<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Sam,<br><br></div>I just looked on the page you gave and UV-5RTP is <b>not</b> listed on the page. I used the "find in page" (control f) twice, it is not there.<br><b><br>BF-F8HP</b> is there. See list pasted here. It is the ONLY high power radio "HP".<br><br>BF-F8HP <em>(in daily builds)</em><br><em>Also includes the BF-F9V2+</em><br><em>Also includes the GT-3TP</em><br><em>Also includes the UV-5R TP</em><br><br></div>BF-F8HP is also listed in my version of chirp-daily which I haven't updated for a month and a half.<br>CHIRP daily-20141210<br><br></div>What should happen is that the CHIRP main page should have UV-5RTP listed under BF-F8HP.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Oh, I see it now, it is listed as UV5R TP - there is a space between UV5R and TP, that's why "find" could not find it.<br><br></div><div>So there you go the page tells you to use BF-F8HP - so everything agrees, right?<br><br></div><div>I'm posting to the CHIRP List so they can see the resolution, your answer to the list also please.<br></div><div><br>73<br></div>David N1EA<br><div><div><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Sam C <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kd0pld@gmail.com" target="_blank">kd0pld@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">CHIRP does indeed list support for my model: <a href="http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home" target="_blank">http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home</a><div><br></div><div>It is right on their home page listed as I pointed out before. </div><div><br></div><div>Also, the dealer I purchased from stated that the UV-5R programming software was correct and the poster of the video below, reviewing the UV-5RTP shows a different software version, VIP for UV5R, working.<br><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUv92tJk_8s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUv92tJk_8s</a><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>I noted a comment below the video sy=stating that the correct radio drop down is not the UV-5R as the name implies, but the BF-F8HP as the firmware would indicate.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your help. Of all the model mis-name, this has to be the worst. The only thing that this radio has in relation to the UV-5R it is named after is the case.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Sam</div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 10:59 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net" target="_blank">n1ea@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Here is the real model information.<br><br></div>If your radio is a high power one, there is ONLY one HP version.<br><a href="https://baofengtech.com/CompareChart" target="_blank">https://baofengtech.com/CompareChart</a><br><br></div>David<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 11:53 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net" target="_blank">n1ea@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Baofeng lets sellers pick their own model numbers. I don't know if that's part of the problem.<br><br>The listing of the Daily Builds does not list the model you say is listed namely UV-5RTP.<br><br><a href="http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/Model_Support.html" target="_blank">http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/Model_Support.html</a><br><br>Baofeng BF-888<br><b>Baofeng BF-F8HP</b><br>Baofeng F-11<br>Baofeng UV-3R<br>Baofeng UV-5R<br>Baofeng UV-6<br>Baofeng UV-82<br>Baofeng UV-B5<br><br>Sam, where do you see that Baofeng uses the same software as the UV-5R?<br>Send me a link.<br><br>The version you have and the only HP version is the BF-F8HP as far as I know.<br><br>Again, various retailers - especially foreign non-USA ones use any model number they want.<br><br><br>David<div><div><br><br>On Jan 31, 2015 11:23 PM, "Sam Chase" <<a href="mailto:kd0pld@gmail.com" target="_blank">kd0pld@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>><br>> I have the most current daily build. The web site says it supports<br>> the UV-5RTP but the radio is not listed in the drop down menu. The<br>> CHIRP web site lists it under the BF-5HP:<br>><br>> BF-F8HP (in daily builds)<br>> Also includes the BF-F9V2+<br>> Also includes the GT-3TP<br>> Also includes the UV-5R TP<br>><br>> But Baofeng uses the factory software for the UV-5R.<br>><br>> See the problem?<br>><br>> Sam<br>><br>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 10:16 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net" target="_blank">n1ea@arrl.net</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Sam,<br>>><br>>> Make sure you use latest daily build of CHIRP as Baofeng changed firmware and older CHIRP will cause radios to fail if programmed with old versions.<br>>><br>>> David<br>>><br>>> On Jan 31, 2015 9:51 PM, "Sam Chase" <<a href="mailto:kd0pld@gmail.com" target="_blank">kd0pld@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> ><br>>> > Hopefully I am doing this correctly:<br>>> ><br>>> > In CHIRP I need to pick the radio for Baofeng. I have a UV-5RTP, one<br>>> > of the new 8 watt units. Do I pick BF5-HP which matches the class of<br>>> > radio or do I pick UV-5R which matches the model designation?<br>>> ><br>>> > Thanks<br>>> ><br>>> > _______________________________________________<br>>> > chirp_users mailing list<br>>> > <a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br>>> > <a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>>> ><br>><br>></div></div></div>
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