# Quansheng UV-K5: programming protocol and memory-map investigation

> The Quansheng UV-K5 investigation examines the radio's programming exchanges and memory contents to support open-source radio software. It includes captured read and write traffic, a deobfuscation script, a recovered memory-map spreadsheet, and an experimental CHIRP driver.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/sq5bpf/uvk5-reverse-engineering>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sq5bpf/uvk5-reverse-engineering/blob/d30a1aa68ad264faa94f13846bf6af072edad73f/README>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/uvk5-reverse-engineering-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/uvk5-reverse-engineering-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/uvk5-reverse-engineering-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The experimental driver requires CHIRP-next version 20230515 or newer and a UV-K5 radio.
- **Prerequisites:** The author advises preserving a copy of the radio memory before use.
- **License:** CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sq5bpf/uvk5-reverse-engineering/blob/d30a1aa68ad264faa94f13846bf6af072edad73f/README>

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