I just programmed one with CHIRP for a friend a few days ago. I will get his HT on a dummy load and watt meter to see if his power levels match mine. I did not program those two on my bench.
Stay tuned ... Reno K7CRL On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 10:49 PM Dan Smith via Users <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I found this thread on mygmrs forum about the AR-152 and the effect > > CHIRP allegedly has on it. It's quite a good thread. I didn't get any > > hits on RadioReference when I just searched. > > I hadn't read this thread until you posted, nor have I heard any complaints > about this issue. However, for context here on the list, people say the RT > Systems software appears to have the same effect, which likely means this > isn't actually a CHIRP-specific problem. > > > In a nutshell, it says that once you run CHIRP on your Baofeng AR-152. > > your power settings are permanently altered such that you no longer > > have low power or full power anymore. > > > > This post is from May and has been relatively quiet since. I wonder if > > it's still a risk? > > For what it's worth, what is being described there doesn't make any sense to > me. Although a common misconception, CHIRP doesn't tell the radio "this > memory should be 8W and this other one should be 2W". All it says (and all it > can say) is "this memory should be power level 3, and this memory should be > power level 1". Those are just instructions to the radio about which numbered > power level to use, and the radio determines what that output power would > actually be. On some radios, there are calibration settings stored (in a > different part of memory) that could influence those numbers. However, a > download and subsequent upload with CHIRP by definition will upload the exact > bits into the exact locations and as such, it would be very unlikely that > simply doing that would cause the radio trouble like is being described. > > There's not really enough information in that thread to begin to comment > about why that may have happened. I'd have lots of questions to ask someone > making such a claim, including lots of details they seem to be glossing over > which are quite relevant. I also feel like if this was very widespread we'd > have seen at least one report of it in our bug tracker, but I find none. The > author of that post seems to think that it's a hardware issue (which seems > unlikely, but supported by the fact that the RT Systems software also does > it), so perhaps that's why. Also, testing with a power meter isn't really > enough to say anything about whether the radio is outputting a lower power > because it has been detuned, or if it's just driving lower, etc. > > > I have two 152s on the bench right now to program so I saw this post > > just in time to stop. Both have the firmware rev A152V01 indicated as > > problematic. I'm surprised the issue hasn't been discussed here. > > Yeah, if you're concerned about it, then it's probably best not to risk it. > I'll also say that I believe the UV5R-derived Baofeng radios basically lie > about their firmware versions after a certain point starting many years ago, > so I'm not sure you can really say much about that firmware version. > > --Dan > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > List archives: > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ -- //CRL Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] List archives: https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
