On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 7:19 PM, ima Ham kk4sey@gmail.com wrote:

Understood, but they are the same release numbers, so that should not be an issue

Further, how would you program the power up settings/ message, etc?

It seems to be a great radio otherwise

Robert KK4SEY

Robert,

As far as I know, all firmware versions above BFB297 report as being BFB297 during the [6] + Power-On message. Using CHIRP, look at the Firmware Message 1 on the Settings -> Other Settings menu to see the 'real' firmware version. I'm sure you will find that each radio has a different firmware version.

It is only the items on this menu (Other Settings) that do not get transferred when there is a firmware version mismatch. This is also the menu that you would use to edit the 'power up' messages.

Jim KC9HI