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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Got to the UV5 “Menu” and use arrow to go to menu 22 “MDF-B.” Hit the “menu” button again and arrow to “NAME.” Hit mane to confirm and “EXIT.” Now you have FREQuency display on “A” with a name of its channel on. Just did it on mine…kind of nice. Just remember whatever is displayed on A channel is probably different than what is selected on B. (Unless same channels are selected.)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NH6BF</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, September 26, 2017 12:04 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><b>Subject: </b>chirp_users Digest, Vol 105, Issue 14</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to</p><p class=MsoNormal> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit</p><p class=MsoNormal> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</p><p class=MsoNormal>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to</p><p class=MsoNormal> chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can reach the person managing the list at</p><p class=MsoNormal> chirp_users-owner@intrepid.danplanet.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific</p><p class=MsoNormal>than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..."</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Today's Topics:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 1. Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names (kc2ote)</p><p class=MsoNormal> 2. Re: Names or notes? (David Ranch)</p><p class=MsoNormal> 3. Re: Names or notes? (Tom Hayward)</p><p class=MsoNormal> 4. Re: Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names (Jim Unroe)</p><p class=MsoNormal> 5. Re: Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names (kc2ote)</p><p class=MsoNormal> 6. Re: Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names (Jim Unroe)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 1</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:44:07 -0400</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: kc2ote <kc2ote@gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: [chirp_users] Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names</p><p class=MsoNormal>To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID: <59c96a9a.c55b810a.6a8ad.482c@mx.google.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm new to the UV-5R and CHIRP and am having a problem that I hope is an easy fix. I was able to download from the radio and everything seems fine. I added names to the previously saved channels and added a ton of channels from the included files. When ?I uploaded the configuration to the radio, the channel names do not display. When ?I download the new configuration from the radio, the channel names were not present.?</p><p class=MsoNormal>So it's definitely not sending the channel names to the radio. I have channel A set to display names and I have tried with B set to names or frequency but it doesn't change the outcome.?</p><p class=MsoNormal>Any help would be greatly appreciated.?</p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------- next part --------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/attachments/20170925/9beda207/attachment-0001.html </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 2</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:50:53 -0700</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: David Ranch <chirp@trinnet.net></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Names or notes?</p><p class=MsoNormal>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID: <4b62d658-c520-4d21-206f-18e451573bbd@trinnet.net></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>While most/all radios can't store data like this, I think this would be </p><p class=MsoNormal>a very useful feature for us humans! I imagine this would only be </p><p class=MsoNormal>stored locally in chirp and IGNORED when doing uploads into radios. </p><p class=MsoNormal>Downloads from radios wouldn't have any of this data as they couldn't </p><p class=MsoNormal>store it in the first place . Maybe another "comment" file could store </p><p class=MsoNormal>this detail and then merged and displayed when a new download comes in </p><p class=MsoNormal>from the radio. Maybe this would be similar to RT-Systems's "name" or </p><p class=MsoNormal>"comment" fields:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> RT Systems screen capture</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.rtsystems.us/productinfo/rpsuv8000d/thuv8000d_main.jpg</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Basic Settings Descriptions</p><p class=MsoNormal>https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/kb_results.asp?ID=229</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--David</p><p class=MsoNormal>KI6ZHD</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 09/25/2017 08:28 AM, rkruz wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Thanks. Understood. Ill just make hand notes then to keep with the </p><p class=MsoNormal>> radio</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> -------- Original message --------</p><p class=MsoNormal>> From: Tom Hayward <tom@tomh.us></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Date: 9/24/17 9:38 PM (GMT-08:00)</p><p class=MsoNormal>> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Names or notes?</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 9:16 PM, r kruz <rkruz@cox.net> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> > Is there a way to add names or notes to a repeater (other than call </p><p class=MsoNormal>> sign) to</p><p class=MsoNormal>> > more easily identify a stored repeater?</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Most radios don't support this in their internal format, so within</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Chirp you can only enter comments on Chirp CSV files. Create one with</p><p class=MsoNormal>> File > New, then import and export channels from your radio imgs</p><p class=MsoNormal>> files.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Tom KD7LXL</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------- next part --------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/attachments/20170925/be3ccc7d/attachment-0001.html </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 3</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:57:05 -0700</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Tom Hayward <tom@tomh.us></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Names or notes?</p><p class=MsoNormal>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID:</p><p class=MsoNormal> <CAFXO5Z15ejM+FaFmT57OcsOZ7dv1v6CMdXJBYJ3Sd-K4RMcZ_A@mail.gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 2:50 PM, David Ranch <chirp@trinnet.net> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> While most/all radios can't store data like this, I think this would be a</p><p class=MsoNormal>> very useful feature for us humans! I imagine this would only be stored</p><p class=MsoNormal>> locally in chirp</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just use Chirp CSV files. They do this.