[chirp_users] Decoding BaoFeng 6+Power-On Message ?

[Peter]

Thanks Jim and Tom for your input regarding this string not disappearing 
after doing a factory reset.

So I'm not really sure how I managed to wipe out that string, but it's 
no longer present on either of my BaoFeng UV-82HP radios.  My notes show 
that one originally had a "date code" of 150602N and the other had a 
code of 170104N.

I do know that with this string cleared from both units, if I do a 
factory reset and then save the resulting settings from CHIRP, then the 
resulting images have the exact same bytecode.

Some time ago I started using CHIRP to configure both units 
identically.  It's possible that I decided it didn't make sense to carry 
that string from one unit to the other, and so I just elected to clear 
the string from both radios.  But unfortunately my notes don't tell me 
if that's actually what I did...

Regarding the significance of the string, rather than being a 
manufacture date, it might be a datestamp for a specific baseline of 
settings.  For instance, CHIRP shows that there a quite a few 
differences between these two files, even though they share the same 
base firmware:

N82-33 US2S35(140902N)(factory).img    14-May-2015 16:47 6.3K
N82-33 US2S35(150602N)(factory).img    12-Oct-2015 19:41    6.3K

I'm leaning towards this second interpretation, that the date represents 
a specific settings baseline.  And "N" might represent North American 
Band Plan or something similar?  But if anyone has a set of radios with 
unique strings that only vary by a few calendar days, then I believe 
that would invalidate this theory.

(Peter)


On 9/23/2018 3:46 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Peter <ptlambert at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> [...]
>> Also, does anyone have a radio that still displays this "6+Power-On
>> Message" after resetting the radio to factory defaults?
> Every one of mine. Just to be sure, I just performed firmware RESET my
> UV-82 and the 6+Power-On message was not affected.
>
>> Thanks...
>>
>> (Peter)
>
> Jim KC9HI
>