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UV5 bugs

last updated: 20150105

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Squelch 1-9 works poorly for stock Baofengs UV5RA+ & UV5R firmware297 or 311.
The default values are around 40-49 out of 128.

A fix is to use custom values for each squelch setting,
2015 versions and onward of CHIRP allow this, weak VHF signals are around 26-35, see squelch for more info

squelch 0=off 1-9 is on @ level one only. not good.
this is being fixed in :CHIRP Radio Programming daily builds

UV5Rs have a slight delay on RX (so you wont hear special tones)
this is caused by POWER SAVE mode
1:4 has the most delay

N5R-213 FM will not remember FM frequency
20150702

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Baofeng_UV-5R