Amateur Radio @lemmy.radio TheOSINTguy @sh.itjust.works 1 wk. ago

Unable to transmit VHF (144.390) on uv-5r.

Hello y'all, I recently got a cheap uv-5r off of Amazon so I could use APRS in a off the grid location, however I'm encountering a large set of problems with the radio.

First off all, I already tried the 3 finger unlock, doesn't work. Second off, I can program channels into it with chirp, but the radio will only beep if you press ptt. Only channels 1-30 will transmit, however if you change any of it in chirp it seems to revert back to gmrs.

Thanks for any help in advance.

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If you have another of the same unit, it's probably just defective.

There's also counterfeit issues to worry about if you can compare it to another.
- I've done some looking around in other forums, and this seems to be a common issue.