<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:18px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11172">Thanks for all the info everyone, I've learned a lot since I asked those questions. I apologize if things got stirred up a little bit, that was not my intention.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11114"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11115">I'm new at this, and after purchasing a few cheap Chinese radios from Amazon I have since learned they are not legal to use in the states. I went to the FCC website and read the same things all of you have told me.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11298" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11208" dir="ltr">Thank you for telling me what I should have known before I bought those radios. My next radio won't be a cheap Chinese radio :-)<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11278" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11296" dir="ltr">Thank you all very much,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11297" dir="ltr">Dan Jolley<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11060"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11059" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11057" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11056" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11055" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11054" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11053" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dan Jolley via chirp_users <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, April 24, 2016 7:28 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [chirp_users] BaoFeng UV-82C and CHIRP power question<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11058" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv4486251229"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11445"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461528707786_11444" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:18px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_6118">I have a UV-82C and I can only select either 1Watt or 5Watt output using CHIRP or the factory programming software.</div><div id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_6287" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_6286" dir="ltr">Is there some way using CHIRP (or other means) to select 2Watts for MURS or 500mW for FRS frequencies 8 through 14?</div><div id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_6368" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_6367" dir="ltr">I'm pretty sure the answer will be "no" because I know the power output selection is embedded in the firmware in the radio.</div><div id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_6631" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_7817" dir="ltr">Is there an antenna that will reduce the power output without damaging the radio?<br></div><div id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_6411" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_7867">Thank you for any information on this subject,</div><div id="yiv4486251229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461497634844_7866">Dan<br></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">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>This message was sent to Dan Jolley at <a ymailto="mailto:oldhippie1955@yahoo.com" href="mailto:oldhippie1955@yahoo.com">oldhippie1955@yahoo.com</a><br>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a ymailto="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>