[chirp_users] Linking Both A and B channel banks on UV-5R

[Stan Walkowski]

Jim,
Thanks.  Just what I thought.  I guess you can't expect much from a $25
radio.  Still a good value though.
Stan

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Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Linking Both A and B channel banks on UV-5R

On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 12:07 AM Stan Walkowski <stan.walkowski at cox.net>
wrote:
>
> Re: UV-5R
>
> Question: Does anyone know how to link both A and B channel banks
together, so when you change one, the other follows along?
>
> Why?:  Many of us put the name (Alpha tag) of the freq in A Bank and the
freq (Numeric Value) in B Bank.  It would be nice to have the radio retain
memory channel compatibility when changing one or the other.
>
>
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Stan

Hi Stan,

The UV-5R only has 1 "bank" of 128 (0-127) memories. The radio's 2
display lines (A and B) have equal access this 1 bank. Except that
they both must be either in MR/channel mode or VFO/frequency mode,
each display line is independent from the other. They cannot be
automatically synchronized to the same memory. If you want them to
both on the same memory, you have to select them both manually.

To get this SYNC capability in a Baofeng like radio you need to get a
BTech UV-5X3 from Baofeng Tech (the radio dealer in the USA). The
BTech line of 2 and 4 band mobile radios also has this SYNC feature.
The lower cost and similarly named Radioddity/Baofeng UV-5RX3 is just
a UV-5R with the 220 MHz band added. It does not have SYNC or any of
the other added features of the BTech model.

Jim KC9HI
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