[chirp_users] UV-5RE Plus Working Model Settings query

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

When you switch the radio back on it comes up on which ever channels it was displaying when you switched it off.

> On 16/05/2022 09:32 Ken Hansen <ken at n2vip.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> I just scanned the UV-5R manual and could find no mention of such a 'feature' or 'setting', I suspect this is something enabled in the CHIRP software interface that is not supported by the Baofeng radio itself.
> 
> The closest function setting I could find were the "MDF-A" and "MDF-B" that determine what is displayed (freq, ch, or name) for the A and B sides of the receiver.
> 
> Ken, N2VIP
> 
> > On May 16, 2022, at 07:43, dpbarry at barryweb.co.uk wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Folks.
> > 
> > Have just set up my UV-5RE Plus with relevant channels and settings but 
> > one that is causing me a bit of a head scratcher in the Work Mode 
> > Settings is the MR A Channel and MR B Channel.
> > 
> > Maybe I'm misunderstanding this but I set these two fields up to hold 
> > location 16 and location 60 as 'Defaults' so that no matter what channel 
> > I left it at when I switched the radio off, when I switched it back on 
> > again, it would revert back to the 'Defaults'
> > 
> > If I have understood this facility correctly, it isn't doing it. If I 
> > move off a default channel using the up or down arrow then switch the 
> > radio off then back on again, it stays at the last positions - it 
> > doesn't revert back to the defaults.
> > 
> > Have I misintrepreted this??
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Declan
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