[TenTec] OT: Programming Cheap Chinese Handhelds

[Clayton Brantley via TenTec]

Why not start a Chinese Junk list and keep this list for it's intended purpose?

Clayton N4EV


On Monday, September 8, 2014 5:21 PM, geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:
 


On 9/8/2014 6:51 AM, Richards wrote:
> Golly... seems like a lot of fuss over nothing much.
> My friends and I all have these little HTs, and we had no
> problems setting up about 100 channels using the
> included programming software.
>

For the UV-5R someone maintains a web site with exact instructions on 
which software to use, which drivers to use and an English version of 
the manual written with the help the people of the Yahoo group.

10 minutes of research would have given you all you needed to know.

> I guess it  just went easier for us.   We maintain a 17 site
> repeater system, so we had LOTS of channels to program
> for all the various link frequencies.   It seemed pretty easy
> using Quansheng,  Wouxon, and  Baofeng radios.
>
> Our only hitch was you cannot share programming files between
> brands, and there was no copy-paste function (at least at the time
> we did it)  that would allow us to clone one list for one brand to
> another.  But other than having to type the list again, no issues
> or hold ups here.

There is a program called CHIRP which does exactly that. It allows you 
to program radios and save the data in a form it can be loaded into a 
completely different radio. The program is open source and supported by 
donations, including radios.

Geoff.

-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
Jerusalem Israel.

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