Most likely requires direct programming via i2c.
Chirp only modifies the memory map, not the firmware. I took a look at the Chirp source driver for the uv5r.py, and it appears to only contain channel/freq/features settings, nothing low level like the RDA1846 codes. This is consistent with most other radios as well.
hope that helps,
Dave
On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 6:02 PM, David Ranch chirp-devel@trinnet.net wrote:
[trying again as the last post attempt didn't seem to get through]
Hello Everyone,
I fellow HAM pointed me to this URL which seems pretty pretty interesting on how to do some advanced things with these inexpensive radios:
http://www.elazary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=...
In a different article on the same site, the author mentioned he looked at Chirp to do this programming but gave up as it only programs memories and some radio settings:
http://www.elazary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=...
I'm curious if Chirp could actually set some of these low level RDA1846 codes or if it really requires tearing the radio down and doing direct programming via I2C?
--David KI6ZHD
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