Re: UV-5R Dual band mod to 220 MHz band
Rod,
? ?Good info. Have you been able to test the signal to see if is OK with no splatter. I have five of these radios and would consider putting one on 220.?
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Re: Baofeng BF-T1 Prog cable
Doug . . . On Sat, 7 Aug 2021 01:43:26 +0000, "Doug J" <vk2xlj@...> wrote: Moral to the story is that there may be more than one chipset used in a particular lead due to chip supply and different manufactures of that prog lead. I used a cable with the chipset you mentioned. It has something like 8 cable ends to be a more or less universal cable, and it worked fine once I sorted out where to get a driver for it. That makes 3 chipsets I've heard about for these. The FDTI chipset is what comes in the current programming cable from Baofeng's store on Amazon.com. It works very well too. I bought the "octopus" cable just to try it out but I already had the official cable from Baofeng. Donald KX8K ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: /g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng/g/CHIRP
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Hello Group,
I recently purchased a BF-T1 with cable and most places said that the driver was a prolific PL-2303, which was not the case. I tried this lead in 3 different PC's off different OpSys
but none of them would recognise it and tried different versions of prolific drivers but to no avail.
I decided to go to the Miklor to see what he had to say and said that some Baofeng prog cables use the WCH
(CH340/341) chipsets. So I decided to give it a go and bingo....
it worked !!!! Also you have to plug in the prog lead BEFORE you instal the driver, which you never normally do either. I have used a lot of prog leads and never heard of
this chipset.
Moral to the story is that there may be more than one chipset used in a particular lead due to chip supply and different manufactures of that prog lead.
I highly recommend the Miklor web page as a good source of radio info & tips, link below to the cable drivers page
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USB Cable Drivers FTDI / Prolific / SiLabs / WCH Microsoft (tm) Drivers May 2013, 2015, 2019 Rev 7/2020 John K3NXU Jim KC9HI
miklor.com
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UV-5R Dual band mod to 220 MHz band
First let me say thanks for letting me join this group.
I have 2) UV-5R's and 1) BF-R3 (tri-band) and a couple of other Baofeng/BTECH mobiles.? They all have their quirks, but for the most part operate VERY well!
I bought the BF-R3 as it was CHEAP, especially for a Tri-Band (2mtrs, 1.25 mtrs, and 70 cm).? So I went to program it using CHIRP (they don't make OEM software for this radio, so I had no choice), but I found out the the model BF-R3 doesn't exist in ANY of the 3 manufacturers that make/sell the Baofeng products!??
So then I went back to the CHIRP website and found a paragraph that says to use the "Radioddity" model "UV-5X3".? It said UV-5xx, so I tried it and sure enough it read the radio.??
Then I put in several 2 mtr, 220 MHz, and 440 MHz repeater pairs and uploaded them to the radio.? IT WORKED!!
So I finished loading all the repeaters/frequencies I wanted, flashed them to the radio for the most part everything works fine.? There are a number of 220 MHz repeaters listed for my area in Repeaterbook.com, but as this band isn't used much, a LOT of them are no longer on the air, so I have to continue to hunt for working ones, but that's neither here or there.
I then took one of my UV-5R's and read it using that same set up and it read it just fine.? It even took the same database.
But when I tried to use the radio, 2mtrs and 70 cm worked just fine, but the 220 band wouldn't transmit.
So I went back to the CHIRP site and found that you have to go in and change the radio's VHF frequency span to:? VHF Lower Limit - 130 MHz ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?VHF Upper Limit to 250 MHz
The VHF Upper limit frequency defaults to 177 MHz, or something like that and it MUST be changed.
It transmits/receives just fine.? BUT, and this is a BIG? BUT:? You MUST switch to a TRI-BAND antenna!!!
Do NOT use the antenna that Radioddity sells as it is NO GOOD!!!? I know from personal experience that their antenna? is BAD on both 2 mtrs and 220 MHz.? It works great on the 70 cm Ham band!!? It doesn't work well at all on GMRS frequencies either, just the 440 MHz band!!??
