<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Per the CHIRP homepage, you need to use a different radio model to program the UV5X3:<div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">UV-5RX3 </span><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">(use Radioddity UV-5RX3</em><br><br><div dir="ltr">Ken, N2VIP</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 6, 2022, at 21:38, K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Hi,</span><br><span>I have a bTech UV5X3 and it seems all messed up, that is why I acquired it.</span><br><span>I can punch in simplex channels, but I cannot input duplex channels by hand.</span><br><span>Chirp will not read from the radio, and even though it is a tri-band, the </span><br><span>band button only toggles between 2M and 70Cm.</span><br><span>I was able to punch in a 1.5 M frequency and it worked on simplex.</span><br><span>But no matter what I do, Chirp says error reading from radio.</span><br><span>The cable works with the Baofengs I have.</span><br><span>Since the radio isn't toggling to the third band, I'm wondering if someone </span><br><span>flashed it with a UV5R image.</span><br><span>I'm not sure if it would work to upload to the radio with the proper image </span><br><span>if I can't download from it first.</span><br><span>Anyway, if someone has a backed original image of a UV5X3, I would much </span><br><span>appreciate a copy of it if you would.</span><br><span>Glenn </span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br><span>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br><span>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</span><br><span>This message was sent to Ken Hansen at ken@n2vip.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br><span>To report this email as off-topic, please email chirp_users-owner@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br><span>Searchable archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>