Brilliant answer, Jim. That is the most comprehensive and comprehensible response to a question I have ever read in this forum. Chris Knowles, N1CAK
On 7/11/2020 10:30 AM, Jim Unroe wrote: > On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 8:22 AM Mark Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Just bought a Tri-band version of the A58S, >> and although Chirp downloads from radio in either A58, A58S or even >> UV-5R-XYZmk3Turbo whatever it is. >> when i download the radios stock configuration i see VHF and UHF frequencies >> including 220Mhz. > Baofeng used to have different firmware series and "magic" strings > (the string recognized by the radio to initiate the cloning process) > for the various radio models. CHIRP could use these differences to > keep the radio models separated by their features and capabilities. > Back in 2014 when they began introducing the HN5RV style firmware, the > got away from this. Nearly any newly introduced model uses the same > HN5RV firmware version and "magic" string. Unfortunately, this makes > it impossible for CHIRP to differentiate between many models that it > has never seen before. This also puts the burden of the user to select > the correct model to get the correct support for the radios features. > > UV-5R like radios: 2 power levels & 2 bands > BF-F8HP like radios: 3 power levels & 2 bands > UV-5RX3 like radios: 2 power levels & 3 bands > UV-82 like radios: 2 power levels & 2 bands > UV-82HP like radios: 3 power levels & 2 bands > UV-82X3 like radios: 2 power levels & 3 bands > BF-A58 like radios: 2 power levels & 2 bands > BF-A58S like radios: 2 power levels & 3 bands > > For example... > If BF-A58 is selected, the CHIRP supported bands are > 130.000000-180.000000 MHz > 400.000000-521.000000 MHz > > If BF-A58S is selected, the CHIRP supported bands are > 130.000000-180.000000 MHz > 200.000000-260.000000 MHz > 400.000000-521.000000 MHz > >> but Chirp only says this radio is VHF and UHF and not 220Mhz. > CHIRP doesn't "say" how many bands your radio has. I assume you are > referring to the band limits shown on the Settings -> Other Settings > menu panel. CHIRP shows exactly what the radio provides to it. A band > with the lower limit set to 130 and an upper limit set to 260. > [130] > [260] > And a second band with the lower band limit set to 400 and the upper > band limit set to 520. > [400] > [520] > >> so when i download all seems good. > Because all is good. > >> configuration only shows as dual band. > No it doesn't. It shows the band limits how they are configured in the > radio's memory. And for clarification, the band limits setting only > affects what frequencies can be entered via the keypad into the VFO. > It has absolutely nothing to do with what frequencies that can be > programmed into the channels (unless you are programming channels from > the radio's keypad). > >> my issue is although i can ad 220Mhz frequencies to the memories, i dare'nt >> upload in case the radio goes to VHF and UHF only and i lose the 220Mhz. >> will it lose 220Mhz if i upload as a dual band and not tri-band ?? > There is no way for CHIRP to change your radio from a 3 band model to > a 2 model. As long as you don't change the band limits as shown above, > your radio will always cover the factory frequencies. If you are that > worried about it, use the factory programming software. > >> wil the tri-band frequencies install although Chirp say's it's dual band ?? > As long as you choose a model that supports 3 bands (BF-A58S or > UV-82III), CHIRP will support 3 bands. > >> any one ?? >> thanks.. >> > Jim KC9HI > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Christopher Knowles at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] -- Christopher Allan Knowles, MPA P.O. Box 4632 Vineyard Haven, MA 02568 Please find my LinkedIn profile at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-knowles-99aba51a/ Staff Sergeant, United States Air Force, 1970 - 1974 Call Sign: N1CAK - Amateur Extra Class Accredited Volunteer Examiner (VE) _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list [email protected] http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to [email protected] at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
