Thank you for making this video. It provided a nice short explanation of each menu item. While I have been a ham for many years, most of my activity has been on HF. I just received this radio, and I am trying to learn what all of these functions do, but just using the manual provided with its tiny print, I often get overwhelmed. Your video has helped a lot. I will probably watch it many times, with my radio in hand. --Mark, KE6BB
Thanks Mark, glad you found it useful. I've put all my Quansheng videos in one playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLXMfFSysu4iw5AGEOeiiKB09-MI5DWmyn.html&si=BNv5qzA5CusQSmrJ
The Apollo Quindar is the transmit tone you can hear during trasmission in old Apollo moonlander footage. You only know that if you're old. 😁 Nice video!
For me menu us the correct way, on a pc you go down through a menu or top to bottom, the way it should he we don't go through menus upwards as that would be from bottom to top 😉, great video thanks
Really nice video. I've just got a retevis RA79 which is basically a clone of this model. Installed the egzumer firmware update and now your video has helped to clear up the menu options.
this was the most informative video i watched explaining and demonstrating the settings... one thing though... it took me some internet searching to figure out what button you were pressing to add or delete channels from the scan lists....the device isn't visible totally to include the keypad in your videos... that's the only thing i would suggest i guess. thanks for taking all the time to make this!
Ben, well done and thankyou for explaining each menu item and then showing what you use and why. Having the information and a reference from an experienced person is invaluable and also unique ATM on UA-cam. Now do we have any volunteers that would like to document all this in a table?
Thanks for your comment, glad you found it useful. As for documentation, the wiki pages are also very helpful: github.com/egzumer/uv-k5-firmware-custom/releases
For a newbie like me this video is invaluable thanks for taking the time to make it. It would be good to get a .doc file with this information for reference !
Awesome job Ben and I hope all is well 🤝 I have a question for ya. I noticed that when powering on my radio, channel A / channel 1 is always on AM. I've set the Demodulation to FM and on powering on the radio it reverts back to AM with TX disabled. Also, I noticed that after setting the Demodulation to FM , if I go to another channel and then go back to the previous channel 1, it will be set to AM also. Is their a way to fix this or do I have to manually change it every time I turn on or change the channel ?
what a great video - thank you - question - is there away to lower the Squelch at the end of a transmission?? im listening to our local police 469-575 - its loud - any suggestion??
Question if I may? Menu 7 and Menu 8 Directional Offset/Directional Frequency. Does this work as per frequency? Say I have a repeater, for example my local Slough. I'm monitoring it, it is highlighted with the black triangle on the home screen, and I want to change the directional offset and frequency to + 1.6Mgz. I go into the menu 7 and menu 8 and change the offset. Does this now save to that frequency (Slough) alone? So if I now go to the Bracknell repeater and change it offset using menu 7 and 8, it will save its offset also, and not mess up Slough's offset? I was slightly confused, thinking when I changed offsets in menu 7 and 8 it was a global change across all frequencies. Thank you for any help you may divulge 😊
Would be nice to have a version with bt included. Thanks for the instructive video Ben!!! In another video you present the egzumer firmware with display color blue!!!
I wonder if egzumer provides a button for momentarily exclude a memory channel from being scanned without fiddling with the scan lists? In IJV you can simply press the star button. Thanks for going through the menu items Ben!
Hi Ben. Thank you for a well-explained tutorial. I need, from an experimental task only, even when I am fully licensed G4SVY, to transmit in all bands but find the F Lock feature to do that does not change anything? You mentioned something in the way of having to repeat the operation 10 times, can you elaborate on how exactly you do that to unlock all bands, please?
Hi, when you go into the hidden menu and select 'F Lock' then 'Unlock All' you'll get the message 'Read Manual' Repeat the 'Unlock All' selection 10 times and eventually you will no longer get the 'Read Manual' message and the radio is unlocked.
Amazing tutorial video thank you so much. Just a quick question, when i hold button 8 in for 2sec, on the screen it shows a R letter. Any idea what that does? Thanks
STE is mainly used on repeaters (a receiver that uses CTCSS). It is supposed to continue TXing for a short duration but with no CTCSS or a reverse tone on DCS. Most of these radios don't do it correctly so it remains a useless feature because it wasn't built correctly. On commercial 2-way radios systems back in the day that used CTCSS (PL/CG/QT tones) it works great. Most hams don't set their repeaters up correctly for these features to work right.
