purchasing link: www.aliexpress.com//item/1005006706890871.html

@YU5KBM

4 ай бұрын

Out of stock I feel sad now for seeing this video lol

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

New batch will be soon back on stock, please check this this again time to time.

@djkacho

4 ай бұрын

Same for me, i already bought uv k6 (k5 8 inside) justo for fun doing this. Thanks for the video

@mygoldenace

4 ай бұрын

Its back in stock!

@n7nja851

4 ай бұрын

@@YU5KBM just purchased was shipped within hours.

The guys at Quansheng must love this - all the free R&D work being done by the community to help make the next version of their radio. Now if it had a more powerful CPU and support for Bluetooth for audio & 'CAT' control :-)

@jamesmoore6424

4 ай бұрын

Hey this is what ham radio has always been about. I recall before I had my ticket that ham guys would be on the hunt for decent tube b&w TVs as there was a particular vacuum tube that was good for making a fairly good amp.

@myaerialvideos7062

4 ай бұрын

Reminds me ESP8266 and then ESP32

@frequencywatchers

4 ай бұрын

If Only Thats How It Worked. Sadly Its Not :(

@n7nja851

4 ай бұрын

​@@frequencywatcherswe're not here for reality! Besides, accepting reality as it is would be the death of homebrew stuff like this.

@frequencywatchers

4 ай бұрын

@@n7nja851 i mean, they will not make this mod in yhe next gen ht. Not hapenin

I was holding my breath while you soldered that grain of sand - capacitor into position!

@OM0ET

3 ай бұрын

😆👍

Watched a few videos of this mod and decided to give it a try yesterday. I have a tweezer soldering iron which you can close on each side of the smd caps and resistors. This worked quite well but required careful placement as to not heat near by parts. I have a hot air gun that I planned to use on the eight pin IC removal but I was concerned that it might blow off the adjacent tiny parts. I used an exacto knife to score the leads at the package several times. You can press on the cut and snap of the leads. After that the remaining remnants can be easily removed with soldering iron. That tiny capacitor is smaller that I thought but I managed to get it installed. Happy to say that the mod is working. Thank you for the excellent video.

@RobertoDenis-ot5ie

3 ай бұрын

To remove these small smd, I slip a very thin wire under one of the sides (making a loop) and put some upward lifting pressure while heating the pins on that side (not too much or you will pull up the traces). The chip will pop up from that side, then the rest is easy. Doing it this way saves the chip for other uses (or reversing the mod).

Thanks for getting the whole modification process on camera. The light and angles let the viewer see exactly what has to be done to get the radio receiving HF!

My eyes and patience are not what they used to be, or I would try this with one of mine. I like them so much that I want to keep multiple firmware's, so multiple radios. Thanks Paul.

Amazing job especially the soldering

WOW Beautiful work! I used to fix printers and servers back in the day, if my resource controller handed me a bag with those capacitors I'd have sworn they'd messed up as I'd never even see them! Truly beautiful work 😮

Mr. Paul, your soldering skills are superb!

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for compliment :)

@SailProMarina

3 ай бұрын

@@OM0ETI think a needle tip and digital adjustable Weller station would have prevented that tracer burn error. just sayin.

@kitchenbriks3685

3 ай бұрын

I don’t think we watched the same video 😂

Great technique soldering the wire-strand jumpers while still connected to the wire. That seemed to give to make it easier to have the wire sheath to hold.

@bravo2xray

Ай бұрын

😉 ☝️

I salute you for making a BRILLIANT video ‼️🙏 Such a gift ❤. Thank You 💐

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Many thanks for compliment! :)

Super impressed! My Quansheng is sitting in the corner (in the box it came in) laughing at me! I got it mid way through last year but have done little with it as I became more interested in the frequencies you're demonstrating in the final part of the video. I guess I will have to find me an electrician capable of doing this modification. - Excellent video by the way!

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment my friend! Well it the best time to have fun with your Quansheng. He has been waiting too long already, hihi :) Good luck and 73!

@hardtarget2359

4 ай бұрын

@@OM0ETIs this mod. RX only? Or can you transmit on those lower bands as well?

@edwardfletcher7790

4 ай бұрын

Any really good cellphone or laptop technician can help you. You could also ask for help at your local Hackerspace/Maker space.

