Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names
I've tried setting it using the keypad as well as changing it in CHIRP. Does it need to be the same in both (radio and software) before I start? Also, if it's uploading the names, why do the names not come back into CHIRP on a subsequent download from the radio? One more question, I have the 97 firmware on the radio so would it possibly not load / display any names if some are 7 characters? CHIRP supports 7 but as I understand it the newer firmware only allows 6. Thanks.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com Date: 9/25/17 21:27 (GMT-05:00) To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng uv-5r doesn't upload channel names On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:44 PM, kc2ote kc2ote@gmail.com wrote:
I'm new to the UV-5R and CHIRP and am having a problem that I hope is an easy fix. I was able to download from the radio and everything seems fine. I added names to the previously saved channels and added a ton of channels from the included files. When I uploaded the configuration to the radio, the channel names do not display. When I download the new configuration from the radio, the channel names were not present.
So it's definitely not sending the channel names to the radio. I have channel A set to display names and I have tried with B set to names or frequency but it doesn't change the outcome.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
If CHIRP is uploading the additional channels, it is uploading the names. Did you happen to set the Memory Display Format using the keypad. It would seem to me CHIRP is not set to the same values and is therefor changing the values (as it should).
Look at these CHIRP settings...
Settings -> Basic Settings -> Display Mode (A): Settings -> Basic Settings -> Display Mode (B):
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On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 9:41 AM, kc2ote kc2ote@gmail.com wrote:
I've tried setting it using the keypad as well as changing it in CHIRP. Does it need to be the same in both (radio and software) before I start?
No. But how it is set in CHIRP is how it will be in the radio after a successful upload.
Also, if it's uploading the names, why do the names not come back into CHIRP on a subsequent download from the radio?
It is apparently not updating. Make a fresh download from your radio. Attach both it and the file you are attempting to upload or email them directly to me.
One more question, I have the 97 firmware on the radio so would it possibly not load / display any names if some are 7 characters? CHIRP supports 7 but as I understand it the newer firmware only allows 6.
What do you mean by "97" firmware. Do you mean BFB297 firmware? It isn't a good idea to abbreviate when asking for help. What you are asking for and what others think you are asking for many not be the same.
One thing is for sure, unless your radio is something like 4 years old, it does not have BFB297 firmware. Ever since the release of BFB299 firmware back in 2013 or so, all UV05R variants display BFB297 in the [3] key + power on message making this message useless for determining the firmware version.
If the radio only supported 6 characters it would show 6 of the 7 characters.
Thanks.
Jim
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