On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 10:39 PM K0LNY_Glenn glenn@ervin.email wrote:
Hi, I have a bTech UV5X3 and it seems all messed up, that is why I acquired it. I can punch in simplex channels, but I cannot input duplex channels by hand. Chirp will not read from the radio, and even though it is a tri-band, the band button only toggles between 2M and 70Cm. I was able to punch in a 1.5 M frequency and it worked on simplex. But no matter what I do, Chirp says error reading from radio. The cable works with the Baofengs I have. Since the radio isn't toggling to the third band, I'm wondering if someone flashed it with a UV5R image. I'm not sure if it would work to upload to the radio with the proper image if I can't download from it first. Anyway, if someone has a backed original image of a UV5X3, I would much appreciate a copy of it if you would. Glenn
Images for many of the radios supported by CHIRP are available in the CHIRP repository.
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/repository/show/tests/images
The image for the BTech UV-5X3 is an original image taken from a radio while it was still in its factory state. Here is a direct link.
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/repository/changes/tests/images/B...
Jim KC9HI