Reverse burst or Squelch Tail Elimination ("STE") is a process that uses a change of the phase of the PL tone encoder for a short period of time after the user unkeys the PTT button. The term "reverse burst" is used to describe the deliberate phase change for a specific abount of time while the transmitter carrier stays on - about 150 to 200ms - with the phase of the PL encoder offset by from 120 to 180 degrees (180, naturally is a complete reversal). During the reverse burst time period the reverse phase stops the PL decode reed dead in its tracks - which slams the receiver squelch closed right now. By the time the transmitter actually drops off the air the RX squelch is already closed - which results in no burst of squelch noise being heard.
Great video it was helpful. I have a question. Can you do an update on the new version 31.5w . The reason I ask is that I just got my radio today and just flashed it to 31.if 5w. Still understanding the radio a bit more. Thank you
Thanks for the helpful explanation of all the menu functions. Just a note, you really should calibrate the battery Voltage indication. Yours is showing 8.47V! Lithium Ion should never go above 8.4V for a 2S battery. I’m certain if you put a known good meter on the rear battery terminals it will be a bit less than 8.4V in reality. The USB charging port won’t take it much above 8V. The base stand charger stops at less than 8.4V (at least mine does anyway). My Set was showing well above the actual battery Voltage when new out of the box last week. HTH.
In the Voltage Calibrate screen simply adjust the correction value up or down until the voltage displayed correctly matches the meter measured voltage on the battery rear terminal pads. You only need to do this once. @@dublinese415
What is the best radio for Am for picking up Aircraft please 🙏 Alan from Luton ps people say not to up loed it because the watts charge from 2 watts to 8 watts and they go all over the place . Thanks for help Alan from Luton ✈️🇬🇧💯👍
Hi Alan. If you just was a cheap radio for listening to aircraft then this should be fine, especially if your not planning on transmitting with it. (You can turn off transmit in the settings if you want to) Most, if not all of the modified firmware will improve AM reception. The only issue with these radios is when people try using them to transmit on frequencies that they are not intended for. Hope this helps.
On the "99" version, press F then 5 to bring up the spectrum scope on screen. I shouldn't wonder it's on this too, as it does everything except wash your shirt. 🤓 Dd you look to see if you can get the Spectrumscope on this one?
Hello thanks for you video, i was also asking myself how did you named the CB channels in memory ? I tried with UV-K5 Programming Software-Neutral and CHIRP but it's says thoses frequency are not supported by this radio so it does not let me rename (I've added 40channels by hand and thought at least i could renamed it ^^)
It is possible in CHIRP. If you select 'settings' then 'driver information' then check the box 'limits disabled for modified firmware'. You should then be able to write out of band frequencies and names.
I'm a bit of a newbie with this radio, so please excuse the question: If I flash my radio with this firmware (Egzumer v0.20), can I still continue to program it with Chirp Next? Also, will you be doing a video on the next Egzumer version (0.21)? Thanks!
Amazing work and video could i please get the information on how to change the firmware and make it recieve all frequencies and the link to the cable thank ls
How can I avoid not getting a knock on the door? Just never send and only receive? Thank you. I am new. From the US. Also is it ok to charge it from the c port?
You can use the hidden menu to set the radio to 'Disable All' which will not allow TX on any band/frequency. Also, not really. It's recommended by the manufacturer that you avoid charging will the USB port. (I'm not really sure why they fitted it to the later models to be honest)
Hola,en la version SV2RSR_MOD,que es lo que calibra o regula en el menu el apartado: Dev FM DevAM y DevSSB. ¿Para que sirven? Gracias desde el Africa occidental( Canary Islands).
