Quansheng UV-K5 firmware "how to" to add USB and expand frequency range 18MHz to 1300MHz

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DISCLAIMER.
You perform all the mods shown in this video at your own risk. I anm not responsible if you brick your radio. (Unlikely)
This is not a definitive how to, but how it worked for me.
Included is where to get a programming cable, where to get the firmware files and how to upload to your Quansheng UV-K5
This should also work for K5(8) & K6
I got the cable (that works for me) from Ebay seller g0oyq-steve. I am not affiliated in any way with this seller. But his cable works for me.
For the firmware files, I use the files section of the Facebook Group "Quansheng UV-K5 UK Users"
The interface I use is the Web based UVMOD site.
You will need Chrome browser. I couldn't get it to work with Edge or Firefox.
UVMOD is at...
who's matt.github.io/uvmod/index.html

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@MrKeys57

But if you have the latest mod (which it seems) you could go to the hidden menu of the radio, then goto "F-Unlock" and set the all transmit, but it is as you say, that the radio emits a lot of harmonics, so just better to keep transmit on the "legal" frequencies, - thanks for the group info! 73, Levi in Sweden

@tfaber9394

I had something weird happen doing this. During the flash, the computer went blue screen and crashed, and the radio appeared bricked, as turning it off and on did not turn on the screen or radio and it appeared dead. But, I unplugged data cable, and re-started everything, and loaded the patch back up, plugged in the cable, turned it on with the ptt button in, and I got the flashlight/prgramming mode back. I Flashed it again, and this time it "took", and works fine. Hope this helps if this happens to you.

@dougiebambi

I have just taken up radio for a new hobby and bought a Quansheng and followed your instructions, opened the set up to monitor the free band to listen to the CQ DX. " BIG THANK YOU " for this .video.

@daytona1212

I recomment the egzumer mod. Way more options, like frequency and channel name together in the display and the spectrum Analyser. Great video, thank you.

@WW5RM

The NOAA WX Freq mod is for those outside the USA actually. It allows you to change what freq it monitors.

@TheShadowCamo

yeah it's a great scanner! The spectrum analyser mod is great! If you dabble in the CB band... a President Lincoln II+ is the way to go, it's meant for those bands, gives you 35+ watts and gives you some noise blanking options.

@RosssRoyce

Thanks so much for instructions! In my case my radio appears as COM4 or COM5 usually, I select this on the Updater tool and when I click “connect” it says “Error Info: A device which doesn’t exist was specified.”

@m7spi

What a great informative and thourough tutorial. Also thankyou for recommending our Quansheng UV-K5 UK Group, 73s Stu - M7SPI

@quentinbush

Thank you for your excellent video, yes the UVMOD is the only programming software which works easily on a MacBook. I was changing the mods looking at what they do with my radio and managed to stop it from working. Fortunately the stock firmware unbricked it. It is a shame but I cannot make it transmit on the legal 27/81 band despite its limitations but I have a CB radio for that anyway.

@DylanFahey

Got my radio patched via chrome. Making sure the patch cable was firmly connected on the radio was key. Then was able to use my Baofeng UV5R prepper csv file into CHIRP to get that uploaded into the UV K5(8). Now I have all the channels I need, weather frs etc. THANK YOU. Had to remove some offset settings on my csv file.

@brainbyte3970

Nicely done, very good job Sir !!! The tutorial is easy to follow, and very informative. Your effort to put this together and explain it to the community, I am sure it is highly appreciated by everyone watching it.