onemorep . . .
On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:09:44 -0800, "onemorep via groups.io"
<onemorep@...> wrote:
Using Chirp 20220118 the offsets I enter for my repeaters do not program, changes back to OFF. Used Query Data Source and entered manually based off RepeaterBook. First time Baofeng and Chirp user.
As Doug mentioned, Baofeng provides their own programming tool, though I used
CHIRP to program 3 Baofeng UV-5R's. I think your radio is a FRS/GMRS radio,
though, and mine is for the ham bands on 144 and 440 MHz, so what I mention
below may not apply.
If the radio is locked to only the GMRS frequencies, you won't be able to
program AND make it able to transmit on amateur radio frequencies. You MAY be
able to program the ham band repeater frequencies but it shouldn't let you
transmit on them. The transmit enable should either not be there or it should
revert to off. If the radio is a few years old, some Baofengs were able to do
this but the FCC came down on them hard and stopped them from offering these
illegal radios. I have some 888's which can be made to work on GMRS, FRS, and
the 440 MHz ham bands. I'm licensed for the ham bands, so it's not illegal for
me to use the 888's on those bands. These were sold as "license-free" radios
illegally in the US.
Note that if your radio is able to be made to transmit on amateur radio
frequencies, as some of the Baofengs were able to do so a year or two ago, it is
illegal to do so unless you are licensed. If you do and are found out, the fact
that your radio would be set to be able to do that would be additional evidence
of the crime.
I am not sure what you mean by you entered data manually. There's a feature in
CHIRP that lets you look up repeaters within a certain distance. I forget
exactly how that looks and what you need to choose since it's been a while, but
I was able to copy and paste from the Repeaterbook tab's rows to the main tab
that gets uploaded to the radio's rows one by one until I got all that I wanted.
Those entries on the repeaterbook tab had all the offsets, PL tones, and more,
so I didn't need to enter anything manually. Again, if this is a recent
production model for a GMRS (or FRS) radio, it should not be able to work on the
ham bands and that is by design.
If you want to use CHIRP and need more help with it, join the CHIRP group, too.
Donald KX8K
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Doug J