<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>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? </div><div><br></div><div>Also, if it's uploading the names, why do the names not come back into CHIRP on a subsequent download from the radio? </div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 9/25/17 21:27 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names </div><div><br></div></div>On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:44 PM, kc2ote <kc2ote@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> I'm new to the UV-5R and CHIRP and am having a problem that I hope is an<br>> easy fix. I was able to download from the radio and everything seems fine. I<br>> added names to the previously saved channels and added a ton of channels<br>> from the included files. When I uploaded the configuration to the radio,<br>> the channel names do not display. When I download the new configuration<br>> from the radio, the channel names were not present.<br>><br>> So it's definitely not sending the channel names to the radio. I have<br>> channel A set to display names and I have tried with B set to names or<br>> frequency but it doesn't change the outcome.<br>><br>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br>><br>> Thank you<br><br>If CHIRP is uploading the additional channels, it is uploading the<br>names. Did you happen to set the Memory Display Format using the<br>keypad. It would seem to me CHIRP is not set to the same values and is<br>therefor changing the values (as it should).<br><br>Look at these CHIRP settings...<br><br>Settings -> Basic Settings -> Display Mode (A):<br>Settings -> Basic Settings -> Display Mode (B):<br><br>Jim<br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com<br>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users<br>This message was sent to Tom at kc2ote@gmail.com<br>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com<br></body></html>