Hi Mike,

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Michael D Earls mikeearls@earthlink.net wrote:

When using the graduated squelch settings under Service Settings, what is the correct setting for Carrier Squelch Setting under Basic Settings?

What ever you want it be. I adjusted my service settings so that my normal squelch level is 5. If I am in an area that needs a tighter squelch, this gives me 4 higher settings to choose from. If I am trying to receive weaker signals and need a looser squelch, this gives me 4 lower settings to choose from.

As an alternate to setting Menu 32 to SITE, what effect would setting ANI-ID to OFF have?

None. When menu 32 is set to CODE, the ANI-ID is transmitted over-the-air regardless of the ANI-ID setting.

Or are there different, quieter alarm sounds besides 119 (32 still set to SITE, but surrounding folks wouldn't know you just pressed Alarm)?

Unless menu 32 is set to SITE, the alarm is transmitted over-the-air. The alarm sound is a warbling siren sounding noise. When menu 32 is set to CODE, the Alarm Code (the factory default is 119) and the ANI-ID code are transmitted over-the-air in addition to this warbling siren sounding noise. You could program the Alarm Code and ANI-ID code to be blank, but it would be easier just to set menu 32 to TONE, which transmits the noise only.

I wish the alarm could be shut off completely. But the radio isn't cable of having the alarm shut off. That being the case, SITE is the best setting because at least it doesn't transmit anything over-the-air.

Work Mode Settings is confusing to me since I don't see all of the CHIRP settings reflected in my radio. MR A and MR B show 51 and 41 respectively, yet my radio loads 27, 20, even after battery swap.

All the Work Mode Settings do is put the radio in the state that you want it to be in ONCE THE UPLOAD IS COMPLETED. That will be the state the radio will be when you start "working" with it. But that is the only time it will be that way. After that, whatever state you leave the radio in when it is powered off will be the state it will be when it is powered on.

At least this is the way it has worked on the UV-5R variants over the last 3 years. Baofeng has been making some changes recently (by accident or on purpose is unknown) where they have stopped storing some settings in memory. The FM Radio preset is one such setting.

The VFO A & B: similarly display last used freqs and not what CHIRP has.

These will only show the CHIRP programmed frequencies immediately after the data is uploaded to the radio. Once the user manually changes them to something else using the keypad, then those frequencies are what will be remembered.

Display A or B:is set to B, but I don’t what that means since A & B: are always visible.

It allows you to choose which display is selected (A or B) when the upload is finished. The cursor (black triangle) will be to the left of the lower (B) display after the upload has completed.

Work Mode Settings shows PTT-ID default as 1 (20202). What would be the effect of erasing the entry completely?

Probably nothing. The selected PTT-ID only matters if PTT-ID is enabled. I'll bet in your case PTT-ID isn't enabled so it doesn't matter PTT-ID 1 is empty not (the same goes for any of the other 14 PTT-ID slots).

Thanks in advance,

Mike Earls

AF5MS

TSRA Life Member

NRA Benefactor Member

Jim KC9HI