CHIRP

Hi,

No, we can't just include that module. CHIRP already supports the UV-K5 with multiple firmware variants. That module just duplicates almost all of the existing driver, does not contain fixes and changes that have been made since it forked off, and does not follow the coding style conventions of the rest of the code. Just including it creates a maintenance nightmare for this project.

Someone interested in having that variant supported natively in CHIRP is welcome to subclass the existing base driver and create a variant that avoids the duplication. Example here:

https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp/blob/master/chirp/drivers/uvk5_egzumer.py

I will be glad to help and review such an effort, but that's the only path forward.