jasonlion54
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- Mar 21, 2018
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Hi, new to this forum and fairly inexperienced with programming radios. I have some Baofeng UV-5R radios and Baofeng 888S radios that I've been able to program without too much trouble. Recently I purchased two new radios from Amazon, the Baofeng UV-8R. I wanted them for the higher transmit power and the ability to monitor two frequencies at once. But I'm having trouble programming them with CHIRP.
One of the radios I've finally gotten to work. The latest CHIRP build doesn't have a menu option to download or upload with the UV-8R, but when I selected the UV-82HP, it worked fine. I downloaded the settings from the radio, imported the Marine VHF stock config, uploaded it to the radio, and it tests out fine.
But the second radio doesn't work. It seems to be a firmware issue. When I try to download from it, selecting UV-82HP from the drop down menu, I get the error message "Incorrect 'Model' selected." When I try to upload to the radio, I get the error message "The upload was stopped because the firmware version of the image (XXXXXXXXXXXXXX) does not match that of the radio (N5R2407BFB297 ).
(See error here: https://imgur.com/a/rNf0o I think the X boxes are chinese characters that my computer doesn't recognize)
So now I'm stuck. Is there a patch or update to CHIRP that will upload to this radio? Or is there a way to change the firmware on the Baofeng? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
One of the radios I've finally gotten to work. The latest CHIRP build doesn't have a menu option to download or upload with the UV-8R, but when I selected the UV-82HP, it worked fine. I downloaded the settings from the radio, imported the Marine VHF stock config, uploaded it to the radio, and it tests out fine.
But the second radio doesn't work. It seems to be a firmware issue. When I try to download from it, selecting UV-82HP from the drop down menu, I get the error message "Incorrect 'Model' selected." When I try to upload to the radio, I get the error message "The upload was stopped because the firmware version of the image (XXXXXXXXXXXXXX) does not match that of the radio (N5R2407BFB297 ).
(See error here: https://imgur.com/a/rNf0o I think the X boxes are chinese characters that my computer doesn't recognize)
So now I'm stuck. Is there a patch or update to CHIRP that will upload to this radio? Or is there a way to change the firmware on the Baofeng? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.