CHIRP

Please attach the debug log as it is exported from chirp. Also the screenshots as regular files. Not everyone is able to read docx files (myself included).

Also please put any actual explanation of the problem here in the bug report so that it is readable without opening a file, and searchable for other users.

The 50V2 is a GMRS radio, so channels you put in there that are not GMRS-sanctioned are being forced to duplex=off (i.e. transmit-disabled).

Is that right Jim Unroe ?

what is a good radio to get that is not GMRS-sanctioned that has similar output

Dan Smith wrote in #note-3:

The 50V2 is a GMRS radio, so channels you put in there that are not GMRS-sanctioned are being forced to duplex=off (i.e. transmit-disabled).

Is that right Jim Unroe ?

Yes. CHIRP is programmed to match way the radio's firmware allows it to behave. Since the radio will not transmit on any non-GMRS frequencies, CHIRP will always display duplex=off to match.

Davis Bell wrote in #note-4:

what is a good radio to get that is not GMRS-sanctioned that has similar output

The BTech UV-50X2 Gen2 is basically the same radio with full-band TX/RX. It has not been FCC certified for use in any radio services.

thanks for both of your help on this