It depends what the channel spacing is of the frequencies you want to listen to. For example airband frequencies use 8.33Khz spacing. If you're inputing a frequency, say 446.00625 and you were in 50Khz it would only let you input 446.050, so you'd need to use a lower spacing. I hope that makes some sort of sense. Thanks for watching 👍
Tried in vain last night to get my uvk5 to download but no data comm to/from rsdio. Not even in chirp. Pulled out a baofeng uv17 and a later uv17pro and was able to upload channels and settings from chirp no problem. So PC, com port, and cable all do as they should On thr k5 i held ptt while turning on to enter flash mode.. but no comms between PC and k5 ... any ideas
Richard, I tried two Baofeng programming cables and I had the same problem as you. Neither of them worked. I then brought a UVK5 programming cable and the correct cable worked straight away.
My Baofeng cable worked just fine but it didn’t at first. I discovered You have to push the twin Jack end fully in and it takes some real force! HTH Peter
Thank you for making this video. It provided a nice short explanation of each menu item. While I have been a ham for many years, most of my activity has been on HF. I just received this radio, and I am trying to learn what all of these functions do, but just using the manual provided with its tiny print, I often get overwhelmed. Your video has helped a lot. I will probably watch it many times, with my radio in hand. --Mark, KE6BB
Thanks Mark, glad you found it useful. I've put all my Quansheng videos in one playlist:
ua-cam.com/play/PLXMfFSysu4iw5AGEOeiiKB09-MI5DWmyn.html&si=BNv5qzA5CusQSmrJ
You're the only one that did such a good informational review of this FW.
Thanks very much 👍
My first radio outside of the military. Cheers for the info.
Thanks for watching 👍
The Apollo Quindar is the transmit tone you can hear during trasmission in old Apollo moonlander footage. You only know that if you're old. 😁 Nice video!
Thanks for the info 👍
Menu 61 unlock all doesn’t appear to work??
@@johnstockwell8322 you need to repeat to process 10 times. Initially you will get 'Read Manual' on 9 attempts then 'F Lock' when successful.
Got a feeling it's 1875 Hz for 1.875 secs if I remember hi hi cobra 148 tone ...in my 9900 too..!
Thanks!
For me menu us the correct way, on a pc you go down through a menu or top to bottom, the way it should he we don't go through menus upwards as that would be from bottom to top 😉, great video thanks
Fair point, thanks for watching 👍
Thanks Ben well documented as a reference guide for a great little radio, thanks for your time and effort.
Thanks so much for such a thorough & easy to understand video! It really helped me a lot with my new UV-K5 (8)!
Thanks for watching, glad you found it useful 👍
Also very new to this too and learned a lot from this, Thank you for taking the time to explain each one.
Thanks, really appreciate your comment 👍
Very informative. Thank you for the streamlined lesson!
Really nice video. I've just got a retevis RA79 which is basically a clone of this model. Installed the egzumer firmware update and now your video has helped to clear up the menu options.
Thanks for commenting and glad you found it useful 👍
this was the most informative video i watched explaining and demonstrating the settings... one thing though... it took me some internet searching to figure out what button you were pressing to add or delete channels from the scan lists....the device isn't visible totally to include the keypad in your videos... that's the only thing i would suggest i guess. thanks for taking all the time to make this!
Thanks for watching, glad you found it useful and thanks for the advice. I'll certainly keep that in mind for future videos. 👍
Thankyou for the walk through it explained alot as am new to this 🙏👊
Thanks for your comment, glad you found it useful.
Thank you taking the time to create a really informative video.
Thanks for watching and commenting, glad you found it useful 👍
Thanks Ben. Very informative. A great help.
Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching 👍
Excellent work!!! Thank you!
Ben, well done and thankyou for explaining each menu item and then showing what you use and why. Having the information and a reference from an experienced person is invaluable and also unique ATM on UA-cam. Now do we have any volunteers that would like to document all this in a table?
Thanks for your comment, glad you found it useful. As for documentation, the wiki pages are also very helpful: github.com/egzumer/uv-k5-firmware-custom/releases
Thinking of getting one of these radios so a very helpful video well done, thank you, also subscribed.
Thanks for the sub!
Very useful, thanks Ben
Great video Ben, well explaned.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Ben, thank you for this i have downloaded the video and the radio is now setup correctly... there is very limited stock here Cape Town. Thanks Again
Thanks for watching and glad you found it useful 👍
Really helpful video. Thanks Ben.
