I've never heard of that radio. I own 5 Chinese radios. That radio is 
likely a Baofeng UV5R copy or clone unless someone can prove
otherwise. Or counterfeit. The owner might try to download from
the radio using the Baofeng UV5R profile and see what happens. 
But I wouldn't write anything to the radio until it's know what exactly
it is or the owner could end up bricked. And what about the factory 
software if any that came with the radio?

Just my thought, Milt. 

From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com>
To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Strange Situation

On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Paul Robertson <probertson6@cogeco.ca> wrote:
I have the TYT TH-UV5R. When I use Chirp software to program the radio the
radio connects to the computer and when I try to upload from the radio to
the computer the light on the radio flashes and appears to upload the data
to the program. I see where there is a tab showing the TYT upload but
nothing shows (no radio frequency contents) in the program and I don't see
the data in any program folder.

Can someone kindly point me in the right direction in order to use Chirp.

thank you kindly

Paul

Paul,

You "download" to transfer data from the radio to the computer. You "upload" to transfer data from the computer to the radio.

You can not use File -> New to start the programming for your radio. CHIRP won't know what radio it is for and therefore has no idea what features are available. You must download from the radio first to get a template that is compatible with your radio.

But in your case, you can't because it doesn't look the the TYT TH-UV5R is a supported radio. I may not be looking in the right place, but I can't find evidence that there is a TYT TH-UV5R.

The CHIRP home page lists the radios that are supported by CHIRP

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

The CHIRP FAQ page explains the steps to get your radio supported by CHIRP.

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/FAQ#How-can-I-get-my-radio-supported-by-CHIRP

The CHIRP Beginners Guide explains how to get started with CHIRP if you have a supported radio.

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide

Jim KC9HI

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