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Baofeng Baofeng will not accept 128.000 into memory

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st25r

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Hi everyone, I have a UV-5R8W variant, and used Chirp to program in the stations that I can pick up. I've set the frequency range for UHF and VHF both to 120-536 MHz. If I enter in the frequency directly on the keypad, I can listen. With Chirp, I receive an error message saying that the frequency is out of range. Any help or suggestions with what to do with the radio would be great. Thank you in advance.
 

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Thank you for the response, chief21! I suppose I will just write the frequency on a 3x5 card so I will remember it. I had no idea that 128 MHz AM could be picked up on an FM radio.
128 MHz is in the civil aircraft band. All those frequencies use AM modulation and I don't believe that a typical Baofeng HT will do AM. I suspect that Chirp is telling you that the standard VHF-FM frequency range for that radio is 136-174 MHz.
 

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I had no idea that 128 MHz AM could be picked up on an FM radio.
Well.....it can't. It may be able to physically recieve on the frequency you enter, but it can't correctly demodulate the modulation type. Are you actually recieving AM transmissions on those frequencies?
 
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