[chirp_users] UV50X2

[Darby Collier]

Thank you so much for trying!!!

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 08:01 Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Darby,
>
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 11:59 PM Darby Collier <collier.darby at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > Here are the two images. Also I know beyond the scope of CHIRP probably
> at this point so thank you again. I see it still reverts to those two ghost
> channels.  Also interesting is that when the radio reboots after upload and
> download, the A and B channels are both then on channel 0 (programmed as 2m
> Calling) every single time. I guess because the channels it thinks it is
> are not even programmed at all....
>
> What you might try is copying channel 0 to channel 191 and channel 1
> into channel 144 to see what happens after the cloning process
> completes.
>
> >
> > I did as you instructed and changed them manually both to 15. When I try
> to do that via the number pad by typing 015 (on both channels it does this)
> it beeps and goes to 014 instead so I had to manually scroll up to 15 to
> change it. Even still...as you can see the radio is  h changing them to
> channels 191 and 144 which are not programmed at all.....I did not change
> "uploaded" image from what I have sent already. This is what downloads from
> the radio....
> >
>
> Unfortunately these radios don't select 1 digit and 2 digit channel
> numbers from the keypad the same way that a typical Baofeng handheld
> radio does by keying in the full 3 digit channel number (pressing
> [0][0][7] to select channel 7 or [0][1][5] to select channel 15 as in
> your example). What I have found the most reliable is to keep tapping
> the first digit of the channel number you want until you see that
> digit currently selected as the single digit channel number and then
> follow it with any remaining digits.
>
> To select channel 15
> Tap [1]  # if the small channel number displayed shows " 11" or "111"
> then repeat this step
> Tap [5]
>
> But as you have noticed, more often than not, the radio will beep and
> the channel will change to 14. This is clearly a bug in the radio.
>
> None of the bits flipped after you manually selected channel 15 on
> both display lines. Your radio definitely has the bytes for the MR A
> channel: and MR B channel: display lines stuck on channels 191 and 144
> respectively. The radio appears only to read these bytes when it boots
> because it sounds like the radio works normally otherwise, right.
>
> This is nothing that CHIRP can overcome. My only recommendation would
> be use channels 191 and 144 as your preselected "call" channels for MR
> A channel: and MR B channel:.
>
> Jim KC9HI
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