[chirp_users] Can't transmit freqs above 147.975

[Ken Hansen]

Not to put on my radio salesman's cap, but the GT-5R radio is promoted as having a cleaner signal and proper limits on TX for amateur use. Dave Casler did a video exploring this radio when it first came out:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1JyM8oNtoaE

Just a little more info on this particular radio,

Ken, N2VIP

> On Oct 6, 2021, at 08:01, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 12:40 AM Jefrey Johnson <jefjohnson5091 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> 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".
>> 
>> I am using CHIRP ver daily-20210930
>> 
>> 1st time user, don't know if I am doing this correctly.  Please advise.
>> 
>> 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
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