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

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

It's a UV-B5.


> On 03 February 2019 at 15:37 Ernst Niebur <ernst.niebur at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 
>     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
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>     On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 2:39 PM Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF < nigel at ngunn.net mailto:nigel at ngunn.net > wrote:
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>         > > 
> >         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 mailto: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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> >         Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032
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Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032
Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail nigel at ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net
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