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Baofeng Narrow banding a Baofeng GT-3TP

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After poking around a bit, I found one way to set a Baofeng to narrow band and have it stick on a freq.
I'm posting this in case anybody wants to do that. That's all.

Go to Frequency Mode. Enter the freq you want to use.
Go into settings via MENU, select WN and set it to NARR. Confirm.
Exit with PTT key.

Narrow, 12.5k bandwidth, will be set for that freq only.
When WN is set to NARR, 'N' is displayed at the top near the middle.
This setting is persistent after a reboot.
This cannot be stored in memory, even though CHIRP lists it as a settable parameter.
Similarly, you cannot set it from Channel Mode. Silent fail.

I have read that Baofengs don't really do narrow well, and I don't have a scope anymore to check it myself.
Perhaps you know more.
 
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