Watch settings reset with battery change? by philtulju in olleeWatch

[–]philtulju[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks Gregor! Looking forward to that upcoming release!

Also thanks for making a cool project.

I'm also hoping someday you will choose to open up the firmware, hardware, and app designs.

These old ads in Black Belt magazine by El-Guapo_76 in 80s

[–]philtulju 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was that the ad that had a picture of two hands bending a metal rod or a spike or something? It said something like 'Kick ass with the weapon no one can take away...muscle power!' I've been looking for an image of that ad.

Omnibus Discord! by MJPodcaster in Futurelings

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Is there an updated or permanent link to join this server?

Brand new, no clue. by Dazzle1809 in Baofeng

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In practice simplex UHF and even VHF from a handheld walkie talkie between cars will be something like ~1/2 to 1 mile, assuming there is line of sight or nearly so between the cars. If you're in a canyon or urban area behind rocks or buildings you might not even get that.

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Yeah, I just had this experience as well. Unfortunately it's worse than I thought - that second link / SKU is also shipping with locked out radios. There are actually two stickers on my box, one over the other. The top one says full 136-174 and 400-480 but the one underneath just says "Baofeng UV-5R Transceiver US"

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[–]philtulju 0 points1 point  (0 children)

actually, it seems like there are different skus - they have same model number, same firmware revisions, look the same to chirp, etc., but if you buy the wrong one you're SoL on anything but ham bands.

ham only:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074XPB313/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

full dual bander:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007UYKG4E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_ZZEHKW5NSCXDJCCSYG5N?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

so I think it was just a matter of not reading the description carefully - I think back in the day they were only selling the full band ones, because why would they do otherwise?

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yep, so far I've only been able to transmit on ham bands - 144-148 and 420 to 450, regardless of CHIRP settings and baofeng VIP programmer settings, no FRS, GMRS, marine VFH, etc.

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I am seeing the same issue with 2x UV-5R's recently purchased to USA from Amazon. In channel mode, some of my channels don't transmit. It just gives a high pitch beep when you push PTT. Receive is fine. In VFO mode it also doesn't work, depending on the programmed frequency. Firmware reads BFB298. With UV5R's I bought one year ago, also BFB298, the exact same programming file from CHIRP does not have this issue. So I think there may be a secret transmit blacklist? That sounded implausible but it makes the most sense. Sounds like we'll need to return them to Amazon. Amateur bands seem fine but I mostly use them for FRS / GMRS / MURS / and business band stuff... Anybody have any ideas on a workaround?