On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Michael W Scheel mws1972@gmail.com wrote:
I have a problem programming my Baofeng UV-5R. I downloaded the file and then uploaded the code-plug with changes. Afterwards the radio doesn't have the offsets. I can just transmit simplex even though it was programed with an offset for a repeater. Am I missing something? Uploaded it twice now.
Hi Michael,
These radios do not store a shift direction or offset as part of a programmed memory channel. They are not needed.
All that is required to access a repeater is to listen on the frequency that the repeater transmits on and to transmit on the frequency that the repeater listens to.
Radio RX Freq <- Repeater TX Freq Radio TX Freq -> Repeater RX Freq
So it is the RX frequency and the TX frequency that is stored in a programmed memory. Because of this, menu 25 (SFT-D) and menu 26 (OFFSET) are only use and only function when the radio is set to VFO (frequency) mode. They do not function when the radio is set to MR (channel) mode. Take a look at the "Reverence for UV-5R Menus".
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_MenuDef.php
CHIRP on the other hand, lets you enter the information as the RX frequency, shift direction and offset. Once this information has been entered, CHIRP computes the TX frequency so it and the RX frequency can be stored in the corresponding memory.
In the radio, a "+-" will be indicated in the upper status display whenever the RX frequency and TX frequency are not the same (as in a repeater, odd-split, cross-band or TX blocked channel).
To test to make sure everything is programmed as it should, select the memory in a display line that has its Memory Display Format set to FREQ (menu 21 (MDF-A) or menu 22 (MDF-B)). You should see the RX frequency in the selected display line. Now tap the [*] key to put the radio into "reverse" mode (or press the [PTT] button). The TX frequency should now be displayed. Tap the [*] key a second time to exit "reverse" mode (or release the [PTT] button). The RX frequency will be displayed again.
Jim KC9HI