Monday, March 26, 2012

Baofeng UV-5R: Alphatags 7 Characters Hack

Six characters not enough for you on your UV-5R display? Despite a limit in the current version of the software, you can manually edit the .dat file and add a seventh character. I recommend adding the first six characters via the software and then only editing the file to change the extra character.

All credit for this hack goes to Szombathely-77 Zoli (http://frekik.hu/) who was kind enough to post this information in a comment. The instructions are here in Hungarian and English!

[[[ UPDATED 2012-04-09: Google Cache Link to the Instructions UPDATED ]]]

9 comments:

  1. That 5R looks like a beast.

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    1. I think it is a good size. My only complaint is that the PTT button is almost to easy to press.

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  2. That link to the dat file hack instructions is broken. Do you have another source of information on this?

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    1. I'll try to write some up - it is a shame. He had put some effort into the screen shots and write up.

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    2. Try the Google Cache:

      http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:frekik.hu/?p=275

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    3. That link is broken too

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    4. I would just try the CHIRP software. It will do the 7 characters without having to manually edit the file.

      http://www.brickolore.com/2012/04/baofeng-uv-5r-alphatags-7-characters.html

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  3. 404. That’s an error.

    The requested URL /search?q=cache:frekik.hu/?p=275 was not found on this server. That’s all we know.

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