My UV5RC is 296.
Alan - W6ARH
From: chirp_devel-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_devel-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Jim Unroe Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 9:51 AM To: chirp_devel@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_devel] [UV-5R] Support for 144/220 Model and Band Expansion
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Dan Smith dsmith@danplanet.com wrote:
What I have done works fine on my old BFB231 144/440 model. I'm ready to try it out on some other radios but I thought I'd come here and solicit some feedback before I asked for volunteers to test what I have done.
Doesn't the 220 radio use a different ident string during clone? If so, we should be able to key off of that since we stash it in the image at the top, right?
-- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS
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Dan, If I understand what you are getting at, that changed with BFB291
This is my BFB231
0x0000 to 0x0007 AA 42 46 42 32 33 31 DD
42 = B 46 = F 42 = B 32 = 2 33 = 3 32 = 1
I believe the above is what you are referring to.
This is a BFB291 and newer (it is actually from a UV-5RAX BFB296 144/220 model)
0x0000-0x0007 AA 36 74 02 20 02 60 DD
36 = 136 MHz VHF lower band limit 74 = 174 MHz VHF upper band limit 02 20 = 220 UHF lower band limit 02 60 = 260 UHF upper band limit
These values change based on the OEM software band limits set in the Other menu.
CHIRP should probably change them as well. I've been thinking about it but I haven't been smart enough to figure it out how to do it yet (I had been considering putting out a request for help).
Jim KC9HI