Support for the expanded UV-5R (and variants) frequency range will be in
tomorrow's CHIRP daily build.

Jim KC9HI

On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 12:35 PM Jim Unroe <[email protected]> wrote:

> When the original UV-5R was introduced back in early 2012 and support was
> added to CHIRP shortly after that, the VHF band limits were VHF Low: 136
> and VHF High: 174. This provided a STEP compatible frequency range from
> 136.0000 - 173.9975 MHz. This is why CHIRP is currently considering that
> 174.000 is "out of supported range".
>
> It was recently realized that many UV-5R radios since 2014 have been
> shipping with the band limits updated to VHF Low: 130 and VHF High: 176
> which provides a range that includes 174.000 MHz. It was just earlier this
> week that I submitted a patch that will update CHIRP to all this newer
> range. Once this patch is approved, the following CHIRP daily build will
> support frequencies up to 175.9975 MHz.
>
> Jim KC9HI
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 10:41 AM Michael Weber <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>                 I am trying to use a split frequency setup where I
>> transmit at 174.000. I get an error that it is out of supported range. I
>> changed the setting under other settings VHF upper limit to be aove 174
>> (175) and I still get the error.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>
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