Dan . . .
On Mon, 03 May 2021 19:34:32 -0700, "AI8O" <Spam@...> wrote:

Anyway, somewhere in all of this some malware got into the system.
When the battery is getting low, the UV 82 every 28 seconds says "mobile tits", blanking out any audio signal the radio is receiving.
I can stop this by turning of the voice, but I really would like to have the voice prompts active.

Any body have any ideas on how to fix this?

This isn't a fix, but if there's an extended run battery pack
available for your radio, it will give you more run time and maybe
you'll never run it down so much that you'll hear that.
I would also contact Baofeng and ask them about it.
Donald -- AD8DY
Formerly KJ3I
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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

Dan . . .

On Mon, 03 May 2021 19:34:32 -0700, "AI8O" <Spam@...> wrote:

Anyway, somewhere in all of this some malware got into the system.
When the battery is getting low, the UV 82 every 28 seconds says "mobile tits", blanking out any audio signal the radio is receiving.
I can stop this by turning of the voice, but I really would like to have the voice prompts active.

Any body have any ideas on how to fix this?

This isn't a fix, but if there's an extended run battery pack
available for your radio, it will give you more run time and maybe
you'll never run it down so much that you'll hear that.

I would also contact Baofeng and ask them about it.

Donald -- AD8DY
Formerly KJ3I


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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

Am I correct in saying that the baofeng data comm interface is basically an analog audio modem connected thru the audio/mic jacks?
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Waldrop
Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 6:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Baofeng] 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 driver and software on the small CD.
I purchased 2 programming cables on Amazon, one
for my UV3R, UV5R/UV5R+ and one for my UV9R+. I
downloaded and installed the Prolific drives then
installed CHIRP. The cable worked without fail.
73
Mike W5RKL
I loaded the Prolific drivers then ran CHIRP.
On 2021-05-04 3:57 AM, Donald Hellen wrote:

Dan . . .

On Mon, 03 May 2021 19:34:32 -0700, "AI8O" <Spam@...> wrote:

Anyway, somewhere in all of this some malware got into the system.
When the battery is getting low, the UV 82 every 28 seconds says "mobile tits", blanking out any audio signal the radio is receiving.
I can stop this by turning of the voice, but I really would like to have the voice prompts active.

Any body have any ideas on how to fix this?

This isn't a fix, but if there's an extended run battery pack
available for your radio, it will give you more run time and maybe
you'll never run it down so much that you'll hear that.

I would also contact Baofeng and ask them about it.

Donald -- AD8DY
Formerly KJ3I


----------------------------------------------------
Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

On May 4, 2021, at 9:37 AM, M. K. <ka2mce@...> wrote:

?

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 models, but certain units.

Others have heard similar stuff.

And not only on the uv-82-but some other Baofeng radios(often(but not only) uv-5 series).

Some people have heard this as "little brown tits", or "little gold tits", or even "robo tits".

So most likely not malware(it's probably not even possible, as I'm pretty sure that the voice files are stored on a one-time programmable IC, so malware should not be able to change it).

This is the same reason why firnware updates are not possible on most Baofeng radios.

So it's probably not fixable-perhaps the dealer might be willing to offer an exchange if it bothers you enough.

Or-sell it to someone who does not care, then use the proceeds to buy another unit, hopefully with clearer audio(it's unlikely that a another unit will have the same issue). ?

On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 10:34 PM AI8O <Spam@...> wrote:

I am using a Dell laptop with WIN XP.

I bought a programming cable from a dealer at the hamfest in Seveireville, TN.

It was labeled "Baofeng" on a black plastic insert in a metal clip on the top of the USB plug.
The small CD accompanying it was broken.
I tried to use Chirp, and already installed drivers, but they did not work.

I downloaded the Driver, and software that the Miklor site reccommends.
I tried to use it, but I just kept getting error messages.

I then tried a programming cable that I got from R&L several years ago to program a Wouxun KG-UVD1P.
It worked the first time.
Obviously, the problem was tha cable,I acquired in TN, not the Miklor drivers.
I think the cable is a counterfeit, that is not FTDI compliant.
I dont't know for sure, nothing I did would identify it.

Anyway, somewhere in all of this some malware got into the system.
When the battery is getting low, the UV 82 every 28 seconds says "mobile tits", blanking out any audio signal the radio is receiving.
I can stop this by turning of the voice, but I really would like to have the voice prompts active.

Any body have any ideas on how to fix this?

Dan
AI8O