Thanks for watching, glad you found it helpful 👍
Thank you for the explanation
Thank you for providing this !
Thanks, glad you found it useful 👍
For a newbie like me this video is invaluable thanks for taking the time to make it. It would be good to get a .doc file with this information for reference !
Glad it was helpful and thanks for watching 👍
Very helpful. All the, I guess abbreviations we might call them are so confusing.
Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching 👍
Great little radios, had one for a while now, decided to get another for £10.08 the AM rx mod is deffo worth doing
Where did you get your radio so cheap, lowest price I've seen is £30
Brilliant, thanks for all the info.😊
Thanks 👌 👍
Thank you, friend.
Awesome job Ben and I hope all is well 🤝 I have a question for ya. I noticed that when powering on my radio, channel A / channel 1 is always on AM. I've set the Demodulation to FM and on powering on the radio it reverts back to AM with TX disabled. Also, I noticed that after setting the Demodulation to FM , if I go to another channel and then go back to the previous channel 1, it will be set to AM also. Is their a way to fix this or do I have to manually change it every time I turn on or change the channel ?
Very useful, thank you 👍
Thanks for watching, glad you found it useful 👍
Thanks dear , I got it.
Thank you sir. This meens a lot
Glad you found it useful, thanks for watching 👍
Great stuff, thanks.
Hell yes!!! Thank you!
Good video my friend, thanks
very usueful radio, I still not as yet put the firmware in yet, but planning to do it soon. all the best keep them coming.
Klasse Video.
what a great video - thank you - question - is there away to lower the Squelch at the end of a transmission?? im listening to our local police 469-575 - its loud - any suggestion??
Beautiful explanation vu2nsk
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Hi Ben nice video and well explained.
I’ve heard this radio can be opened up on 4m/6m tx is this true thanks in advance Steve.
Great video like usual …….wish you’d show me how to store the CB channels on the CPS . I’ve yet to figure that out . 😡
Question if I may? Menu 7 and Menu 8 Directional Offset/Directional Frequency.
Does this work as per frequency? Say I have a repeater, for example my local Slough. I'm monitoring it, it is highlighted with the black triangle on the home screen, and I want to change the directional offset and frequency to + 1.6Mgz. I go into the menu 7 and menu 8 and change the offset. Does this now save to that frequency (Slough) alone?
So if I now go to the Bracknell repeater and change it offset using menu 7 and 8, it will save its offset also, and not mess up Slough's offset?
I was slightly confused, thinking when I changed offsets in menu 7 and 8 it was a global change across all frequencies.
Thank you for any help you may divulge 😊
Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 👍
Well worth a comment 👍
Thanks Ben 👍
Thank you!
Backligh-Always-ON, I'm searching for it but I can't find it. It goes off after 3 seconds. Do you perhaps know ?
Would be nice to have a version with bt included. Thanks for the instructive video Ben!!! In another video you present the egzumer firmware with display color blue!!!
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it. Yes that's because the UV-5R Plus has a blue screen 👍
I wonder if egzumer provides a button for momentarily exclude a memory channel from being scanned without fiddling with the scan lists? In IJV you can simply press the star button. Thanks for going through the menu items Ben!
Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Many thk's !! 🤙
Hi Ben. Thank you for a well-explained tutorial. I need, from an experimental task only, even when I am fully licensed G4SVY, to transmit in all bands but find the F Lock feature to do that does not change anything? You mentioned something in the way of having to repeat the operation 10 times, can you elaborate on how exactly you do that to unlock all bands, please?
Hi, when you go into the hidden menu and select 'F Lock' then 'Unlock All' you'll get the message 'Read Manual' Repeat the 'Unlock All' selection 10 times and eventually you will no longer get the 'Read Manual' message and the radio is unlocked.
Thanks Ben. I noticed it only transmits on FM, but that's fine for my purpose.@@m7frs272
Do you have a csv for the uk fm and eu cb channels to help us save time thanks
24:30 Apollo Quindar is supposed to mimic the Apollo mission bleep used in the moon landing.
Thank you for taking the time to explain, is it true the output power will go down with this firmware?