My kit arrived and was installed without issue thanks to your video. The radio now works with the original firmware, but since I have a Mac computer, I'm having difficulty getting the new firmware installed, but I'll keep trying.

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Well, you need a friend with Windows probably 😀

This is awesome! I have two of these radios, but plan to buy more, since they are so versatile. Thanks for the videos!

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Today morning I oredered another one too :D the UV-K5(99) Maybe topic for my next video :D

I didn't know they already made a whole kit for the quansheng, I've been looking into it for quite a bit and I do have another UV-K5(8) coming in tbe mail, I will definitely do this now as I think having a small HF listener would be pretty awesome 73

@berth2647

4 ай бұрын

sold out at alie expres

Thanks, you make it look so easy, great job

Wow, amasing hardware and firmware mods. It totally changes the stock radio. Very cool, Paul. I dont know if i can do the soldering, but maybe I can find someone to do it for me. Thanks for sharing, my friend.👍🤠🇦🇺

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Good luck my friend with your own Quansheng. I hope you find someone who will help you! ;) Best 73!

@machadomachado9224

4 ай бұрын

Olá colega, estou no Brasil, como faço para adquirir esse kit? Tanks

@DonzLockz

4 ай бұрын

He has a link to AliExpress in the description of this video.👌

@testetestando285

3 ай бұрын

@@machadomachado9224 Olá! Tem um link do aliexpress na descrição do vídeo. Não sei se tenho a habilidade para soldar componentes SMD tão pequenos, mas talvez tente.

Ah the surface mount. 20 years ago odd, working on this type of thing was my job. I gear due to my age and accompanying health issue my hands and eyesight are as focused and as steady as the once were. Great video.

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment James and for watching! :)

@matthewkleinmann

4 ай бұрын

Me too, worked at one of the first places in the US doing surface mount, this was back in the days when the mask was for the glue that held the parts on so they could go through the old school wave soldering machine. I did a lot of rework but my god those parts have gotten smaller over the years. Amazing job with them considering the tools you are working with.@@OM0ET

@Barracuda48082

3 ай бұрын

Adjustable Hot air soldering station, HD overead camera connected to 24" hd display, laptop and a variety of surgical forceps, tweezers and white desktop that is nick, burn proof to decipher a dropped smd and a burn or flux drop.

Great video and love the Magnetic Loop antenna you have in the background.

Well done on the soldering. Great video

Thanks so much for the video. I just bought the board and it did not have any instructions. Now I can follow your video.

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Yes, this was also the reason to made this video ;) Good luck with your radio! ;)

In fact, there’s a big group on FB about the SI4735 chip, that lets you make a full-band, full-mode DSP receiver.

Paul i tip my hat to you for the solder job on the 100nu resistor without a heatgun. Never seen it done like that with such a good result. Bien fait!!

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for compliment :) Hotgun and solder paste would be much better ;) Best 73!

@RoSi4You

4 ай бұрын

Paul, let's give you my Quangsheng, if you can repeat that cap. I will done it not in million years... 😅

@Mercan1556

4 ай бұрын

actually, he should clear one pad from the tin and then solder one side while pressing the component flat on the surface. His Resistor isnt "surface" mounted its more like floating over the pcb

@edwardfletcher7790

4 ай бұрын

​​​​@@OM0ETAliExpress sells tiny knock off tips for your soldering iron for $1 , I'd recommend the 900M-T-I for SMD work....👍 Your tracer problem is poor manufacturing and excessive heat. You also needed much more solder on the IC jump pads.

@MidlifeRenaissanceMan

3 ай бұрын

Sometimes contact soldering is easier. I’ve had those tiny chip caps have blown away. Bit too much air pressure and not enough stick in the flux

Trafopajka pobavila, letovanie smd s tym kolom prekvapivo zvladnutelne. Tiez radsej letujem (s vyrazne mensim) hrotom ako s teplovzduchom. Dobra praca.

For low audio I would recommend to connect the audio not on pin 3.4 but after two resistors, I use to short those 😊

@VassVince

4 ай бұрын

Thx, good idea! 73

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Could you send some sketch of this please? I would try it ;)

@techris45

4 ай бұрын

Yes, would love to see that sketch bc I'm too new to soldering board modifications so need all the help I can get, lol

@zkakuszi

4 ай бұрын

Could you show me in more detail where to solder it? The video says it works for me, but I'm not sure what you're suggesting

@zkakuszi

4 ай бұрын

dear friend, could you clarify for me what needs to be done here for louder audio?

