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I’ve just bought the Quansheng UV K-5(8) and want to get into playing around with the extra features from updated firmware and some of the modifications I’ve seen online. First of all I’m trying to get some of the frequencies I’ve got saved into a Uniden UBC125XLTC onto the Quansheng. I guess it’s relatively straightforward but being new to the type I’m struggling to get my head around even the basics!

I have managed to get the Quansheng connected to my PC using Chirp and done a backup of the data showing me the format of the few frequencies it’s got stored in a file labelled “UK Business Radio Simple Light Frequencies.csv”. I’ve also managed to sync the Uniden using RRUK UBC125XLT Programmer 1.0.5. Most of the frequencies I’ve backed up are ones I’ve entered manually over the past year or so and some are ones I’ve loaded from RRUK.

I’ve coped these into a new Excel file and saved it as a .csv, now I’m no expert with Excel… in fact through my whole working life it literally gave me the screaming shivers!

What I was expecting to do was select the data column by column and paste it into the Chirp file in the same order as came off the Quansheng. Try as I might, I can’t get the copies to paste! Additionally there are columns of data that the Uniden doesn’t have (like Power, Tuning Step and many more that are simply not populated in the Quansheng file, but as they aren’t in that I guess they just aren’t necessary?

My other major issue is actually going to be working the thing… I have tried reading the manual (which appears to have been written by someone who might have seen their only English speaker from a distance passing on a train!), needless to say it resembles English but not a form I’m familiar with! Has anyone actually gone to the trouble of writing a manual that is more easily understood? Possibly taking account of the various updates and or the hacks that have proliferated?

I have just bought a single user license of Office 365. Having downloaded it I’m now having trouble with logging on and using the apps for the first time. It doesn’t appear to recognise that I’ve downloaded it and registered as a new user and keeps directing me to the part of Microsoft’s website that is trying to get me to buy it and download it again. I’ve exhausted all the options I can find via this route and have tried to contact them for help, even by using their phone option… but evidently it’s not possible to actually get to talk with a human in Microsoft world! I used to understand this environment quite well but it has been many years since I’ve needed to use a PC or go through the challenges of installing new software etc. I’m guessing that the solution is probably quite simple, sadly I have had a stroke so I don’t find it easy to think through the issue as easily as I used to be able to. Any relatively simple recommendation would be greatly appreciated!