[chirp_users] Can't transmit freqs above 147.975

[Jim Unroe]

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 12:40 AM Jefrey Johnson <jefjohnson5091 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I have a UV-5R and I am not able to transmit any vhf freq above 147.975.  I can program in 148.000 but all I get when I try to transmit is "Beep".
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> I am using CHIRP ver daily-20210930
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> 1st time user, don't know if I am doing this correctly.  Please advise.
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> Thanks,
>
> Jef

You have one of several new models that only transmits within the USA
ham bands: 144-148 MHz and 420-460 MHz. Any frequency outside of those
ranges is RX only. The one sold by Radioddity is called the GT-5R.

https://www.radioddity.com/products/baofeng-gt-5r

As you can see from the Radioddity page, they tend to cost less
($24.99) than the radios that can TX across the whole 130-179 MHz and
400-520 MHz ranges, so many owners mistakenly purchased them to get
the "lowest price".

Jim KC9HI