Veľmi zaujímavé, držím palce.

Thanks, Paul. Great video!

Fantastic guide! I will be following this as soon as my kit arrives :) Thank you :)

Excellent video, really well produced. I really enjoyed watching it. Thank you.

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

I also thank you! :)

I did enjoy this video. I don't think I can do this mod myself, my eyes and hands are not steady enough.

Thank you so much for this very informative video, it must have taken you hours of patience in your research and practical demonstrations.

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Actually yes. HW modification, recording and editing took me about 12hours :)

Nice job. You did it pretty well without any fancy micro-tools,

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! ;)

Great job, guy! You are my new god of soldering..

Many thanks and appreciation for your valuable efforts. We learned from you🙏👍

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I am happy that my video will help to someone ;)

These make a very handy handheld multi-band receiver and VHF/UHF transceiver for the price. They don't do anything better, (or as well,) but they sure do 'more' than other handhelds. Ultimately we will be seeing cellphones with 'all band' receivers and HF/VHF/UHF all-mode transceivers all together in one package. As in decades past, hams are pushing the technology envelope for new products. It's good to see.

nice job ! big thanks for this modification review ! i'm waiting for this !

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Well, so good luck with your own radio! ;)

This is simply superbb mod 👌👌

This is very interesting ! Good soldering work !

Great work on that modification .... It's an amazing little radio... tons of firmware out there as well.. Thank You

Well done on a very neat job. You have great soldering skills. 👍

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Wow. Thanks for sharing. I am definitely going to try this mod!

Amazing what creative and capable people come up with ... by the way you should have soldered the big resistor-alike looking inductor with shorter leads, which is one of the many reasons why everybody is using SMD technology, avoiding unnecessary cross talk - since it seems to be going towards ground it should be easy to do that. Thanks for showing this so very well visually and verbally documented process - great work.👍 With all the extended wiring and with that additional capacities does it still operate on UHF without signal degradation? I also love to tinker with radio related stuff all my life and that is why I smiled when seeing this, turning the cheapest Chinese FM radio into an all-mode HF receiver, though as a serious HF enthusiast you question yourself why not spend a few bucks more and get like e.g. a Malachite SDR or Chinese clone and also have a tiny portable HF receiver with serious performance for a device of that size and it is also capable op listening even up to higher frequencies. I guess here this is more a proof of concept that stuff like this, which was unthinkable 20 years ago, is now possible due to the digital backend, relatively capable processor/controller and most of all some very capable people who created these hacks showing us this new dimension of mods. 🙏 This definitely leads us to realize that there will soon be way more cool stuff to come ... like dedicated handheld transceivers that do all this with high dynamic SDR front-ends while being able to send AND receive from HF to UHF in all modes that will come close to the quality of big and heavy traditional transceivers.

Exelent, and clean work.👍🏽

Thank you for your introduction and you have good soldering skills! This daughter board design is quite clever! Most of Japanese hamradios are, I believe, not well doing this size of micro soldering as we are OLD ;-)

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your nice comment my friend ;)

Been waiting for this to be videoed 👍 Be interesting to see how many views it gets...Thanks

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing this Paul! Best 73, Ben de M7FRS

Amazing tutorial, I followed each step and worked! I coudn't do it without your help. Thank you and 73 from Brazil, PY5LM.

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Oh! Nice! I am happy that this video helped you to modify your radio! Enjoy it and 73 ;)

Well done! I respect professionals!

Wonderful Video you made and I really like it!

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great video. Beautifully done.

thanks for the video friend, i believe the next quansheng model will have the hf band standard in the radio menu....

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Wow, that would be fanstastic! I would be the first who buy it :D Let's hope!

Thank you Paul for this video. I can't wait for my module to arrive this days! ❤

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Well then I hope this video will help you to do this Mod and wish you good luck! ;) 73

Paul great thanks brother

Grettings Paul from Venezuela de YV2ESB, this video literally blew my mind 🤣

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Hey friend! lol, thanks for watching and 73 to sunny Venezuela! :)

Great Content, Thanks!

Ordered the parts. It will probably be next month before they arrive.

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Well, good luck with your own Q'sheng! And have fun! ;)

Amazing technic!

Brilliant Paul....

Great job OMET just take your time job done ,,, first video showing the mod thanks for sharing

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

Thanks, I took your advice and ordered a kit from Ali.

