Bug #10351: UV6R Memories->Name Field Width - CHIRP

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Bug #10351

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UV6R Memories->Name Field Width

Added by Kirk Beasley about 1 year ago. Updated about 1 year ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Jim Unroe

Category:

Target version:

chirp-py3

Start date:

02/06/2023

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

Chirp Version:

next (py3)

Model affected:

UV-6R

Platform:

Windows

Debug Log:

I read the instructions above:

Description

The Baofeng UV6R supports a 7 character display field for the Memories->Name field, but your structure size is char(6). Would appreciate that field being redefined as char(7).

This issue is present in both the CHIRP-next and CHIRP-daily builds, so this isn't new.

Thanks!

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Updated by Jim Unroe about 1 year ago

Status changed from New to In Progress
Assignee set to Jim Unroe
Target version set to chirp-py3
Model affected changed from UV6R to UV-6R

Kirk Beasley wrote:

The Baofeng UV6R supports a 7 character display field for the Memories->Name field, but your structure size is char(6). Would appreciate that field being redefined as char(7).

This issue is present in both the CHIRP-next and CHIRP-daily builds, so this isn't new.

Thanks!

This is a duplicate to #6891. However I dug out my UV-6R and confirmed that it definitely does not support 7 character channel names (which was the reason that CHIRP was coded to only support 6). But I do see that the latest Baofeng software that I could find (v1.35) does appear to support 7 character channel names so I will submit a patch that will allow support for 7 character channel names. The 7th character just won't show up on radios that only support 6, like mine.

Jim KC9HI

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