I purchased a Quansheng UV-5K from Shopee, Philippines on April 23, 2024 Purchased for 999 pesos (2,700 yen) as a contact for making antennas. VUHF transceivers can ONAIR on frequencies that cannot be transmitted in Japan!
On April 23, 2024, I purchased a Quansheng UV-5K from the Philippine e-commerce site Shopee. I bought it for communication purposes while building antennas,. for 999 pesos (approximately $17.5). This VUHF transceiver can transmit on frequencies that are not allowed for transmission.
for transmission in Japan but is, of course, legal in the Philippines.
The model name UV-5K is not written anywhere on the box. The model name "UV-5K" is not written anywhere on the box.
USB Programming Cable for Quansheng UV-K5 211 pesos ($570, $3.7) for two
We immediately rewrote the firmware. First, download and extract Radio Cable Driver.zip and Firmware IJV.zip, k5prog_win-v1.26_IJV I immediately proceeded with the firmware update. First, I downloaded and extractedRadio Cable Driver.zip,Firmware IJV.zip, andk5prog_win-v1.26_IJV.
Install Radio Cable Driver to enable USB Programming Cable
The driver installation isINSTALLIt only takes a few seconds to press Installing the USB driver is as simple as pressingINSTALL, and it only takes a few seconds.
Start the device manager and then plug the USB cable of the USB Programming Cable into the PC After a few moments, the ports will be added as follows After launching the Device Manager, plug the USB programming cable into the computer. After a moment, the port will be added as shown below.
Once the COM port is recognized, plug in the connector on the radio side I read on the internet that if you don't insert it deep enough, it may fail to be recognized.
Once the COM port is recognized, plug the connector into the radio. I read on the internet that "if you don't push it in all the way, there may be a failure in recognition."
Start the programming program k5prog_win-v1.26_IJV.exe Launch the programming programk5prog_win-v1.26_IJV.exe.
Select the Serial port that you have checked in the device manager. Select the Serial port that you confirmed in the Device Manager.
Use these three buttons
Backup with Read Configuration and Read Calibration Take a backup usingRead ConfigurationandRead Calibration.
Only Write Firmware requires UV-5K to be in programming mode. To enter programming mode, turn on the UV-5K while holding down the PTT The top LED glows white and nothing is displayed on the LCD panel.
Press the Write Firmware button to upload the unzipped firmware Firmware IJV_v2.9.R5.bin
Only forWrite Firmware, it is necessary to put the UV-5K into programming mode. To enter programming mode, press the PTT on the UV-5K while turning on the power. The LED on the top will light up white, and nothing will be displayed on the LCD panel.
Then, press theWrite Firmwarebutton and upload the firmwareFirmware IJV_v2.9.R5.binThat you extracted earlier.