DOS, Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/98, or Windows XP for example. Some programming software may require an obsolete operating system such as M.S. Please do not contact us asking for help programming your radio. If you choose to program your own radio, we urge that you allow plenty of time to self-learn about your radio and the programming process - it's not always straightforward. Unfortunately, we do not offer technical support for self-programming two-way radios. Once this is complete, you can download this software from Your Downloadable Products area of our website. This means a member of staff will check eligibility and due-diligence.

Before your software is available to download, we will need to authorize your order. Disconnect the cable and check to see that the radio has been programmed correctly.We do not send or email you the software. Click Radio→Upload to Radio, and CHIRP should download the memory channel information to your UV-5X3. Next, connect your UV-5X3 to your computer using the PC03 Programming Cable and turn on your radio.įinally, you’re ready to program the radio. Here are what my channels look like after I edited the repeater information. You won’t be able to access the repeaters if these aren’t set properly. Remember to also program the tone mode and tone frequency of the repeaters. I live in Ann Arbor, MI, so I’ve entered the 2m simplex frequency (146.52 MHz), and the repeaters that I can hit locally. Next, enter the frequencies and repeaters that you want to program into your radio. You can save this information, so that you can restore the radio to the factory settings later, by clicking on File→Save. If you’ve just purchased your radio, you’ll see something like this: Next, open the app and download the data from the radio. Once the installer has downloaded, double-click on its icon and the installer will install CHIRP on your computer. On the next page, look for the reccomended version for your operating system (highlighted in green) and click on it to download the installer.

To install CHIRP, first go to the CHIRP website and click the “get it!” button.

In this post, we’ll show you how to program a BTECH UV-5X3 with CHIRP.ĬHIRP runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux operating systems, but in this post, I’ll be describing how to install and use the Windows version of CHIRP. You can use CHIRP to program 11 different BTECH models, including our amateur radios and our GMRS and MURS radios. One of the most frequently asked questions that we get here at BTECH is, “How do I program the channel memories in my UV-5X3?” The answer is, “Get CHIRP!” CHIRP is a free, open-source application for programming many different radios from dozens of manufacturers.

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