Thanks Jim and Tom for your input regarding this string not disappearing after doing a factory reset.
So I'm not really sure how I managed to wipe out that string, but it's no longer present on either of my BaoFeng UV-82HP radios. My notes show that one originally had a "date code" of 150602N and the other had a code of 170104N.
I do know that with this string cleared from both units, if I do a factory reset and then save the resulting settings from CHIRP, then the resulting images have the exact same bytecode.
Some time ago I started using CHIRP to configure both units identically. It's possible that I decided it didn't make sense to carry that string from one unit to the other, and so I just elected to clear the string from both radios. But unfortunately my notes don't tell me if that's actually what I did...
Regarding the significance of the string, rather than being a manufacture date, it might be a datestamp for a specific baseline of settings. For instance, CHIRP shows that there a quite a few differences between these two files, even though they share the same base firmware:
N82-33 US2S35(140902N)(factory).img 14-May-2015 16:47 6.3K N82-33 US2S35(150602N)(factory).img 12-Oct-2015 19:41 6.3K
I'm leaning towards this second interpretation, that the date represents a specific settings baseline. And "N" might represent North American Band Plan or something similar? But if anyone has a set of radios with unique strings that only vary by a few calendar days, then I believe that would invalidate this theory.
(Peter)
On 9/23/2018 3:46 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:
On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Peter ptlambert@sbcglobal.net wrote: [...]
Also, does anyone have a radio that still displays this "6+Power-On Message" after resetting the radio to factory defaults?
Every one of mine. Just to be sure, I just performed firmware RESET my UV-82 and the 6+Power-On message was not affected.
Thanks...
(Peter)
Jim KC9HI