If everything works fine you can save an image of the present settings for future troubles.
בתאריך שבת, 18 בינו' 2020, 15:36, מאת zooman <[email protected]>: > Hello Ken, > Your post has me a little concerned. > > I love the chirp software and had programmed literally hundreds of radios > as a service to my last employer. They were commercial handhelds from > manufacturers like Motorola, Yaesu and Kenwood. I had never saved images of > each of those radios. That was the past. Fast forward 10 years. I have > retired from that firm and I have been a silent ham for about the same > amount of time. > > When I saw the price of these new radios I decided to get back into > amateur radio and I purchased my first Baofeng UV-5R approximately 6 months > ago. In my excitement I immediately fired up the chirp software and > successfully programmed my radio after selecting the right version, the > correct software selection of the comm port and the physical selection of > the USB port. I however did NOT save the image file. > > Since then my 14 year old grandson became interested in my resurgence > back into amateur radio. For Christmas I purchased him a gift of a study > guide for his amateur radio license and a new Baofeng UV-5R. Once again in > my excitement to show him how his new radio works, I simply used the > programming of my radio and downloaded it successfully to his Radio. I of > course gave him strict orders and instructions that he is only to listen on > the channels and not transmit until he gets his ticket. He is studying > diligently and complying with not broadcasting. > > After reading your post which was very informative, I am now concerned > that I did not save each of these radio's image files. > > Would it be your recommendation that I try to do a factory reset on each > radio and then save each radio's image file? > > Will each of the image files be unique? > > Have I already screwed up the ability to obtain each radios image file? > > Once again my hats off to the people at chirp as they save countless hours > programming our radios. > > Thank you Ken for your post. I learned a few things and you've now got me > a little shy about programming without first saving an image file. I'm sure > that saving the image file is really because of the quirky nature of these > Chinese radios. I have never had a problem with the commercial radios > becoming a brick but I will be more careful with programming a new baofeng > radio in the future. > > Paul Valley - KC8AMD > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Kenneth Strom VA3KRS <[email protected]> > Date: 1/17/20 11:51 (GMT-05:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Programming Baofeng UV-5R > > To start with there are many variations of this popular radio. Check the > model number first and go from there. Do *NOT* ever try to program this > radio with the wrong variation programming software. > > If it is in fact the basic "bare-bones" Baofeng UV-5R, there are 2 > variations, * Old* and *New*. This can be checked easily. You will have > to perform a Firmware test on the radio. Even if it is "new" it may be in > fact old stock lying around for years or an old radio. > > Go to Miklor to check on the radio's firmware version before you proceed. > This is very important. The wrong software *will* brick up the radio. > > https://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-FWRelease.php > > Then you can proceed to program the radio. > > Like all radios, you must first get an "Image" file from the radio, and > then you can program it as you please. > > Also, this "Image" file will be needed to reset the radio should it ever > "Brick" up on you. Just Factory reset the radio and resend this Image file > to the radio and all should be okay. In other words you resurrected the > dead. > > *NEVER* should you buy a radio, take it out of the box and start playing > with it. This probably will mess it up internally. *ALWAYS* first get > that "Image" file and *THEN* program it. This will save you a lot of > grief later if the radio acts up. > > BTW, I have worked commercially on many radios over the past 40 years, > mainly Midlands & Motorolas and cannot overemphasize the importance of > saving this "Image" file. It is particular to that radio alone only and > not the one sitting next to it. > > Also, if perhaps you have several of the same model radio, save the > "Image" file labelled with its' last 4 digits serial number, e.g.: > UV5R_XXXX1234.img Then you will know it came from that particular radio. > > This believe me will save your radio from being a "Brick" or cute-looking > paperweight. > > Note all these recommendations work with all radio Models & Makes, Amateur > & Commercial. > > Kenneth Strom VA3KRS > > P.S. Cheers to the over-worked Staff at CHIRP who do a tireless job at > writing these endless programming files out. Everyday it seems to be a new > radio and new model out, mostly tireless variations of one or the other. > > Regarding DMR radios, most if not all models have very individual > programming issues which is why you never see any common software. Even RT > Systems keeps postponing any DMR releases due to this. Very few models can > even import CSV files, so all mostly are manual programming and *DO NOT* > make any slight errors or the radio simply does not work. Make sure you > download the correct Factory programming software for the radio, any > Firmware updates, cable USB drivers before you even start playing with its' > buttons. If by accident you do then you will have to do a Factory reset > before you can even save the Image file. > > A simple Factory Reset will cure some evils, however that Image file will > save that radio. > > Have a great 2020 to CHIRP and all your Subscribers. > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to amnon at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected]
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