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first day with my uv 32 was a love hate thing. put it down went to sleep.woke next day n forgot the apps for bluetooth n chirp. ran menu writing numbers needed to program it . viola it fell into place .in about 30 minutes i had 22 repeaters and 6 simplex programmed and named. hooked it to my gp 9 and it really shined.
now the bad,i ordered a signal stuff antenna. was to be here tuesday, ups update be here thursday then thursday update be here next tuesday then update today... i look it went from utah to commerce colo. ok. then it went to gardina cali to another town in cali.this mornin it shows in transit. in my humble opinion it means LOST . no wonder shipping cost so much and many trucking firms are going broke. its lot farther to missouri from cali than utah to colorado to missouri. reckon they need a good old Rand McN ally with a lesson on reading a map set a route to travel?
in last few years ive never seen freight sent way to hell out of route. when i was truckin wide n far if id routed that bad id be looking for new employement
 

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Good update here also, 047 was on radio when it delivered Tuesday, updated to 048. Except for switching COM to USB in the directions (which I remembered seeing in a Youtube video), all is working good.
 

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Did you check "Allow Reset" under "Optional Features"? I performed the upgrade and the reset worked fine for me.
Yes I did select it. I don't think I uploaded the change to the radio however, as the doc didn't say was necessary.
 

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Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but my backlight stays on constantly when I'm scanning. Is this normal? This is on a DM32UV BTW.
 

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As has been discussed in many forums, the DM-32 will not receive beyond 470 MHz using official firmware. Reportedly, there is a hacked firmware version that will allow reception up into the 500 area.
That's why I asked. I haven't even been able to confirm if even the hacked firmware will allow it.

Maybe a newer firmware version? Misprint of wishful thinking? Not sure. I also never saw a light green or military green version before.

I'm going to contact them. I will reply with what they say...
 

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That's why I asked. I haven't even been able to confirm if even the hacked firmware will allow it.
Here's a recent quote from a DM-32 forum on Facebook:
"I am currently running a modified version of firmware 1.46 to be able to receive above 470 MHz ("DM32.01.02.046_mod_220-520MHz_avia_23-136.bin" from the files section). I am using CPS V1.45."

Also, there was another post that showed a recent Baofeng ad for the DM-32 in numerous new colors.
 
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