There is a way to clone but it requires a cloning cable, not a programming cable. Or does comes with its own set of issues.
This is covered at

http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Clone.php

Hope this helps ...
John


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> On Mar 18, 2014, at 2:31 PM, YT9TP - Pedja <yt9tp@uzice.net> wrote:
>
> First, I want to emphasize that I know that it is recommended not to
> copy image saved from one rig to another.
>
> There is just one thing I would like to clarify.
>
> As I understand, Chirp uses clone function of a rig to copy settings
> from a rig and store them and also restore settings back to that rig.
>
> Clone function is actually meant to be used to directly copy settings
> from one rig to another using direct cloning cable.
>
> If direct cloning is harmless, why copying image from one rig to another
> using Chirp is not advisable? Isn't it the same as direct cloning except
> image is intermediately saved on computer?
>
> YT9TP, Pedja
> http://www.yt9tp.iz.rs
>
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