[chirp_users] UV-5RA not working
Hi John I sounds like the battery is bad. It may be fully charged according to the charger but once you put it under load i.e. transmit it’s pulling the voltage down. Is this radio new? i.e. right out of the box?
Randy Elliott VE3JPU Technical Director South Pickering Amateur Radio Club Inc. Box 53 Pickering, Ontario, Canada L1V 2R2 905-427-6853 ve3jpu@me.com Skype: scruffdog
On Nov 21, 2014, at 1:20 PM, John Seybold chirp@jseyb.info wrote:
I programmed my UV-5RA using a Macintosh (running Mavericks, OS X (10.9.5), an FDTI cable from Amazon, and Chirp 0.4.1 but I cannot transmit. I can reach the local repeater, but if I transmit for more than a fraction of a second the radio's screen goes black, and I have to turn it off and on again to do anything. The battery is fully charged, and I have tried with three different antennas -- same result. Help !
thanks
John KG6VK
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John,
This doesn't sound like a CHIRP issue. What happens when you try to transmit on the same frequency in the VFO?
Jim KC9HI
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:20 PM, John Seybold chirp@jseyb.info wrote:
I programmed my UV-5RA using a Macintosh (running Mavericks, OS X (10.9.5), an FDTI cable from Amazon, and Chirp 0.4.1 but I cannot transmit. I can reach the local repeater, but if I transmit for more than a fraction of a second the radio's screen goes black, and I have to turn it off and on again to do anything. The battery is fully charged, and I have tried with three different antennas -- same result. Help !
thanks
John KG6VK
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