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looks like your frequency assessment is correct. On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 3:15 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n...@arrl.net> wrote: > Hello Rich, > > I checked and the BTECH UV-5X3 > > No manual is available. Since the frequency range for reception is > not specified and you cannot receive NOAA broadcasts, I would strongly > suspect that those frequencies are NOT supported. > > Maybe they will be supported someday in updated firmware. > > I was going to chide you for asking so many product specific > questions, but now I see why you are doing so, the product > specification sheet and owner's manual are simply unavailable. That's > certainly forgivable. I'd ask too! > > Contact the distributor and see if they can get an owner's manual for > you, the transceiver appears to be so new it is not available on the > Internet. > > 73 > > > DR > > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 2:43 PM <krama...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > John, > > > > Thanks for the reply. Sorry, I did explain in my first email that I am > in the USA (North Carolina). I don’t understand the failure to receive > continuous NOOAA broadcasts, which I easily do on a shortwave and FRS/GMRS > radios. They are continuous weather broadcasts that don’t depend on > satellite positioning. Apparently, there is a way to do the simultaneous > display, but not on a UV-5R; only on an UV-5xe – bummer. > > > > > > > > Rich > > > > > > > > From: chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com < > chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com> On Behalf Of John > > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 2:03 PM > > To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] BTech 5X3 > > > > > > > > > I loaded all of the NOAA weather channels, but do not seem to get any > reception on any of them, although I know they broadcast non-stop. Is there > something else I need to do in the setup? Problem exists whether I scan > (and do not skip channel) or input the frequency directly. > > > > You still haven't mentioned which country you are in. Although the > satellites transmit most of the time, they are not geostationary so do not > appear over your position all the time. You need to which satellites pass > over your position and when they are due to pass over. You will only hear a > signal during a pass. There are prediction programs you can download such > as Gpredict and Orbitron to help you determine that. > > > > > Is there a way to jump directly to a specific channel in memory, > instead of having to step through one at a time using the arrow keys? > > > > > https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/baofeng-uv-5r-how-to-directly-change-channels.687660/ > > > > > Is there a way to link the frequency AND the corresponding channel > name in the display, either on the A/B display lines (frequency on one and > name on the other) or by toggling between frequency and channel mode to see > both pieces of data on the same line (A or B)? > > > > In short, no. You can't display data for VFO A on the VFO B line or vice > versa and you can't display frequency and channel name at the same time. > There is, however, a workaround described here that may or may not be > helpful: > > > > > https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/7501/can-a-baofeng-uv-5r-display-both-name-and-frequency-simultaneously > > > > Regards. > > > > > > krama...@earthlink.net wrote on 31/12/2020 17:28: > > > > I have loaded many frequencies from the Chirp stock configuration list, > which was actually pretty easy, once you understand the steps. However, > this has now led to a few new questions: > > > > In the FRS/GMRS category, it loaded what appears to be identical > frequencies for 20 channels in each of these groups (Channel 1-20 for each > group is the same). Is there a reason for this redundancy or can I delete > one range? > > I loaded all of the NOAA weather channels, but do not seem to get any > reception on any of them, although I know they broadcast non-stop. Is there > something else I need to do in the setup? Problem exists whether I scan > (and do not skip channel) or input the frequency directly. > > Is there a way to jump directly to a specific channel in memory, instead > of having to step through one at a time using the arrow keys? > > Is there a way to link the frequency AND the corresponding channel name > in the display, either on the A/B display lines (frequency on one and name > on the other) or by toggling between frequency and channel mode to see both > pieces of data on the same line (A or B)? > > Once I load all the desired frequencies from the Chirp stock > configuration lists into memory, do I need to modify any of the individual > column settings that were loaded into each frequency line? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Rich > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > John. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > chirp_users mailing list > > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > This message was sent to D.J.J. 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