On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 12:40 AM Jefrey Johnson jefjohnson5091@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I have a UV-5R and I am not able to transmit any vhf freq above 147.975. I can program in 148.000 but all I get when I try to transmit is "Beep".
I am using CHIRP ver daily-20210930
1st time user, don't know if I am doing this correctly. Please advise.
Thanks,
Jef
You have one of several new models that only transmits within the USA ham bands: 144-148 MHz and 420-460 MHz. Any frequency outside of those ranges is RX only. The one sold by Radioddity is called the GT-5R.
https://www.radioddity.com/products/baofeng-gt-5r
As you can see from the Radioddity page, they tend to cost less ($24.99) than the radios that can TX across the whole 130-179 MHz and 400-520 MHz ranges, so many owners mistakenly purchased them to get the "lowest price".
Jim KC9HI