I inadvertently?purchased one through Amazon.? Whe I received it, I noticed that it said "Radioddity on the packing (not a company known for quality products).? It was NOT what they advertised, so I read the reviews of it and there were NO good reviews.? So I decided to put it on my work bench (I'm the Radio Tech for our County) BEFORE putting it on my radio.
Sure enough, that antenna was CRAP!? The reviews were 100% accurate!!
I did some research and fount that Nagoya makes a tri-band antenna (NA-320A), which I purchased and they work GREAT!!
I have the instructions on how to convert your UV-5R to a Tri-Band radio, if anyone would like.??
Just email me @:? KC7CJO@...
The more Hams we can get on 220 MHz, the more popular it will be come!!??
Let the FUN begin!
73's!
Rod KC7CJO
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
I used Windows 10 and didn't like it. I switched most of
my computers to Windows 7. I have a tablet that has
Windows 10 on it but my primary operating system is
Windows 7.
Microsoft is coming out with a new version of Windows.
I checked to see if any of my computers would work
with that version of Widnows. NONE of them will work
which means if I wanted to move up to the new Windows
version I would have to get rid of all of my computer
and buy a new more expensive computer. Not going to
happen!!
73
Mike W5RKL
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On 2021-08-05 5:05 PM, Donald Hellen wrote: Michael . . .
On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 14:58:49 -0500, "Michael Waldrop"
<mikew5rkl@...> wrote:
I'm not sure why you only have comm 3 and 4 but I have "Com6" that
shows up on Chirp when selecting the comm port. I run Windows 7
and Device Manager serial port shows "Prolific Com6" which is
what Chirp sees. I suspect the driver and Windows work out which COM port to assign.
If you have other COM ports assigned when you install the driver,
Windows will assign a new one for it. I don't know why I was offered a
choice between two ports when the driver was only on one port.
Be glad in some ways that you have Windows 7. It won't be updating
anymore so your COM ports won't be changed around after a Windows
update like many WIN 10 users see. I haven't had that problem but I
expect I will when I install digital ham programs unless I reassign
the ports to ones higher than 20. Windows doesn't mess with those.
Donald KX8K
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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
Michael . . . On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 14:58:49 -0500, "Michael Waldrop" <mikew5rkl@...> wrote: I'm not sure why you only have comm 3 and 4 but I have "Com6" that
shows up on Chirp when selecting the comm port. I run Windows 7
and Device Manager serial port shows "Prolific Com6" which is
what Chirp sees. I suspect the driver and Windows work out which COM port to assign. If you have other COM ports assigned when you install the driver, Windows will assign a new one for it. I don't know why I was offered a choice between two ports when the driver was only on one port. Be glad in some ways that you have Windows 7. It won't be updating anymore so your COM ports won't be changed around after a Windows update like many WIN 10 users see. I haven't had that problem but I expect I will when I install digital ham programs unless I reassign the ports to ones higher than 20. Windows doesn't mess with those. Donald KX8K ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: /g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng/g/CHIRP
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 01:33 PM, Milt / KJ7PPX wrote:
The default settings for these ten are quite insufficient!
Yes!! I reset all of the levels to give a full-range squelch control.
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
I'm not sure why you only have comm 3 and 4 but I have "Com6" that
shows up on Chirp when selecting the comm port. I run Windows 7
and Device Manager serial port shows "Prolific Com6" which is
what Chirp sees.
73
Mike W5RKL
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On 2021-08-05 2:30 PM, Donald Hellen wrote: Charles . . .
On Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:05:02 -0700, "W5CTD"
<charles.t.dennis@...> wrote:
I am getting the following results to my efforts to program the radio so far You might also attach a PDF. Not everyone has a program to read MS
Word documents.
I do, and looking at your error, it looks like you have a faulty
cable, connection, or didn't choose the correct COM port. As I
remember it, CHIRP only gives you the option of using COM 3 or 4. That
may not be correct, but it's all that I saw when I used it. I had to
change the default to match what I had.
