[chirp_users] Entering airband frequencies

[Jim Unroe]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 4:55 PM Roland Welte <roland.welte at bluewin.ch> wrote:
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> I am using Chirp Next with a BAOFENG 5RX radio. Since this particular radio is not among the supported devices I select radio BAOFENG UV-5R, which generally works fine. However, the 5RX radio covers airband frequencies (108-136 MHz) which the UV-5R does not, so Chirp won’t let me enter airband frequencies (although downloading these frequencies from the radio works fine). Is there a trick to circumvent Chirp’s validity checks when entering frequencies?
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> Your help with this is very much appreciated,
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> Roland

The UV-5R support is limited to the bands that the radio supports. But
there is currently development going on for this model and a test
driver module available for testing and feedback. Searching the CHIRP
Activity page with '5rx' will currently bring up the active issue
(#11046) at the top of the list. I have provided a direct link to the
ticket below.

https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/11046

The current vendor/device selections are currently Baofeng / UV-5RX
but I have plans to change that to '5RX' with the next test build or
submission.

Please test the driver module and provide feedback.

Jim KC9HI