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VX-5500Vc & VX-5500Ud Hex edit

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Hey guys,
I got my hands on a VX-5500 Vc and VX-5500Ud set up with the remote head. I have been doing some research and searching as far as getting these to work down in the 2m and 70cm bands. From what I can tell you have to hex edit the file. Now I have no programming experience. Is there a comprehensive "How To" somewhere out there that can walk you through the process. I love this radio as is but would really like to get these to work in the ham bands

thanks in advance
 
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I was able to hex edit the software and get the radio to accept the 2m and 70cm bands. But I am currently experiencing some functionality issues with the transceiver. About half of my stored 2m repeaters work (with the non working ones Tx but not Rx the repeater no matter the Ctcs, open carrier and squelch settings) and my 70cm repeaters neither Tx or Rx.

The 2m side has me a little perplexed. The 70cm side I think those frequencies are too far out of band for the VCO and it needs to be retuned.

Are there any good sites/ info out there regarding VCO tuning for these radios?
 
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