How To Scan Saved Channels Egzumer

So this is presuming you have already saved some channels to the memory that can be scanned, and that Egzumer is already installed. First off, turn on the radio. You should now be in the VFO dual frequency screen, in frequency scan mode. There will be an "F" to the left of the frequency. Press and hold down the number 3 on the keypad to toggle between frequency scan mode and memory scan mode. On the screen, "F" is for frequency scan and "M" is for memory scan. Make sure M is on the screen so that memory mode is selected. Please see the picture enlarged if you are unsure.

Image: Picture shows memory mode "M" selected, and the two "I" symbols which represent scan lists.

Make sure that there is at least one "I" looking symbol is to the right of the frequency in the top corner. These "I" symbols represent scan lists. There is a total of two of these. If both scan lists are selected you will see 3 "I" like symbols next to each other in the top right hand corner. One on its own, and two close together. This means both scan lists are selected [On] and will be scanned once a scan is started. To toggle between scan lists, turn one or both on or off, press and hold the number 5 on the keypad for a second when in memory mode. You will see the I's in the corner disappear and reappear when pressing and holding number 5. For the first time, make sure that all three I's are present in the corner.

Now to scan the memory channels just press and hold the scan button on the keypad. Once it starts scanning release the scan button. And that's it. You are now scanning the saved channels like a normal scanner would. You can then use the up and down arrows to to scan up and down, or continue scanning when it stops on a channel. If it won't scan further than one channel up / down when using the arrows, just press and hold down the scan button again to continue scanning through the channels.

In Summary:

• On the main VFO dual frequency screen in frequency mode - Press and hold down number 3 for one second to activate memory mode.

• Make sure scan lists are selected ["I" symbols in the right corner]. If not, press and hold down number 5 for one second once or twice to activate one or both scan lists.

• Press and hold down the scan button for one second to start scanning your saved channels.

These instructions are the same on all radios that have Egzumer installed. So this will work with the UV 5R Plus, UV K5 8 and K6.

Rare PINK Quansheng

Came across this on the Quansheng subreddit and thought it was quite cool. Never seen one before. A rare bright pink Quansheng K5 / K6. The person who bought it said they got it from alafone.com, and it goes under the colour "red" on that site. But it is pink. It's the same as any other Quansheng UV K5 8 other than being pink. I did do a quick search on Aliexpress and Amazon to see if it was available and it was not. I did find a nice blue one for sale that I've never seen before though. I had a quick look at the website where the person bought it from and on there it is called "rose red" in terms of the colour name. There's also some camouflage / army green / desert style Quansheng's also.

The endangered pink K6
byu/Active_Emu_845 inQuansheng

Baofeng DMR 1701 Flashing Charger

I watched a review of the Baofeng 1701 which was a few years old and the guy mentioned that he was quite disappointed because the charger was always flashing red and green when no radio was inside being charged. I didn't think much of this at the time, and when I got my own Baofeng 1701 and eventually needed to use the charger, when no radio was inserted it did not flash. The light was solid red. But now, for some reason it flashes when nothing is inside. See the video below.

 

Not sure why this has changed. I don't really mind though as I don't leave it plugged in like the reviewer I mentioned does [and that's why he didn't like it]. But yeah, it would be annoying if I did have it on standy all the time. Quite distracting beings as its a USB powered desktop charger and would have to be close to a computer of some kind. Unless I bought a much longer lead.

Anyway, it works fine other than that. Its solid red when the battery is being charged, and solid green when fully charged. No flashing. Not sure if other models flash like this when nothing is being charged.