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom KD7LXL</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 4</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:27:07 -0400</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names</p><p class=MsoNormal>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID:</p><p class=MsoNormal> <CADnO8U6TO_1dJrBZBzL7+H21nfr=-c8NEUsCkc+uTvsSR__L5w@mail.gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:44 PM, kc2ote <kc2ote@gmail.com> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> I'm new to the UV-5R and CHIRP and am having a problem that I hope is an</p><p class=MsoNormal>> easy fix. I was able to download from the radio and everything seems fine. I</p><p class=MsoNormal>> added names to the previously saved channels and added a ton of channels</p><p class=MsoNormal>> from the included files. When I uploaded the configuration to the radio,</p><p class=MsoNormal>> the channel names do not display. When I download the new configuration</p><p class=MsoNormal>> from the radio, the channel names were not present.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> So it's definitely not sending the channel names to the radio. I have</p><p class=MsoNormal>> channel A set to display names and I have tried with B set to names or</p><p class=MsoNormal>> frequency but it doesn't change the outcome.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Thank you</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If CHIRP is uploading the additional channels, it is uploading the</p><p class=MsoNormal>names. Did you happen to set the Memory Display Format using the</p><p class=MsoNormal>keypad. It would seem to me CHIRP is not set to the same values and is</p><p class=MsoNormal>therefor changing the values (as it should).</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Look at these CHIRP settings...</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Settings -> Basic Settings -> Display Mode (A):</p><p class=MsoNormal>Settings -> Basic Settings -> Display Mode (B):</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 5</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:41:08 -0400</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: kc2ote <kc2ote@gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names</p><p class=MsoNormal>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID: <59ca58f8.435b370a.7699c.5393@mx.google.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I've tried setting it using the keypad as well as changing it in CHIRP. Does it need to be the same in both (radio and software) before I start??</p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, if it's uploading the names, why do the names not come back into CHIRP on a subsequent download from the radio??</p><p class=MsoNormal>One more question, I have the 97 firmware on the radio so would it possibly not load / display any names if some are 7 characters? CHIRP supports 7 but as I understand it the newer firmware only allows 6.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</p><p class=MsoNormal>-------- Original message --------From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com> Date: 9/25/17 21:27 (GMT-05:00) To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names </p><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:44 PM, kc2ote <kc2ote@gmail.com> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> I'm new to the UV-5R and CHIRP and am having a problem that I hope is an</p><p class=MsoNormal>> easy fix. I was able to download from the radio and everything seems fine. I</p><p class=MsoNormal>> added names to the previously saved channels and added a ton of channels</p><p class=MsoNormal>> from the included files. When? I uploaded the configuration to the radio,</p><p class=MsoNormal>> the channel names do not display. When? I download the new configuration</p><p class=MsoNormal>> from the radio, the channel names were not present.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> So it's definitely not sending the channel names to the radio. I have</p><p class=MsoNormal>> channel A set to display names and I have tried with B set to names or</p><p class=MsoNormal>> frequency but it doesn't change the outcome.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Thank you</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If CHIRP is uploading the additional channels, it is uploading the</p><p class=MsoNormal>names. Did you happen to set the Memory Display Format using the</p><p class=MsoNormal>keypad. It would seem to me CHIRP is not set to the same values and is</p><p class=MsoNormal>therefor changing the values (as it should).</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Look at these CHIRP settings...</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Settings -> Basic Settings -> Display Mode (A):</p><p class=MsoNormal>Settings -> Basic Settings -> Display Mode (B):</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim</p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>chirp_users mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</p><p class=MsoNormal>This message was sent to Tom? at kc2ote@gmail.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------- next part --------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/attachments/20170926/f3eb98d6/attachment-0001.html </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 6</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:43:20 -0400</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names</p><p class=MsoNormal>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID:</p><p class=MsoNormal> <CADnO8U7K8C-TRYuRr4LaUxEr+NerTMO4TBQXLTMAtMx87akAXg@mail.gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 9:41 AM, kc2ote <kc2ote@gmail.com> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> I've tried setting it using the keypad as well as changing it in CHIRP. Does</p><p class=MsoNormal>> it need to be the same in both (radio and software) before I start?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>No. But how it is set in CHIRP is how it will be in the radio after a</p><p class=MsoNormal>successful upload.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Also, if it's uploading the names, why do the names not come back into CHIRP</p><p class=MsoNormal>> on a subsequent download from the radio?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is apparently not updating. Make a fresh download from your radio.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Attach both it and the file you are attempting to upload or email them</p><p class=MsoNormal>directly to me.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> One more question, I have the 97 firmware on the radio so would it possibly</p><p class=MsoNormal>> not load / display any names if some are 7 characters? CHIRP supports 7 but</p><p class=MsoNormal>> as I understand it the newer firmware only allows 6.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What do you mean by "97" firmware. Do you mean BFB297 firmware? It</p><p class=MsoNormal>isn't a good idea to abbreviate when asking for help. What you are</p><p class=MsoNormal>asking for and what others think you are asking for many not be the</p><p class=MsoNormal>same.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One thing is for sure, unless your radio is something like 4 years</p><p class=MsoNormal>old, it does not have BFB297 firmware. Ever since the release of</p><p class=MsoNormal>BFB299 firmware back in 2013 or so, all UV05R variants display BFB297</p><p class=MsoNormal>in the [3] key + power on message making this message useless for</p><p class=MsoNormal>determining the firmware version.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If the radio only supported 6 characters it would show 6 of the 7 characters.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Thanks.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>chirp_users mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>End of chirp_users Digest, Vol 105, Issue 14</p><p class=MsoNormal>********************************************</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>