Baofeng Baofeng UV-5R-3 not comunicating with Chirp.

[77Impala]

Last night I tried to program the UV-5R-3 (tri-bander: 144, 220, 440 Mhz) radio with Chirp. Was not able to get the radio to talk to Chirp. Did confirm that my older UV-5R did allow Chirp to read the program I have in it.

So Chirp can read the older radio just fine.
I did the radio side plug mod of trimming the edge that plugs into the radio.
I tried to see if the UV-5X would read and it did not.
I tried a different brand and saw a mesage that the radio sent to much information, more than the make/model I selected should have. That tells me that the radio is trying to communicate with Chirp.

Any suggestions or is it that Chirp just does not have the software updated for this newer model?

 

[nd5y]

Make sure you have the latest version of Chirp.
Index of /chirp_daily/LATEST

As far as I know there are no Baofeng tri-band radios.
Do you have a BTECH UV-5X3? That's not the same as a Baofeng UV-5R.
Are you selecting the right radio in the Chirp menu?

 

[77Impala]

Bought it Saturday from Main Trading Company. I will work on posting a picture of the front of it.
Yes I was using the latest Chirp build, the UV-5R-3 was not on the Baofeng list.


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[77Impala]

Here is the picture.

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[77Impala]

Sorry, double posted.

 

[SteveSimpkin]

CHIRP may not support the model yet. The UV-5R-3 does not show up in the supported models list.

 

[nd5y]

There is no UV-5R-3 on MTC's web site. It must be something new. Contact them and see if they have software for it.

 

[77Impala]

They had quite a few for sale Saturday during their yearly big outdoor event.

I am surprised that I have actually bought something very new on the market, I am one who usually waits a while before buying new type of gear.

Hopefully Chirp will have the update for this radio soon.

 

[KD8DVR]

OK... if this is a tri-band radio... just for funsies.... In Chirp, select BTECH>UV-5X3 as your radio model number and give that a shot. You really have nothing to lose.

 

[77Impala]

OK... if this is a tri-band radio... just for funsies.... In Chirp, select BTECH>UV-5X3 as your radio model number and give that a shot. You really have nothing to lose.

Tried that and the statement was "Error reading data from radio: not the amount of data we want."

 

[Texaskilt]

Same issue...

I'm having the same issue. Both CHIRP and BaoFeng UV-5R Series Program Software won't communicate with the radio.

Tried all the BaoFeng and BTECH radios listed in CHIRP.

Tk

 

[77Impala]

I sent this issue to Baofengtech website support team and I am waiting for their response.

 

[77Impala]

Just sent them pictures that they requested (front and back) of the radio.

 

[77Impala]

Well no help from Baofengtech, their reply to me was: "This is not a radio we sell or support; as well knowing the chipsets in place there would be a very unlikely chance that the receiver performs on 220 if it all "

So I double checked with my frequecy counter and verified that it does indeed transmit on 223.500.

I then called MTC and was told to use Chirp and the Baofeng BF-888 as the radio. Well as some one else also pointed out that did not work.

Finally I did find the OEM website and here is their page but still no software support: Home_BAOFENG official website_baofengradio.com

I have found written instructions on how to manually program the radio, looks that is the only way to program it for now.

 

[KD5JUN]

Offset does not manually save either

I can program a channel in frequency mode and it works. However, when saving to a memory channel the offset shows "000.000" when looking at the settings. It does not seem to save the offset.

As for the suggestion of using BF-888, I get a message of "No response from Radio".

I am starting to feel like MTC sold a bad batch of radios.

 

[nd5y]

I can program a channel in frequency mode and it works. However, when saving to a memory channel the offset shows "000.000" when looking at the settings. It does not seem to save the offset.

Which model are you referring to?
This is normal operation for the UV-5R/UV-82 type radios. You don't use an offset for memory channels.
First you program the receive frequency and then you program the transmit frequency.

 

[KD5JUN]

UV-5R-3... In the memory options, number 25 is the direction of frequency shift and number 26 is the offset (frequency shift as in 000.600). It works fine in the frequency mode but when you save it to a memory channel, it saves everything except the Offset. The Frequency Shift shows to be 000.000 instead of 000.600.

The UV-5R-3 is a tri-band radio. It works fine if I want to program a frequency in frequency mode... one at a time but all info does not save to memory channel.

 

[nd5y]

UV-5R-3... In the memory options, number 25 is the direction of frequency shift and number 26 is the offset (frequency shift as in 000.600). It works fine in the frequency mode but when you save it to a memory channel, it saves everything except the Offset. The Frequency Shift shows to be 000.000 instead of 000.600.

That's normal and the UV-5R-3 programs exactly like the other radios then. You don't understand how to program it.

The offset and shift direction (menus 25 and 26) are ONLY for frequency (VFO) mode. You can't save the offset to memory channels. Many hams have only learned how to program Yaecomwoodco Japanese rigs and for some reason are incapable of understanding this.

You have to program the tx and rx frequencies separately.

 

[KD5JUN]

OK, I see what you mean. Thanks for the clarification. My other radio does it all in one step. I did a quick search and found the other steps here:
https://www.buytwowayradios.com/blo...rogram_the_baofeng_uv-5r_from_the_keypad.aspx

You get what you pay for... It worked with the extra steps... 12-15..

Now, we wait for Chirp to update and be able to communicate with the radio. Currently, Chirp says the radio does not respond.

 

[77Impala]

I was able to program the local repeaters and my most used simplex channels into my UV-5R-3 this morning.

I sent messages to the the OEM Baofeng and to Chirp as well over the weekend, waiting on their reply's.