On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 08:31 PM, Donald Hellen wrote:

How about rearranging the memory channels so the one you want will be the one it
defaults to instead of trying to tell it to use memory X? Would that be good
enough?


Donald KX8K

That's not good enough :-)
... but that is what I have done.

How about rearranging the memory channels so the one you want will be the one it
defaults to instead of trying to tell it to use memory X? Would that be good
enough?


Donald KX8K




On Mon, 16 May 2022 17:03:21 -0700, "Rick Hatton" <doxieguy.71@...> wrote:

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 01:19 PM, W9BIK wrote:

In CHIRP, select the "settings" tab on the left side of the screen, then
select "work mode settings". There are (should be) two fields labeled "MR
A Channel" and "MR B Channel" . These are the channels the radio will tune
to when power is turned on.

Is possible your version of CHIRP might be different and have those fields
in a different tab, so look around in Chirp if that is the case.

Don't forget to follow proper procedures to upload the file from the radio
first, make your changes, then download back to the radio.

Everything is in the same place. MR A channel is set to 1, MR B channel is set to 4. On start up the radio usually goes to 0, but sometimes some other channel but B goes to 4.

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On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 01:19 PM, W9BIK wrote:

In CHIRP, select the "settings" tab on the left side of the screen, then select "work mode settings". There are (should be) two fields labeled "MR A Channel" and "MR B Channel" . These are the channels the radio will tune to when power is turned on.

?

Is possible your version of CHIRP might be different and have those fields in a different tab, so look around in Chirp if that is the case.?

?

Don't forget to follow proper procedures to upload the file from the radio first, make your changes, then download back to the radio.?

Everything is in the same place. MR A channel is set to 1, MR B channel is set to 4. On start up the radio usually goes to 0, but sometimes some other channel but B goes to 4.

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 12:03 PM, Donald Hellen wrote:

Just want to be sure of this as it would make a difference if you didn't do
this.

Before copying from another CHIRP file into the one for your current radio, did
you first download the database contents FROM the current radio to establish all
the data fields?

I did a full reset on the radio. Twice. Switched from Chinese to English. I downloaded from the radio after reset. I opened the old file and copied only the channels to the to the DLed file and then copied settings over.
Still doesn't start on the last channel used.

Rick . . .

On Mon, 16 May 2022 03:28:14 -0700, "Rick Hatton" <doxieguy.71@...> wrote:

I did a full reset and then copied the channels from another Chirp file.

Just want to be sure of this as it would make a difference if you didn't do
this.

Before copying from another CHIRP file into the one for your current radio, did
you first download the database contents FROM the current radio to establish all
the data fields?

Downloading FROM the radio first sets up all the cells for the radio. If you
merely copied a file from another radio and uploaded it to your radio, and it
wasn't exactly the same radio, if there was one more cell for data or one less
on a data row, you would not be successful.

Also, is the cable working for you as far as you can tell? From what I read, it
looks like you were able to download the data from the radio.

The only other thing might be that you don't have the volume all the way up so
the data transfer can be made without any missing information.

Just trying to rule this out before suggesting that you get in contact with Dan
at CHIRP.

As a last resort, RT Systems software should work. It's not free, of course, but
it just works. I don't know what they do different, but I think they start with
CHIRP and enhance it, add model coverage to what's already available, and
possibly more.

Donald KX8K



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I did a full reset and then copied the channels from another Chirp file. Same results.

Those are set.

My BF-F8+ starts up on random channels. It usually starts on channel 0 even though it is almost always on channel 1 when I turn it off. I'd like it to start on 1.
Anyone have any? idea how to fix this?

I can tell you, you will NOT find a schematic.
I have tried to abtain one to repair a friends radio.
The power level and frequency range is software Controlled. You can not adjust the frequencies or power internally.
No, the?BF-F8HP can not be adjusted to cover any of the HF, VHF or UHF air bands.
Clyde Lambert KC7BJE?

开云体育

Ok. Makes sense. But maybe a schematic?

开云体育

To my knowledge the service manual is not available to the public. They don’t expect anyone to try to repair cheap radios and compared to the big name brands the are VERY cheap! ?They work great, but NIT expensive.?

A couple of questions? Does anyone have a service manual?? Need to adjust power output lower in bands..

Also... Anyway to make this RX on the AM airband

Skip

开云体育

Chuck . . .

On Tue, 03 May 2022 07:17:16 -0700, "W9BIK" <w9bik@...> wrote:

Are there any "gotcha's" I should be aware of? I ordered the programming cable, but do I need any special drivers to recognize the HT?

You can read the CHIRP documentation (it is in the files section of the CHIRP
group or on the CHIRP website). The thing that may not be intuitive is that you
first have to download the memory file from the radio so CHIRP knows how to
format the data. Once you download it, you can enter frequencies, offsets, etc.

There's a tab for Repeaterbook data and you can view the results of a search by
zip code, I think, and copy and paste what you wish from that tab to the radio's
memory tab. When you're done, upload it. That's basically it.

Keep the volume control full open or the data may not transfer.

Donald KX8K



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I purchased a UV-82 at a Hamfest this past weekend and I have a question about programming it with Chirp running on my relatively new Dell laptop using Windows 11. Are there any "gotcha's" I should be aware of? I ordered the programming cable, but do I need any special drivers to recognize the HT?

Chuck
W9BIK?

Bill . . .

On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 20:44:50 -0500, "Bill Storey via groups.io"
<WTStorey@...> wrote:

I followed the advice in the UV5R faq at Miklor.com, and bought what was known as the $3.79 special, and I never looked back. The antenna helps provide some front end filtering, which the radio really needs. Later versions of the radio, especially from Baofeng Tech have gotten better, but the basic 5R works better with a less capable antenna.

Can you give us a link to the $3.79 special, please? I went to the site and
found the UV-5R FAQ but not the $3.79 special. Can you link to that, please?

I remember using a 1/4 wave ground plane 2M antenna made out of an SO-239
connector with 19" legs attached to the 4 holes with screws and nuts, and
another 19" piece of wire soldered to the center connector. The socket faces
downward and you use a flexible thin piece of coax. If you have the SO-239
socket in your junk box, and some copper wire like 14 gauge that comes out of
Romex house wiring, it's not going to cost you any additional money.




Donald KX8K



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