<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117192">Hi, <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117205" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117191" dir="ltr">Newbie question, sorry :) Not sure where else to ask...<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117092"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117093">Noticed here:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117190"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117103" dir="ltr"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117102" class="" href="http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Firmware.php">http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Firmware.php</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117206"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117189"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117091">it says firmwares are not changable on the Baofeng UV-5R radios..</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117211" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117216" dir="ltr">but then reading some postings led to this directory:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117240" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117246" dir="ltr"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117245" class="" href="http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/CHIRPrecovery/">http://kc9hi.dyndns.org/uv5r/programming/CHIRPrecovery/</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117301"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117302"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117304" dir="ltr">with list of firmwares.. and someone alluding to being able to switch or flush these?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117323" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117324" dir="ltr">If I have a device with a given firmware, then for the life it cannot be changed?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117355" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1464766126540_117356" dir="ltr">Thanks much.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Stormy.<br></div></div></body></html>