[chirp_users] Retevis RA 685: Transmit open, but not on programmed channels

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Or program them into a legal radio.

> On 16/03/2022 12:51 Andreas Führmann via chirp_users <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hm…so I will have to program these channels manually.
> 
> > Am 16.03.2022 um 13:25 schrieb Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com>:
> > 
> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 7:05 AM Andreas Führmann via chirp_users
> > <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hi there,
> >> 
> >> just aquired an RA 685 and programmed it with Chirp. For emergency reasons I have also added frequencies outside of the ham band. Now the mistery begins. The radio came open with transmit from 136 to 178 MHz and from 400 to 480 MHz, which is working without any problem but only in VFO mode. When I go to channel mode f.I. on 446 MHz (European PMR), it will not transmit. Maybe I‘ve overseen a check box or is there any trick to overcome this issue? Thanks in advance.
> >> 
> >> 73 de DC3AFA, Andy
> > 
> > Hi Andy,
> > 
> > It is not a mystery. CHIRP has been programmed to behave the same way
> > the factory programming software works (TX/RX 144-148 MHz and 430-440
> > MHz). Unlike the factory software, CHIRP allows you to also add RX
> > only frequencies in the 136-174 MHz and 400-480 MHz range.
> > 
> > Jim KC9HI
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