Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 139, Issue 3
not sure how to reply to messages, not seen a forum like this before..
on in my Chirp i select radio BF-A58S is 'settings' and then 'other settings' i have VHF lower limit 136Mhz upper limit 174Mhz UHF lower limit 400mhz upper limit 520Mhz
i can't see anything which mentions 200Mhz to 260Mhz ?? hence why i'm unsure that if i start adding 220Mhz channels and such like that when i try to upload it'll either deny them or brick the radio.. yes i have half a dozen already programmed in by the factory, but also all the 220 channels and a couple of UHF have a \ next to them where it's meant to say channel name..
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Message: 1 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 13:21:05 +0100 From: Mark Thompson bigpimp347@gmail.com Subject: [chirp_users] BF-A58S Tri-band and Chirp To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Message-ID: < CAOMwVpuvb3p5m5iZu7HryZ7YN9xE4Ej9Oz-bBMAkh8iphhP5sA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Just bought a Tri-band version of the A58S, and although Chirp downloads from radio in either A58, A58S or even UV-5R-XYZmk3Turbo whatever it is. when i download the radios stock configuration i see VHF and UHF frequencies including 220Mhz. but Chirp only says this radio is VHF and UHF and not 220Mhz. so when i download all seems good. configuration only shows as dual band.
my issue is although i can ad 220Mhz frequencies to the memories, i dare'nt upload in case the radio goes to VHF and UHF only and i lose the 220Mhz. will it lose 220Mhz if i upload as a dual band and not tri-band ?? wil the tri-band frequencies install although Chirp say's it's dual band ??
any one ?? thanks..
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Hi Mark,
On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 4:45 PM Mark Thompson bigpimp347@gmail.com wrote:
not sure how to reply to messages, not seen a forum like this before..
on in my Chirp i select radio BF-A58S is 'settings' and then 'other settings' i have VHF lower limit 136Mhz upper limit 174Mhz UHF lower limit 400mhz upper limit 520Mhz
Then one or more of the following is true. - the factory messed up (they programmed in the wrong band limits) - the factory messed up (they gave the radio the wrong model name) - someone changed the band limits before you got the radio - someone changed the band limits after you got the radio
Did you happen to save and keep the first successful, unedited, download from the radio?
i can't see anything which mentions 200Mhz to 260Mhz ??
Nothing is supposed to. CHIRP just shows the radios configured band limits on the "Other Settings" menu panel. The VHF band is set to 130 and 260, and then the firmware blocks out the range from 175.0000 MHz to 199.9975 MHz (splitting the band into 2 segments).
hence why i'm unsure that if i start adding 220Mhz channels and such like that when i try to upload it'll either deny them or brick the radio..
You won't "brick" the radio. The band limits have nothing to do with programming channels when using a computer and programming software. All they do is establish the frequency limits that can be enter into a VFO from the keypad.
Currently you can only key in frequencies from 136.0000 MHz to 174.9975 MHz. Set the VHF High band limit to 260 and you will be able to key in frequencies from 200.0000 MHz to 260.0000 MHz as well. This has 100% to do with the radio and 0% to do with CHIRP. That is how the radio works.
yes i have half a dozen already programmed in by the factory, but also all the 220 channels and a couple of UHF have a \ next to them where it's meant to say channel name..
So did mine. Like all the test frequencies left in these radios from the factory, they should be removed and replaced with frequencies you are authorized to use.
If you want a Baofeng like radio that has 3 distinct bands and 3 distinct sets of band limits, get the Baofeng Tech (the radio dealer in the USA). That's how they had their manufacturing partner (which was not Baofeng) design the radio. Then when Baofeng (the radio manufacturer in China) attempted to copy the BTECH design for their own models, what you have is what they came up with (basically a UV-5R with the band limits extended to cover both bands).
Jim KC9HI
On 12/07/2020 00:25, Jim Unroe wrote:
Did you happen to save and keep the first successful, unedited, download from the radio?
This is the same radio I had last year and posted to the list in September. I've still got a copy of my original chirp img but I sent the radio back the the Ebay seller for a refund.
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:16 PM Nick G4IRX g4irx9@nowindows.net wrote:
On 12/07/2020 00:25, Jim Unroe wrote:
Did you happen to save and keep the first successful, unedited, download from the radio?
This is the same radio I had last year and posted to the list in September. I've still got a copy of my original chirp img but I sent the radio back the the Ebay seller for a refund.
I would like to have a copy for my files, if you wouldn't mind. Thanks in advance.
Jim KC9HI
On 13/07/2020 17:25, Jim Unroe wrote:
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:16 PM Nick G4IRX g4irx9@nowindows.net wrote:
On 12/07/2020 00:25, Jim Unroe wrote:
Did you happen to save and keep the first successful, unedited, download from the radio?
This is the same radio I had last year and posted to the list in September. I've still got a copy of my original chirp img but I sent the radio back the the Ebay seller for a refund.
I would like to have a copy for my files, if you wouldn't mind. Thanks in advance.
Sent you a copy over Jim, if it gets past the Gmail spam-traps.
Rgds Nick
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:45 PM Nick G4IRX g4irx9@nowindows.net wrote:
On 13/07/2020 17:25, Jim Unroe wrote:
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:16 PM Nick G4IRX g4irx9@nowindows.net wrote:
On 12/07/2020 00:25, Jim Unroe wrote:
Did you happen to save and keep the first successful, unedited, download from the radio?
This is the same radio I had last year and posted to the list in September. I've still got a copy of my original chirp img but I sent the radio back the the Ebay seller for a refund.
I would like to have a copy for my files, if you wouldn't mind. Thanks in advance.
Sent you a copy over Jim, if it gets past the Gmail spam-traps.
Rgds Nick
Received without issue. It has been filed away in a place I will be able to find it later if I need it. ;-)
Thanks for providing it.
Jim KC9HI
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