On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Angelo Marcone ik8vrqcb@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
just to understand: is the image linked to firmware version only or it depends from rig to rig as well ?
73 de Angelo IK8VRQ
The "image" is just a dump of the memory from the radio. But because the memory layout can change in some Baofeng models (as it did when BFB291 was released and again when the N5R style firmware was released) images saved from one model may not be fully compatible with the same model having a different firmware version. When dealing with Baofeng style radios, the firmware version is only used to help detect which model of radio the image came from and to help prevent uploading an image into a radio that it is not compatible with.
I don't exactly understand what you mean by "rig to rig" but you can't directly upload an image saved from a Baofeng UV-5R into a Baofeng UV-82 or BTech UV-25X2 or a Wouxun KG-UV6D. You can, however, import an image from one radio vendor/model to a tab created from different vendor/model radio. I use the image from my UV-5R as the "master" image that I import into nearly all the other CHIRP supported radios that I have.
Jim KC9HI