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Baofeng BAOFENG BF-F8HP frequency range
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nd5y
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Radios manufactured in the past couple years for the US market are shipped with the transmit frequency range locked to the amatuer bands (144-148, 420-450) so they can legally be imported and sold here. People unlock them with programming software they can operate on other frequencies.
Some of the vids are a couple years old. All using the same software. CHIRP.
Only looked at a few. Nobody mentioned anything about having to unlock it.
Looked like they just plug it in.
rescuecomm
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Chirp - settings - Other settings - upper and lower limits
Thanks for the response. I have the latest version. "Settings" does not show anywhere.
I can download frequencies into a .csv file into CHIRP and they show but can't load to radio and not sure where they would go.
nd5y
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Either that or you have to open a saved image file from a radio.
Otherwise CHIRP has no way to tell which radio model you are working with and wich functions, settings and data formats to use.
It has modules for many different radios.
I believe I did set it for this radio but don’t remember. Been awhile. I am able to upload & download.
Still figuring out where everything goes.
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