[chirp_users] baofeng uv-5x3 not able to program

[Jim Unroe]

Hi Greg,

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 10:05 AM Greg Cholka <wcsa at wi.rr.com> wrote:
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> I have a baofeng UV-5x3 radio. Chirp says to use uv-5r to program.
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> After I select that radio and try to load it, the screen on my computer says
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> “radio identifies as BTECH UV-5X3” Please choose the proper vendor/model and try again.
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> I can only use uv-5r to program according the instructions with chirp. It says that this program will work with my radio. But does not.
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> What can I do?
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> Thanks,
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> Greg

If it is a BTech UV-5X3 from Baofeng Tech (the radio dealer in the
USA), you just use...

Vendor: BTECH
Model: UV-5X3

...to program your radio. These are the selections programming into
CHIRP to support this radio model.

My guess is that you have a tab that was created from a Baofeng UV-5R
and are trying to upload it into a BTech UV-5X3. You cannot "swap"
images between these 2 radio models because they are not compatible.

The quick and dirty way to get the channels from a UV-5R into a UV-5X3
radio would be to download from the BTech UV-5X3 to create a 2nd tab.
Then copy and past the channels from the UV-5R tab to the UV-5X3 tab
and then upload to the UV-5X3

Jim KC9HI