If you see your port driver is using a port number not available in
CHIRP, change it in Windows to match one of them.
Donald KX8K
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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
Charles . . . On Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:05:02 -0700, "W5CTD" <charles.t.dennis@...> wrote: I am getting the following results to my efforts to program the radio so far You might also attach a PDF. Not everyone has a program to read MS Word documents. I do, and looking at your error, it looks like you have a faulty cable, connection, or didn't choose the correct COM port. As I remember it, CHIRP only gives you the option of using COM 3 or 4. That may not be correct, but it's all that I saw when I used it. I had to change the default to match what I had. If you see your port driver is using a port number not available in CHIRP, change it in Windows to match one of them. Donald KX8K ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: /g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng/g/CHIRP
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
Very good point, Donald. Yes, I'm grateful for CHIRP. Another feature that CHIRP allows is adjusting the squelch levels. The UV-5R only allows 10 levels of squelch, 0-9. The default settings for these ten are quite insufficient!
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
I am getting the following results to my efforts to program the radio so far.
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
Some features, such as scan skip cannot be programmed without CHIRP!?
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On Aug 5, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Milt / KJ7PPX <milt.reynolds@...> wrote:
? Another problem I encountered: I had to press very hard on the cable's connection to the radio. Feeling it snap into place was not sufficient...I had to intentionally press the connector firmly into the connection.
Regarding Chirp: I've used it successfully, and all of the above suggestions are really good. However...
My focus right now is being prepared to help in an emergency. I feel like I need to be skilled in programming my UV-5R on the fly, in the wild, without needing my laptop.
You mentioned that you've had no success in manually programming the UV-5R. I totally get that. I spent several months struggling with the user manual, searching the internet, and experimenting. The fruit of that struggle is a 14-episode series of how-to-program the UV-5R by hand.
I'm not selling anything, and I'm not saying that programming by hand is for everyone, but I do believe these videos provide a step-by-step to the basics of programming and operating the UV-5R.
73!
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
Another problem I encountered: I had to press very hard on the cable's connection to the radio. Feeling it snap into place was not sufficient...I had to intentionally press the connector firmly into the connection.
Regarding Chirp: I've used it successfully, and all of the above suggestions are really good. However...
My focus right now is being prepared to help in an emergency. I feel like I need to be skilled in programming my UV-5R on the fly, in the wild, without needing my laptop.
You mentioned that you've had no success in manually programming the UV-5R. I totally get that. I spent several months struggling with the user manual, searching the internet, and experimenting. The fruit of that struggle is a 14-episode series of how-to-program the UV-5R by hand.
I'm not selling anything, and I'm not saying that programming by hand is for everyone, but I do believe these videos provide a step-by-step to the basics of programming and operating the UV-5R.
73!
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
An additional note on programming repeater offsets.
If the repeater uses an non-standard split, the CHIRP software accepts entering the TX frequency and the radio programs fine. When the radio is read back or the saved file loaded, you will find that entered TX frequencies have been converted to an offset! Weird, but no big deal.
I also noticed that id you wish to both send and receive CTCSS sub-audible tones, you need to set the Tone Mode to "TSQL", rather than use the "Cross" setting to enter separate frequencies. Actually, you can us "Cross" , enter TX and RX tones and enter Cross Mode as "Tone-Tone", but CHIRP converts it to TSQL when the radio is read back or the file loaded.
I haven't found a way to set TX-only DTCS.
Best,
Don
WD9DMP
Don
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
In addition to the others' good advice, I'll add the following.
Even with two identical models of radio, it's a good idea to download each to make a template file and store the settings for each separately. Sometimes minor firmware differences can cause problems if you upload a file used on one radio to another of the same model, even the same firmware. It is necessary to perform a factory reset, then download and program using that radio's template to recover. I just copy and paste from the two CHIRP tabs, then set the radio options manually.
