On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 20:24:27 -0500, Jim Unroe <rock.un...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 6:24 PM <d...@deutrino.net> wrote: > > > > Hello again, > > > > I obtained a pair of brand new Baofeng UV-9R Pro units a few months ago and > > promptly flashed one with CHIRP. > > > > Unfortunately it seems that flashing the unit causes some kind of strange > > problem with squelch. I've seen this referenced a few times elsewhere when > > searching the problem, forum posts, Amazon reviews etc, though I don't know > > if this happens with all units or just some (and would love to hear info > > from anyone who's flashed them). > > > > Observations, hopefully somewhat accurate: > > > > 1. After flashing the radio with CHIRP, when it is tuned to a continuous > > channel such as NOAA weather radio, the squelch cuts in and out so badly > > that the radio is more or less unusable. > > > > 2. The radio, before flashing, and after factory reset, reliably receives > > the same channel without squelch problems when placed in the same location, > > which indicates that the problem is not one of low signal or interference. > > > > 3. Setting the squelch to 0 in the menu does not have a positive effect on > > the problem. > > > > 4. The squelch problem can be temporarily "cured" by pressing one of the > > buttons, e.g. the menu button. At this point, the squelch will perform > > normally for several seconds before going back to the broken behavior, in > > the case of the menu button, possibly when the button press "times out". > > > > Has anyone else noticed this or know of a fix or workaround? > > > > I am happy to assist debugging if desired. Just trying to see if there is > > anything I've missed before opening an issue. > > > > Thanks- > > Unfortunately Baofeng made changes last year to the majority of their > radios with 128 channels that made them incompatible with CHIRP. It > took a lot of time, money, downloading from a lot of radios and > staring at a lot of image files to figure out what had changed. Then > it took quite a bit of time to develop a suitable workaround for the > issue. So there could be a couple of things that happened. > > 1. If you uploaded an image from a radio other than the one you were > programming (let's call it a 'foreign' image), then due to the > changes, the uploaded image may have been incompatible with the radio > that it was uploaded to. I did indeed initially create the file for the UV-9R Pro channel scheme by duplicating a .img file that had been made for a UV-5R, is this what you mean? > 2. If you used and version of CHIRP-next that was not yet updated to > handle the changes that Baofeng made to these radios and your radio > has the 'dropped byte' issue (the debug.log will say if your radio has > this issue), then you image can have dropped bytes in the Aux memory > area and/or have some or all of Aux memory set to 0xFF values. The > driver for these 'waterproof' models was the last to get updated. Initial programming likely happened in July of last year. Sounds like this might also be the case! > Either of these issues can cause squelch problems or other side effects. Found an issue describing the same problem with the BF-F8HP, https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/8257 > My suggestion would be to open a ticket. I will do that, thank you! :) _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to arch...@mail-archive.com at arch...@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com To report this email as off-topic, please email chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com Searchable archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com
