[chirp_users] UV-82 bricked?
Tom Henderson
Tue May 4 13:33:37 PDT 2021
OK, I'll admit being a complete dunderhead on this one. Wow.
Suffice it to say there were pain medications involved. Passing a kidney
stone.
Tom Henderson
On 5/4/21 3:15 PM, Frederick R. McDougall wrote:
> Tom
> 25.4 mm = 2.54 cm = (aprox) 1 English inch
> This is also very close to 1 American inch. The main problem in the
> imperial system besides the very arbitrary unit sizes is the problem
> of every country using THEIR standard unit. As a Canuck I grew up
> knowing that precision measurements required specifying the standard.
>
> Can we please drop this hijack and get back to the question.
>
> Fred VA6FRM
>
> On Tue., May 4, 2021, 07:50 Tom Henderson, <Tom at henderson4.us
> <mailto:Tom at henderson4.us>> wrote:
>
> Odd that you have to give them 10 inches before they take the mile
> in Metric. In Imperial you only have to give them an inch (2.54 mm).
>
> Tom Henderson
>
> On 5/2/21 7:11 PM, Chaplain Dave Sparks wrote:
>> Well, you know what they say about the metric nerds:
>>
>> "Give them 25.4 mm. and they'll take 1.6 km."
>>
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>> On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 3:27 PM Chuck Hast <kp4djt at gmail.com
>> <mailto:kp4djt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Yep but getting them to change is like pulling hens teeth,
>> or get the metric thing done. On the second one, my car
>> is metric, my radios are metric, my appliances are metric,
>> but go to the hardware store and buy metric hardware...
>> They have it but it is just 3x more than SAE...
>>
>> So getting rid of the term codeplug falls in that area...
>>
>> On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 4:50 PM Tony Ling <tonyg7txu at gmail.com
>> <mailto:tonyg7txu at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> The rather unhelpful term 'codeplug' originates from an
>> EPROM based hardware key which AMTRAK train drivers
>> inserted into a Motorola radio in the cab. This term
>> pre-dates digital radios by decades.
>> It is the source of much confusion, and I much prefer the
>> term 'configuration file' which is much more descriptive
>> and far less obfuscating.
>>
>> On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 at 20:31, D.J.J. Ring, Jr.
>> <n1ea at arrl.net <mailto:n1ea at arrl.net>> wrote:
>>
>> The Baofeng UV-82 doesn't use "codeplugs" as it is an
>> analog radio, also CHIRP isn't for digital radios,
>> just analog.
>>
>> Michal are you using the incorrect terminology, or
>> are you talking about a different model which IS digital?
>>
>> 73
>> David N1EA
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 8:32 AM Michal Smialowski
>> <mooksmd at gmail.com <mailto:mooksmd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I have a Baofeng UV-82 that was programmed, I
>> downloaded the codeplug, added a frequency then
>> uploaded the new codeplug to the radio.
>> When I went to turn the radio back on, there was
>> only a faint display visible on the top line.
>> It looks like a series of black rectangles.
>> Doesn't go beyond that, no channel, no frequency,
>> none of the keys respond. I tried taking the
>> battery out and turning it back on... no help.
>> Tried downloading front the radio... nothing.
>> Is the radio bricked or is there something else
>> that I can try ?
>> tnx
>> Mike VE7SML
>>
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