I’m very grateful to everyone who made this project. CC-HF software and full band modification with a si4732 is just the great peace of engineering marvel. I can imagine how many hours, effort and love is used to bring this little Chinese radio to the next level..! I have one question about calibration. Is it possible to calibrate frequency on SSB permanently? I have to tweak BFO +680 in order to get clean usb signal. Problem is that I have to do this every time I turn radio ON because BFO is resetting when the radio is switched off .

20 minutes + some Canadian dark rum after long exausting work day. Set your solder about 400C to remove old choke. Works like a charm. Don't need to remove screw, just solder the new choke closer to bttns and bend 45 degree to soldering point. Plenty of room there.

Nice job, good luck.

great job, excellent video !

Congratulations Paul de SV2YJ

Amazing job, thanks.

At 4:32 you show the removal of the lock nut on the antenna connector. I have two of these radios and that lock nut is below the plastic case (against the chassis), not on the outside. It does not need to be removed since it is inside the case. In fact, it cannot be removed since the hole in the case is smaller than the nut. It is not used to hold the plastic case and the chassis together. This may be a manufacturing mistake but I thought to let everyone know.

Definitely enjoyed the video. >Amazing job on the mod

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Hello Paul, thank you for the video. I bought that kit and installed it yesterday. Fortunately it's running but the capacitor was a real challange ( I needed 3 tries 😂). vy 73

@OM0ET

3 ай бұрын

Oh great! I am glad you did it! 😀👍

Very cool. I love the UV-K5/6. It's a bit of an expensive upgrade though. In my case, that chip board is half the price of what I paid for it. But I think i'll still give it a go. I wish someone would do some work on the firmware for the Quansheng UV-5R plus though because that radio is great. Super awesome video though, thanks.

That kit looks great Paul, i will get a couple ordered, Nicely done and thanks for sharing.

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you and fr watching too! :)

That's Fantastic 🙏 I'm impressed ⚡🙏⚡

I am shure you have looked at "TRX Bench`s" Or "TRX LAB" vidios about fixing radios, Paul. Nice fix! The best from LB1NH Arild 🙂

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Hey Arild! lol what is it?? (joking) :D Thanks for watching! 73

the output throttle is warming up and there is a power drop on it . you need to put (FLC-32t-471j) NLV32T-471 JEFF,if you need reception below 1 MHz,then NLFV32T-681K-EFT

AWESOME!!!

Very good video - thank you 😊

Great Job Paul as usual! 73

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Ed! ;) Best 73!

Just incredible!

Thanks Omet I followed your guide and installed the Board I also have low.audio also 40 Meters RX seems deaf.

Jesus, you are a braver man than I! Haha. My eyesight could not cope with soldering any components that small. Nice job though :)

Спасибо за подробный рассказ, было понятно без перевода, буду повторять ...

Great video, Paul! Very thorough description, and the images are very clear. I guess now I need to buy another UV-K5 and the mod kit! hi hi Andy - K0ALS

Fantastic job, well done. A job normally done by robots.. 👍 👍 👍

Vďaka moc Paľo za skvelé video. Toto je hoodne zaujímavé. Objednaný set TRX + PCB + kábel.... :) 73 GL

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Super! Tal verím že sa Ti to podarí ;) Držím palce!

Excellent thanks

From Indonesia.. Good Job..

mantab bisa ditiru

Very impressive.

wow amazing ✨

Impressive mod. I wish I had the skill set to be able to do that. Like n sub.

sophisticated idea, 👍🏼❤️

thanks for the great video

I have two of these radio's now and what a bargain they have turned out to be, I paid £11 for one and £12 for the other and don't regret a single penny, after all what can you get for that money in our days. I wish my nerves and eyesight would allow me to do this mod but at my age It is not going to happen, I hope some savvy person will start doing the mod for people or Quansheng themselves start doing the mod built in. Great video and well done 73

I would run that choke diagonal to put the screw back in as it is ground for the antenna jack. all the grounds are important

Great work. A little too fine for my solder skill.

You are really good at soldering.

nicely done and explained! Great work! What temperature, solder paste did you use for this application?

Felicidades y mucho exito, saludos a todos en casa.

@OM0ET

4 ай бұрын

Hey José! Thank you very much! Also greeting to you and boys! :) Best 73!

Excellent!

excelente video