Thanks for watching and I'll do a power output comparison in another video soon 🤞
Amazing tutorial video thank you so much. Just a quick question, when i hold button 8 in for 2sec, on the screen it shows a R letter. Any idea what that does? Thanks
Thanks for watching, glad you found it useful. The 'R' reverses the frequency when operating in repeater/duplex mode.
STE is mainly used on repeaters (a receiver that uses CTCSS). It is supposed to continue TXing for a short duration but with no CTCSS or a reverse tone on DCS. Most of these radios don't do it correctly so it remains a useless feature because it wasn't built correctly. On commercial 2-way radios systems back in the day that used CTCSS (PL/CG/QT tones) it works great. Most hams don't set their repeaters up correctly for these features to work right.
Reverse burst or Squelch Tail Elimination ("STE") is a process that uses a change of the phase of the PL tone encoder for a short period of time after the user unkeys the PTT button. The term "reverse burst" is used to describe the deliberate phase change for a specific abount of time while the transmitter carrier stays on - about 150 to 200ms - with the phase of the PL encoder offset by from 120 to 180 degrees (180, naturally is a complete reversal). During the reverse burst time period the reverse phase stops the PL decode reed dead in its tracks - which slams the receiver squelch closed right now. By the time the transmitter actually drops off the air the RX squelch is already closed - which results in no burst of squelch noise being heard.
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Full start up works for noticing burn pixels
Great video it was helpful. I have a question. Can you do an update on the new version 31.5w . The reason I ask is that I just got my radio today and just flashed it to 31.if 5w. Still understanding the radio a bit more. Thank you
Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by version 31.5w? The latest version of Egzumer is 0.22 as far as I'm aware?
Thanks for the helpful explanation of all the menu functions. Just a note, you really should calibrate the battery Voltage indication. Yours is showing 8.47V! Lithium Ion should never go above 8.4V for a 2S battery. I’m certain if you put a known good meter on the rear battery terminals it will be a bit less than 8.4V in reality. The USB charging port won’t take it much above 8V. The base stand charger stops at less than 8.4V (at least mine does anyway). My Set was showing well above the actual battery Voltage when new out of the box last week. HTH.
Cheers and thanks for the info 👍
any idea what i should set it to ? thanks in advance
forgot to mention battery is 7.4v but i cant select amp hours in mine
In the Voltage Calibrate screen simply adjust the correction value up or down until the voltage displayed correctly matches the meter measured voltage on the battery rear terminal pads. You only need to do this once. @@dublinese415
Squelch tail elimination mutes the squelch tail on other receivers listening to your signal with the same capability.
What is the best radio for Am for picking up Aircraft please 🙏 Alan from Luton ps people say not to up loed it because the watts charge from 2 watts to 8 watts and they go all over the place . Thanks for help Alan from Luton ✈️🇬🇧💯👍
Hi Alan. If you just was a cheap radio for listening to aircraft then this should be fine, especially if your not planning on transmitting with it. (You can turn off transmit in the settings if you want to) Most, if not all of the modified firmware will improve AM reception. The only issue with these radios is when people try using them to transmit on frequencies that they are not intended for. Hope this helps.
On the "99" version, press F then 5 to bring up the spectrum scope on screen. I shouldn't wonder it's on this too, as it does everything except wash your shirt.
🤓
Dd you look to see if you can get the Spectrumscope on this one?
nice video i m a new subscriber,i m not license so i m using it for pmr only lol i know its not alout :)
what is the compound function for?
22s out now:-)
Hello thanks for you video, i was also asking myself how did you named the CB channels in memory ? I tried with UV-K5 Programming Software-Neutral and CHIRP but it's says thoses frequency are not supported by this radio so it does not let me rename (I've added 40channels by hand and thought at least i could renamed it ^^)
It is possible in CHIRP. If you select 'settings' then 'driver information' then check the box 'limits disabled for modified firmware'. You should then be able to write out of band frequencies and names.
@@m7frs272Thanks for your response, but i do not have this line in this tab, i only have the firmware Version (v0.22)
I'm a bit of a newbie with this radio, so please excuse the question: If I flash my radio with this firmware (Egzumer v0.20), can I still continue to program it with Chirp Next? Also, will you be doing a video on the next Egzumer version (0.21)? Thanks!
