[chirp_users] Baofeng Radios Power Column

[Jim Unroe]

On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 10:51 PM Glenn At Home <GlennErvin at cableone.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I was just looking over my CSV files for my Baofeng radios, and I didn't notice a column for power.
> I thought there was a column that we could put in hi or a numeric value.
> If not, how do I do this in Chirp?
> Thanks.
> Glenn
>
Hi Glenn,

CSV files are not radio specific. They only contain the settings that
are not radios specific. For example the RX frequency would be the
same no matter which radio Vendor/Model you loaded it into. The TX
CTCSS tone would be the same no matter what radio Vendor/Model you
loaded it into. The power level is not common across all radio
Vendor/Model radio you loaded it into (50 watts from a mobile radio
cannot load into a UV-5R) so it is not available in a CHIRP compatible
CSV file.

As Nigel mentioned, the native CHIRP Radio Images File (*.img) is
where each radio's Vendor/Model specific settings are saved to and
retrieved from.

Jim KC9HI