FYI, the two Baofeng-labelled programming cables I recently ordered both use the CH340 USB serial chip, rather than a phony Prolific. Windows installs the CH340 without any driver downloads. The cables just work. Maybe Baofeng decided to get away from the phony chip issue.
Prolific at one time had released some driver versions that would actually disable phony clone chips, rendering the device useless. I think they stopped the practice, but you still need the older driver to make them work. Windows will try to update the old driver, so a working cable can suddenly stop working. A pain.
Best regards,
Don
WD9DMP
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
I'm going to assume you have installed the prolific USB serial driver,
connected the USB serial cable to the radio and to the computer's USB
port and turned the radio ON and have launched Chirp.
Make sure you know what serial port the USB cable is using. This must be
determined when selecting the UV5R radio. To check the serial port,
launch "Control Panel" then click "Device manager". When Device Manager
comes up, go to and click "Ports (COM & LPT)". Look for a line that
says:
"Prolific USB-to_Serial Comm Port (COM6)"
The comm port being use will be at the end of the above message
surrounded in Parenthesis. I indicated COM6 but your USB serial
port may be different.
Click Chirp's "RADIO" drop down menu. The first selection is
"DOWNLOAD FROM RADIO"
You must perform that first. Once the radio data has been downloaded
save it to a file on your computer the click "FILE" and select "NEW".
At this point you can reload your original file and after checking it
to ensure all options are what you want, click "File" then "Save As".
Name the file what ever name you want then click "SAVE". Now you can
upload the data to your UV5R.
Having said all that if during the loading process you see the following
error text box:
"An Error has occurred"
then check you setting again. If you still see the error text box then
it's possible your USB cable is at fault. Not all of those Chinese USB
serial cables will work. I had problems with them and ended up having
to order a good cable from Amazon.com.
One additional comment. If you program the Uv5R to receive analog EMS,
fire, NOAA Weather, and police frequencies and you don't want to
transmit on those frequencies, set Chirp's "DUPLEX" option to "OFF".
This will prevent the UV5R from transmitting on those frequencies but
you will still be able to receive on those frequencies. If you press PTT
on any of those frequencies you should hear a "BEEP" in the speaker and
the UV5R will NOT transmit on the selected frequency.
Regards,
Mike
UV3R, UV5R/UV5R+, UV9R+ user
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On 2021-08-04 10:35 PM, W5CTD wrote: I just received two UV5R Pro HT's that I purchased as a package deal and I am now trying to program them and set them up for use but I have run into some real issues.
Every time I try to load a set of 19 channels (both duplex and simplex with most of the duplex being tone access) I am unable to upload that into the radio using chirp.
I do not know if I am doing something wrong or if I am using the wrong version of Chirp, or maybe if there is something that I am missing.? I have also tried to program the radio by hand and I am having absolutely no success with that.
What steps are involved in setting up a set of channels or frequencies in Chirp and uploading those into the Baofeng UV5R? Pro?
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Re: programming a uv5r pro with chirp
Are you first downloading the database from the radio to set up the fields for the program to use? After that, you can copy and paste information into the spreadsheet-like interface then upload to the radio. You need to download the radio information first, before making changes. If you don't do that, the program doesn't have any defined fields to work with. Also, are you using an official Baofeng cable or a knock-off? There are some bad reviews on SOME knock-off cables, especially those with the Prolific chipset. The Prolific driver can detect a counterfeit cable and will refuse to work with it. I have the official cable with the FDTI chipset, and it works well. I haven't seen many bad reviews on the knock-off FDTI chipset cables. That said, I also bought one of those multi-headed programming cables (sort of a universal programming cable for multiple brands) and used it's driver and it worked just fine, too. There's also a CHIRP group, if this doesn't help, or if you don't get your answer. Both this and the CHIRP groups are rather small still but hopefully we'll get you figured out. Donald KX8K On Wed, 04 Aug 2021 20:35:34 -0700, "W5CTD" <charles.t.dennis@...> wrote: What steps are involved in setting up a set of channels or frequencies in Chirp and uploading those into the Baofeng UV5R Pro ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: /g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng/g/CHIRP
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programming a uv5r pro with chirp
I just received two UV5R Pro HT's that I purchased as a package deal and I am now trying to program them and set them up for use but I have run into some real issues.
