Videos and tutorials

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Videos and tutorials

This page points to the F4HWN YouTube channel as a companion to the written wiki.

The wiki remains the best reference for menus, exact wording, and step-by-step checks. The videos are useful when you want to see the radio, the screen, and the workflow in real conditions.

F4HWN YouTube channel

The main channel is:

• F4HWN on YouTube

It contains many videos about Quansheng radios, the custom firmware family, and related tools and workflows.

The channel also includes a dedicated Quansheng playlist, which is a convenient way to browse the most relevant videos in one place:

• Quansheng playlist

Selected videos

Here are a few hand-picked videos from the channel:

• Aviation Frequencies and MONITOR ✈️: Channel ≠ Frequency (the mistake that changes everything)!: do you only hear some aeronautical frequencies, in AM with an 8.33 kHz step, when you open MONITOR? In many cases, this is neither a sensitivity issue nor a firmware issue !
• New F4HWN Firmware v5.3.0 Fusion Edition: overview of the v5.3.0 Fusion release, with the main changes and a practical introduction to what is new in that version.
• S-Meter Calibration on F4HWN Fusion Edition with a TinySA Ultra: explains how to refine the S-meter calibration with a TinySA Ultra, then apply a correction in CHIRP if needed.
• Is Your UV-K5 V1 Bricked? Here Is How to Repair It: recovery tutorial for a UV-K5 V1 accidentally bricked after flashing the wrong firmware, using ST-LINK, OpenOCD, and bootloader restoration.

Language

Many videos are in French.

If you are not a French speaker:

• enable subtitles when available
• use YouTube auto-translation if needed
• some videos may also provide English dubbing

What the videos are good for

The videos are especially useful for:

• first-time orientation
• seeing menu navigation and button sequences
• programming with CHIRP
• understanding scan behavior
• exploring features such as UV Studio, Air Copy, or the spectrum analyzer

Best way to use them with this wiki

Use the videos for demonstration, then return to the matching wiki pages for the exact written reference:

• Getting started
• UV Studio
• Programming with CHIRP
• Radio operation
• Scanning
• Advanced features
• Troubleshooting