
> Thanks

The radio has to support this. The KG-UV6D does, so either the KG-UV8D
doesn't or the developer didn't implement it.

If you can use the OEM software to program a channel with the TX
frequency removed and the radio won't TX on that channel, then it can
probably be implemented.

Jim KC9HI