Re: Baofeng rapid battery charger
Cool. I was thinking that is the case.
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Randall Elliott
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Re: Baofeng rapid battery charger
All Baofeng-style radio battery packs I have encountered are of 2-cell lithium ion construction. The capacity of the two cells varies, with larger capacity cells generally carrying a premium price.
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Donald Froula <dfroula@...>
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Re: Baofeng rapid battery charger
Interesting idea, except that LiFePO4 and other lithium chemistries are not the same voltage, specifically 3.2v versus 3.7v of which the Baofeng battery is the latter IIRC. Best to verify so that the
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NW7T
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Baofeng rapid battery charger
I've been a ham since 1973. The last handheld radio I bought was a Yaesu FT-530 25 years ago. I think I paid nearly $500.00 USD! I finally pulled the trigger on a Baofeng UV-5R basic model (18.00 USD
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Donald Froula <dfroula@...>
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Re: How to connect to n-type coax
David . . . One of these should work depending on the connection on each end: https://www.amazon.com/N-Type-RP-SMA-Connector-Pigtail-Cable/dp/B008BXE8IS
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Donald Hellen
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Re: How to connect to n-type coax
pl259 to female n type adapter
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Jack W4GRJ
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How to connect to n-type coax
I've ordered a vertical 2m/70cm antenna for mounting outside and wish to connect to my UV-5R. I need a shortish lead that adapts for connection to an N-type coax cable - apparently these are called
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david@...
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Re: Failure to Transmit Problem Fixed
wrote: Which is strange, I think, if they come with other transmitting frequencies enabled. Do they have other bands open to transmitting out of the box? My UV-5R was ready to transmit on the ham
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Failure to Transmit Problem Fixed
Lee, such a good tip! I hadn't encountered it with my UV-5R, but I'll bet some later models are shipped this way. Thanks for the information!
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Milt / KJ7PPX
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Failure to Transmit Problem Fixed
I bought a Baofang to use in a fox hunt transmitter but could not get it to transmit.? So I assumed it was defective, sent it back and ordered another one. Same problem with the second one.?
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Lee Murrah <webmaster@...>
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Re: New DM-1702 problems
Donald,Thanks for the reply. I'll try that with the volume control.However, the DM-1702 is NOT in the Chirp list. There is a specific CSP program for this DMR called MD 1.00.79. It has to read from
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Walt WA7SDY
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Re: New DM-1702 problems
<wa7sdy_1@...> wrote: That doesn't sound right, but I do know the volume control plays a part in using CHIRP to program the radio. I would think that would be the case with any
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Donald Hellen
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New DM-1702 problems
I recently purchased a Baofeng DM-1702 DMR which includes GPS and APRS. I cannot get it to connect to the PC software, Win10 Pro 64-bit, CPS DM-1702 V1.00.79. I have a DM-1701, purchased earlier, and
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Walt WA7SDY
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Re: UV-82 Malware
actually, it's saying "low voltage". Some Baofeng units have really lousy voice prompt quality-this is the problem.
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M. K.
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Re: UV-82 Malware
I suspect it¡¯s saying low battery in Chinese or some other language. If you can get the language in English Jim Coon
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Jim
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Re: UV-82 Malware
Here's a link that may answer your question. http://www.wijkamp.com/baofeng/progr.html The Prolific USB drivers allow the USB cable to act in the same way that typical RS-232 does. 73 Mike W5RKL
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Mike
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Re: UV-82 Malware
Am I correct in saying that the baofeng data comm interface is basically an analog audio modem connected thru the audio/mic jacks?
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Howard S. Lee
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Re: UV-82 Malware
<mikew5rkl@...> wrote: I'll add here that both the cable I bought on Amazon from BTech (Baofeng's store on Amazon) and the one with about 10 connectors on one end from AliExpress worked fine. I
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Donald Hellen
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Re: UV-82 Malware
I ran a scan of the small CD and found nothing. I didn't use the CD for anything. I purchased one of those $8 programming cables on eBay, It didn't work with any driver and any software even the
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Mike
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Re: UV-82 Malware
Actually, it's saying "Low Voltage":the voice quality on the Baofeng radios is pretty lousy, and some of them are worse than others.. And when I say some of them are worse, I don't mean certain
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M. K.
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