[TenTec] OT: Programming Cheap Chinese Handhelds

[Brian Carling]

Or just learn to not open messages marked OT

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> On Sep 8, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Clayton Brantley via TenTec <tentec at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> 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:
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> 
> 
>> 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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