updates some posts (remove links)

content/posts/2020-01-27-aprs-with-hytera-pd785g-v9/index.md

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
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 title: APRS With The Hytera PD785G
 summary: >
-  This article is based on the Firmware v9. If you still have v8 do not upgrade---
+  This article is based on the Firmware v9.
-  the v8 is still the better choice! If you need a tutorial for v8 have a look
-  at [this website](https://dmraustria.at/gps-einstellungen-fuer-aprs-bei-hytera-geraeten/)---
-  it is in german though.
 categories: [amateur-radio]
 tags: [dmr,aprs,hytera]
 date: 2020-01-27T17:34:01+01:00
+lastmod: 2022-12-15T06:35:56+01:00
 
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content/posts/2020-05-17-change-the-bands-in-your-anytone-codeplug/index.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ summary: >
 categories: [amateur-radio]
 tags: [macos,anytone,dmr,reminders]
 date: 2020-05-17T11:38:31+02:00
+lastmod: 2022-12-15T06:38:03+01:00
 
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@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ the channel knob and power the radio off when it shows the desired limits.
 
 But I've read on social media (Telegram) that some people were not able to
 change their bands---mostly users of mobile radios. In this conversation
-[Arnold, OE1IAH](http://oe1iah.at) shared his work-around for this.
+Arnold, OE1IAH shared his work-around for this.
 
 He just changed the 17<sup>th</sup> byte in the codeplug file so the bands in
 the codeplug matched the bands used on the radio.
@@ -31,13 +32,19 @@ $ printf '\x03' | dd of=codeplug.rdt bs=1 seek=17 count=1 conv=notrunc
 ```
 ## Why would you need this?
 
-In Austria many of us use the website [dmraustria.at](http://dmraustria.at). The
+You get a codeplug from a friend but you cannot load it into your radio because
-codeplug for a Anytone radio had the bands set to `0` while some OMs could
+it uses a different band setting and you cannot change that on your radio. So
-not change the bands on their radios so the CPS did not let them write the
+you want to change the band setting in the codeplug to match it your radio setting.
-codeplug to the radio.
 
-With this method you can change the bands in the codeplug so you can write the
+## But, what you still have to consider
-codeplug to your radio even if you did not change the bands to `0`.
+
+You change from **0** to **3**, that means you can store frequencies within
+**136-174 MHz** and **400-480 MHz** while you use the **0** setting. You then
+change your codeplug to only make use of **144-146 MHz** as well as **430-440 MHz**.
+
+_You see where this is going?_
+
+You'd be fine if you only use frequencies within the HAM bands, though.
 
 ## Bands settings