[chirp_users] New user, and question on diagnosing new radio

[Amnon Zohar]

you could have bought the same radio for much less

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/BAOFENG-UV-5R-Walkie-Talkie-UHF-VHF-Dual-Band-CB-Radio-uv5r-VOX-Flashlight-Dual-Display/32803983251.html?spm=2114.search0104.6.5.20c07690FJP3cG&s=p
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1pcs-Baofeng-UV-5R-VHF-UHF-400-520Mhz-Two-way-Radio-Walkie-Talkie-Earpiece/222720479758?epid=218831019&hash=item33db2cd20e:g:iKIAAOSwPzhaAWdX

2018-05-12 9:29 GMT+03:00 Tim Lavoie <tim.lavoie at gmail.com>:

> Hello all,
>
> Call me new to everything - brand new ham (VA7TJL), new Chirp user, and
> have a new radio. I've read docs, but please let me know if the questions
> are too dumb.
>
> I've picked up a Baofeng DM-5R, V3 as seen here:
> https://www.fleetwooddp.com/products/pre-order-baofeng-dm-
> 5r-v3-2018-digital-dmr-dual-band-amateur-ham-radio
>
> It shows up as BF-5R on the boot screen, but neither that nor DM-5R are
> listed as supported. I did see though that there are other Baofeng radios
> under new and unusual names, that might be supported as a variant of one
> that is known. If there is a way to tell if this is the case, I'm open to
> suggestions.
>
> The Windows software from the manufacturer does detect and read the config
> from the radio, but the USB device (radio with supplied cable) shows up in
> settings Win 10 settings as, "MCU MOUSE DEMO", under the "Bluetooth and
> other Devices" section. When I try to read from the radio in Chirp, there
> is nothing shown under Ports in the drop down. I can select Baofeng as the
> vendor, and a number of other models are listed. Similarly, under Linux
> (current x64 Mint, based on Ubuntu)
> , there is no known port that the software is looking for.
>
>   Ideas?
>
>   Cheers,
>   Tim
>
>
>
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Amnon
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