<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt">There is one Chinese radio capable of decoding and encoding<br>DTMF/2Tone/5Tone. I don't recall if Chirp has the ability to<br>add and manipulate Optional Signaling but the OEM software<br>certainly does. You can also sleep and awaken the radio<br>remotely with 5Tone signaling. The radio is a dual band 50/40<br>watt mobile rig called the Anytone AT-5888UV which Chirp <br>does support. But again, I couldn't say for sure if Chirp supports<br>Optional Signaling with the AT-5888UV, I'm not around either<br>radio at the moment to look around. <br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande,
sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> ddubois <woody2@questiongravity.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, December 8, 2013 4:21 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] Tuning step roadblock<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>I haven't done any side-by-side tests between the UV-5B and the IC-F14 <br clear="none">yet, but not being able to decode a 2-tone page signal is a big strike <br clear="none">against the Baofeng right out of the gate. The F14 drives me a bit crazy <br clear="none">not having a display, so you don't know which channel you're hearing <br clear="none">during scan mode... so I was really wanting the Baofeng to have the
same <br clear="none">functionality and more. Bummer.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thanks to all involved in creating and maintaining CHIRP... I had a <br clear="none">remarkably short learning curve, esp. since Jim was so fast to reply to <br clear="none">my bug.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Doug<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 12/8/2013 2:33 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:<div class="yqt6930113029" id="yqtfd64866"><br clear="none">> Doug,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> CHIRP will program a great number of brands and models of radios. Each <br clear="none">> type or radio (or family of radios) needs a specific driver that <br clear="none">> matches up to that radio's capabilities. CHIRP cannot make a radio do <br clear="none">> something that is isn't capable of doing. In this case, the UV-B5 (or <br clear="none">> any of the Chinese radios that I am familiar with) are not capable of <br clear="none">>
decoding a 2-tone page signal. So you won't see that functionality for <br clear="none">> the UV-B5 in CHIRP.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> You will only be able to use a CTCSS tone or a DTCS code for selective <br clear="none">> squelch operations. But be careful setting up a receive tone or code. <br clear="none">> If you don't know how to do it properly, your settings could wind up <br clear="none">> programming a channel that will never hear anything. Having no Rx <br clear="none">> CTCSS tone or Rx DTCS code always work (but you may hear other station <br clear="none">> on the channel that you may not want to).<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Jim KC9HI<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">chirp_users mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com"
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