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Efforts to reverse engineer the Quanscheng UV-K5 radio
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(c) 2023 Jacek Lipkowski <sq5bpf@lipkowski.org>
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Licensed cc-by-sa-4.0
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This repository contains my efforts at reverse engineering the programming
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protocol and memory contents of the Quansheng UV-K5 radio, so that the radio
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is supported by opensource software (chirp or other).
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Files in this repository:
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UVK5_memory_map.ods is the memory map i've reverse engineered using
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the UK-K5 emulator.
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sample_read.txt - dump of communication while reading the radio
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sample_write.txt - dump of communication while writing to the radio
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deobfuscate.py - a script to deobfuscate reading the above files. usage:
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./deobfuscate.py < sample_read.txt |less
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2023-05-21 10:55:05 +00:00
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uvk5.py - experimental driver for chirp. Sometimes it's more useful than
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hexediting by hand. It will be later removed it i can get it into the chirp
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repository.
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2023-05-21 13:33:36 +00:00
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To use the experimental chirp driver on all OS-es:
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- Install chirp-next, minimum version 20230515
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- Click Help -> Load module from issue and enter 10478, and select the newest
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uvk5.py file from the list (this should be the default selection).
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- Now you can select the UV-K5 from the list of radios
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- Download a copy of the radio memory with k5prog or chirp and keep it safe.
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You will need to do this every time chirp is started. This will load the
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driver i have posted in chirp issue 10748 at this url:
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https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/10478
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2023-05-21 13:33:36 +00:00
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Alternate instructions for linux users:
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- Install chirp-next, minimum version 20230515
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- Find the drivers directory (it's easiest to search for an existing driver,
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for example uv5r.py). Put the uvk5.py file there
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- Launch chirp. No need to enable developer mode, no need to load the
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driver on each program start etc.
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Resources:
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Quansheng UV-K5 EEPROM programmer
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https://github.com/sq5bpf/k5prog
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k5prog is a tool to read and write the radio eeprom. This can be used to
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reverse engineer the eeprom contents, backup the radio etc.
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Quansheng UV-K5 emulator
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https://github.com/sq5bpf/k5emulator
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k5emulator is a tool that looks like a real radio to UV-K5 programming
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software. The eeprom contents are stored in a file. Changes to this file can
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be studied to see what the original software does.
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Quansheng UV-K5 Firmware collection
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https://github.com/amnemonic/Quansheng_UV-K5_Firmware
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amnemonic's repository of firmware. Also has various bits and pieces reversed.
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This includes the firmware files xor obfuscation, which is great because in
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the future maybe they will be reverse engineered to see what the radio is
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capable of, or to make opensource firmware for this radio.
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Chirp issue #10478
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https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/10478
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Discussion regarding chirp support for the UV-K5, and my driver for it.
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