Yes that's absolutely fine. To be honest I haven't planned to do a video on version 0.21 as the basics are the same. Hope that helps.
Amazing work and video could i please get the information on how to change the firmware and make it recieve all frequencies and the link to the cable thank ls
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Thanks for watching, hope this helps. Please subscribe for more 👍
how to determine the frequency and subtone of another radio station?
How can I avoid not getting a knock on the door? Just never send and only receive? Thank you. I am new. From the US. Also is it ok to charge it from the c port?
You can use the hidden menu to set the radio to 'Disable All' which will not allow TX on any band/frequency. Also, not really. It's recommended by the manufacturer that you avoid charging will the USB port. (I'm not really sure why they fitted it to the later models to be honest)
Great video, very helpful. How do you get the orange backlight/screen? I'm on FW 0.20 egzumer
That's the UV-K5 (8) model that has the orange screen. Unfortunately you can't change the colours in the firmware.
Where can I download Ezumer v0.2o menu options?
If I have used the UVMOD on my radio can I install the EGzumer after with no problem and it will replace the UVMOD?
Yes you can. The radio can only have one firmware loaded at any time, but its fine to change as much as you like.
why uhf can't receive, how i'm setting....
Hola,en la version SV2RSR_MOD,que es lo que calibra o regula en el menu el apartado: Dev FM
DevAM y DevSSB.
¿Para que sirven?
Gracias desde el Africa occidental( Canary Islands).
Hi, I've not tried the SV2RSR_Mod yet, so I'll have to have a look. Thanks for watching 👍
Do you have a link where I could get that list as a written text?
For each egzumer update there is a link to a manual relating to menu options
Tutor Spectrum analyzer,,, please !!!
Amigo gracias de pantano aquí se puede oír 40metros solo oír gracias
Se puede o no es la pregunta vracias
Can we change display colour?
No, not unless you physically replaced the display for one with a different colour LED backlight.
HI...WHEN I PROGRAM A CHANNEL WITH CHIRP...MY RADIO DISPLAYS DTMF,AND NO SOUND???ANY IDEAS.73
Sorry, that's not something I've experienced 🤷♂️
How to switch modes, from AM to FM on VFO
While in VFO mode, use the menu to change mode. See my other videos for help with this.
Setting it to GB Ham knocks out the PMR :(
hello, totally new to this radio, may i ask why you have the step set to 6.25? mine is set to 25.00kHz whats the difference? Many thanks
It depends what the channel spacing is of the frequencies you want to listen to. For example airband frequencies use 8.33Khz spacing. If you're inputing a frequency, say 446.00625 and you were in 50Khz it would only let you input 446.050, so you'd need to use a lower spacing. I hope that makes some sort of sense. Thanks for watching 👍
@@m7frs272 Thats helpful, thank you
HOW TO OFF DECODE
I want to edit name .
Help me
Tried in vain last night to get my uvk5 to download but no data comm to/from rsdio. Not even in chirp.
Pulled out a baofeng uv17 and a later uv17pro and was able to upload channels and settings from chirp no problem.
So PC, com port, and cable all do as they should
On thr k5 i held ptt while turning on to enter flash mode.. but no comms between PC and k5 ... any ideas
Richard, I tried two Baofeng programming cables and I had the same problem as you.
Neither of them worked.
I then brought a UVK5 programming cable and the correct cable worked straight away.
My Baofeng cable worked just fine but it didn’t at first. I discovered You have to push the twin Jack end fully in and it takes some real force! HTH Peter
I'ved read somewhere that you have to "push" the cable real good inside. With a little extra pressure. Hope it helps...
I had trouble with mine, as others have said here, you have to really push the plug in hard to get it to connect.
@@IanDarley .. Yeah, happened to me too. Just push-it.
Thanks for confusing me.
Is that a Norfolk accent I hear?....
North Suffolk, so close 😉👍
космическая рация
Thats the uv-k6 not 5
No, it's a UV-K5(8)
Very good and informative video. Thank you sir. You got a new subscriber. Have a great day. 73 KD2ZZE
Thanks for the sub, much appreciated 🙏