Jim Unroe,
"One thing you can do is use CHIRP to set either
(or both or some combination) of the band limits
to 100 MHz and 999 MHz."
Could you send me instructions on how to do this? I could not find
anywhere in the chirp menu settings to allow me to modify the band
limits. I have a 127.8 Frequency I would like to attempt to program
into my Baofeng UV-5R. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks again, Tom
Bench testing has shown the actual transmit range of an expanded 150/450 MHz UV-5R to be:
VHF range 136 - 174 MHz expands to 127.8 - 176.0 MHz UHF range 400 - 520 MHz expands to 383.5 - 524.3 MHz
Outside of that range, the radio would either not transmit or was unstable. Receiver coverage drops off sharply to zero outside the factory specified range.
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"Yes. The way CHIRP is packaged is different than it was when
this "hack" was floating around."
"One thing you can do is use CHIRP to set either (or both or some
combination) of the band limits to 100 MHz and 999 MHz. That will allow you
to key any STEP compatible frequency from 100.0000 MHz to 999.9975 MHz into
the VFO. If you discover an out-of-band frequency that works for you, then
you can program it into a channel manually and CHIRP will honor it just
fine (just don't try to edit it within CHIRP)."
Jim KC9HI