Sorry that this is sort of noise on this thread, but can I just thank Dan for giving a really good, informed and balanced response that doesn't immediately 'dis' a claim that there might be a problem, but instead provides good advice in the same kind of way that a knowledgeable friend would.
Cheers, Dan!
-----Original Message----- From: Dan Smith via Users <users@lists.chirpmyradio.com mailto:users@lists.chirpmyradio.com> Reply to: CHIRP users list <users@lists.chirpmyradio.com mailto:users@lists.chirpmyradio.com> Date: Wednesday 23 October 2024 at 05:34 To: CHIRP users list <users@lists.chirpmyradio.com mailto:users@lists.chirpmyradio.com> Cc: Dan Smith <dsmith@danplanet.com mailto:dsmith@danplanet.com> Subject: [users] Re: Baofeng AR-152 power levels damaged by CHIRP?
I just programmed one with CHIRP for a friend a few days ago. I will get his HT on a dummy load and watt meter to see if his power levels match mine. I did not program those two on my bench.
Thanks, but I think to be scientific, you really need to test a radio before and after programming. If you see a difference between those two, *and* have both the original and modified images then that's definitely worth looking at. And again, just saying the power output is different doesn't tell us whether or not it's drive, alignment, etc that is off.
A hardware problem is much more likely to be the kind of thing that is caused by something else, and we humans think "you know, I programmed this with software, so that must be the problem."
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