[chirp_users] Fwd: Baofeng UV-B6 not supported?

[Ernst Niebur]

Sorry, I may not have been clear.

The problem is that the model does not appear in the drop-down menu of
Chirp. When I select the Baofeng make, there is a dozen or so different
models (like UV-5R, UV-B6 etc) but _not_ the UV-B6


On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 2:39 PM Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel at ngunn.net>
wrote:

> Not unusual with chinese radios to find that a "new model" is just a
> rebadged something else.
>
> You might find that calling it by another model name works.
>
>
> On 03 February 2019 at 14:18 Ernst Niebur <ernst.niebur at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I just subscribed to this list. Could not find an answer to my question in
> the FAQ section, so I hope it is OK to ask here.
>
> I am using chirpw on an Ubuntu system. It is the newest version, CHIRP
> daily-20190201. I have been using it for a while for two different Baofeng
> UV-5Rs and it works fine.
>
> I then ordered a Baofeng UV-B6 which arrived last week. Before ordering
> it, I made sure it is in the list of supported models. So I tried first to
> download whatever is stored on the radio and I planned to then modify that
> (this is what I did with the UV-5Rs). However, I found that the UV-B6 is
> not in the drop-down list of models I can choose. The UV-B5 is listed but
> when I tried this setting it did not work.
>
> Help?
>
> Thank you!
>
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