Thank you so much for trying!!! On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 08:01 Jim Unroe <[email protected]> wrote:
> Darby, > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 11:59 PM Darby Collier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Jim, > > > > Here are the two images. Also I know beyond the scope of CHIRP probably > at this point so thank you again. I see it still reverts to those two ghost > channels. Also interesting is that when the radio reboots after upload and > download, the A and B channels are both then on channel 0 (programmed as 2m > Calling) every single time. I guess because the channels it thinks it is > are not even programmed at all.... > > What you might try is copying channel 0 to channel 191 and channel 1 > into channel 144 to see what happens after the cloning process > completes. > > > > > I did as you instructed and changed them manually both to 15. When I try > to do that via the number pad by typing 015 (on both channels it does this) > it beeps and goes to 014 instead so I had to manually scroll up to 15 to > change it. Even still...as you can see the radio is h changing them to > channels 191 and 144 which are not programmed at all.....I did not change > "uploaded" image from what I have sent already. This is what downloads from > the radio.... > > > > Unfortunately these radios don't select 1 digit and 2 digit channel > numbers from the keypad the same way that a typical Baofeng handheld > radio does by keying in the full 3 digit channel number (pressing > [0][0][7] to select channel 7 or [0][1][5] to select channel 15 as in > your example). What I have found the most reliable is to keep tapping > the first digit of the channel number you want until you see that > digit currently selected as the single digit channel number and then > follow it with any remaining digits. > > To select channel 15 > Tap [1] # if the small channel number displayed shows " 11" or "111" > then repeat this step > Tap [5] > > But as you have noticed, more often than not, the radio will beep and > the channel will change to 14. This is clearly a bug in the radio. > > None of the bits flipped after you manually selected channel 15 on > both display lines. Your radio definitely has the bytes for the MR A > channel: and MR B channel: display lines stuck on channels 191 and 144 > respectively. The radio appears only to read these bytes when it boots > because it sounds like the radio works normally otherwise, right. > > This is nothing that CHIRP can overcome. My only recommendation would > be use channels 191 and 144 as your preselected "call" channels for MR > A channel: and MR B channel:. > > Jim KC9HI > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to DarbyInGreen at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] >
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