Every time I try to load a set of 19 channels (both duplex and simplex with most of the duplex being tone access) I am unable to upload that into the radio using chirp.??
I do not know if I am doing something wrong or if I am using the wrong version of Chirp, or maybe if there is something that I am missing.? I have also tried to program the radio by hand and I am having absolutely no success with that.?
What steps are involved in setting up a set of channels or frequencies in Chirp and uploading those into the Baofeng UV5R? Pro?
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Re: Baofeng CH1801 charger for DM-1801 DMR radio
I have the same prob.? Annoying, but the charger still charges. ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken K
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 9:22 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Baofeng] Baofeng CH1801 charger for DM-1801 DMR radio? I have a charger from day one while charging has never switched from the charge mode (RED LED)
to the COMPLETED CHARGE (GREEN LED)?? It appears to charge the battery.? After a few hours
I have a battery charged to around 8.3 volts.
The charger uses a HXN-WS chip.? The other number on the chip looks like e4969 or e4959.?? i still could be wrong.
So far all the electrical connections seem to be good based on using an ohm meter
going point to point.???
Anyone else come across this problem???? I have a friend who purchased a DM-1801 with CH1801
charger and his works perfectly.?? His circuit board and mine look identical except his chip looks like
it could be a HXN-WS e4975.??? Searching everywhere I could not find this IC but did find plenty
of HXN-WS with different eXXXX numbers.?? Schematic looks identical to what 's called a SC6038 except
on mine pins 7 (CS), pin 1 (VIN) and pin 6 (EN) are all tied together.?? The SC6038 circuit shows a R6 10K resistor
in series with pin 6.?? Pin 6 (EN) needs a high to turn on the chip so I don't think its an issue with a direct
short to VIN.?? It appears to charge so it must be turned on.
With no battery but charger powered up it's my understanding it's suppose to flash
RED/GREEN with the LED.? Mine only flashes RED.
At this point I am thinking a defective IC since it appears to never switch from CHARGE to
COMPLETE.
Interested in hearing any comments.??? I was thinking of just scrapping the circuit board and go with
a TP5100 board.?
Ken
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Baofeng CH1801 charger for DM-1801 DMR radio
I have a charger from day one while charging has never switched from the charge mode (RED LED)
to the COMPLETED CHARGE (GREEN LED)?? It appears to charge the battery.? After a few hours
I have a battery charged to around 8.3 volts.
The charger uses a HXN-WS chip.? The other number on the chip looks like e4969 or e4959.?? i still could be wrong.
So far all the electrical connections seem to be good based on using an ohm meter
going point to point.???
Anyone else come across this problem???? I have a friend who purchased a DM-1801 with CH1801
charger and his works perfectly.?? His circuit board and mine look identical except his chip looks like
it could be a HXN-WS e4975.??? Searching everywhere I could not find this IC but did find plenty
of HXN-WS with different eXXXX numbers.?? Schematic looks identical to what 's called a SC6038 except
on mine pins 7 (CS), pin 1 (VIN) and pin 6 (EN) are all tied together.?? The SC6038 circuit shows a R6 10K resistor
in series with pin 6.?? Pin 6 (EN) needs a high to turn on the chip so I don't think its an issue with a direct
short to VIN.?? It appears to charge so it must be turned on.
With no battery but charger powered up it's my understanding it's suppose to flash
RED/GREEN with the LED.? Mine only flashes RED.
At this point I am thinking a defective IC since it appears to never switch from CHARGE to
COMPLETE.
Interested in hearing any comments.??? I was thinking of just scrapping the circuit board and go with
a TP5100 board.?
Ken
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Doug J
Milt / KJ7PPX
Chuck Dennis W5CTD
