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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i>Jim Unroe,<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>“</i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>One thing you can do is use CHIRP to set either <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(or both or some combination) of the band limits<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>to 100 MHz and 999 MHz.”</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Could you send me instructions on how to do this? I could not find <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>anywhere in the chirp menu settings to allow me to modify the band <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>limits. I have a 127.8 Frequency I would like to attempt to program <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>into my Baofeng UV-5R. Any help would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Thanks again, Tom</i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><pre>Bench testing has shown the actual transmit range of an <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>expanded 150/450 MHz UV-5R to be:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> VHF range 136 - 174 MHz expands to 127.8 - 176.0 <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>MHz<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> UHF range 400 - 520 MHz expands to 383.5 - 524.3 <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>MHz<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Outside of that range, the radio would either not transmit <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>or was unstable. Receiver coverage drops off sharply to <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>zero outside the factory specified range.<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>_________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>“Yes. The way CHIRP is packaged is different than it was when <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>this "hack" was floating around.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>“One thing you can do is use CHIRP to set either (or both or some<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>combination) of the band limits to 100 MHz and 999 MHz. That will allow you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>to key any STEP compatible frequency from 100.0000 MHz to 999.9975 MHz into<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>the VFO. If you discover an out-of-band frequency that works for you, then<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>you can program it into a channel manually and CHIRP will honor it just<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>fine (just don't try to edit it within CHIRP).”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Jim KC9HI</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>