Custom uv-k5 firmware
Normally the Quansheng UV-K5 runs with a firmware which comes with a manual https://manuals.plus/quansheng/uv-k5-two-way-radio-manual.pdf and more information can also be found at https://afu-base.de/quan-sheng-uv-k5/
But someone build a custom firmware with more features:
- the firmware https://github.com/armel/uv-k5-firmware-custom
- This is cool, because it comes with a small spectrum analzyer /waterfall diagram
- the wiki for the documentation: https://github.com/armel/uv-k5-firmware-custom/wiki
- it looks like someone compiled the wiki into a PDF: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/robang74/uv-k5-firmware-custom/custom-firmware-manual.pdf
- no, this is not for armel, but for the ezgumer firmware
- As the documentation is not available in english or german, i google-translated a pdf to english: File:La.Radio.mais.version.3.9-1 eng.pdf
- it looks like someone compiled the wiki into a PDF: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/robang74/uv-k5-firmware-custom/custom-firmware-manual.pdf
- for flashing with chirp for new or other channels: https://github.com/armel/uv-k5-chirp-driver
It can be flashed originaly with the following programs:
- https://github.com/sq5bpf/k5prog
- https://k5.vicicode.com/#/tool/flash
- https://egzumer.github.io/uvtools/
In the wiki of ludwich66 there's a howto how to build a baofeng programmer cable how to connect your usbserial programmer with the jack cables: https://github.com/ludwich66/Quansheng_UV-K5_Wiki/wiki/Programming-Cable if you are not able to build it, you can buy it for example at aliexpress
The current version is 4.0 and we installed on my quansheng the bandscope version, which is in the releases and in the git directly: https://github.com/armel/uv-k5-firmware-custom/releases/download/v4.0/f4hwn.bandscope.packed.v4.0.bin
