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

Matthieu Lochey
Sat May 12 00:24:26 PDT 2018


Hi Amnon Zohar
It's not the same radio.
This new one have:
Mode DMR, TDMA, Tier 2, 2 TimeSlot.


Le 12/05/2018 à 09:05, Amnon Zohar a écrit :
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <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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