Yes, it appears to me that split function basically acts as a handy calculator when entering the freq directly into offset. If you set an offset this way, the offset cell will display the freq. But if you then save the file, exit, and then reopen it, it will now show the offset delta instead of the freq as you say. So CHIRP is doing this, not the radio. Works for me.

And yes, I now see that the overall squelch value is easily changed in the radio's menu.

Thanks Milton.


On 12/8/2013 3:02 PM, Milton Hywatt wrote:
I took your frequencies,entered 156.2025 into the first cell of Chirp.
left everything else to the left of Duplex unchanged. I can enter 159.000
as the split offset and upload to the radio. Configured this way the radio
receives on 156.2025 and transmits on 159.000. Now, I can delete the template
and read anew from the radio. What is odd is the split offset turns into a + offset
of 2.797500. That still gives you 159.000 TX. I just thought it odd the radio would
return those settings. Also you question about the 2Tone decode. Unfortunately
at least for the UV-5R I don't see a DTMF decode mode for squelch. And the squelch
value for your radio is probably the same as the UV-5R which is 0 - 9. I find a level
of 7 adequate.


From: ddubois <woody2@questiongravity.com>
To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2013 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Tuning step roadblock

Thanks Jim, that did the trick. I did figure out what "tuning step" meant around 3am, but didn't want to write back and admit that I was still up and obsessing over it :)  I'm glad I went to bed.

I have all my channels configured now, except for the "page" channel on the Icom that I wish to emulate in the Baofeng. In the Icom, the channel is muted until it receives a 2-tone page signal. I can see how it is set up in the Icom CS-F14 program, but I'm not finding any functionality like that in CHIRP. When I click on "Settings" in CHIRP, I only get a blank field. Can I do this in CHIRP? I see nothing in the wiki about functions like this.

And, perhaps similarly, in CS-F14 under Common>Set Mode there is a squelch value variable that has been set to 125. Is that something I need to set in the UV-B5?

Thanks much! Doug