UV-K1 · UV-K5 V3 — F4HWN firmware
Planned for v7.0

Editions: 4 → 2

Most users already moved to Labs for the overlay apps. v7.0 makes that the everyday firmware, and gathers the cloning and recovery tools in a second edition you keep in another multiboot slot.

Where each edition goes

Nothing is lost: what disappears as a built-in feature comes back as an overlay app or moves to Service.

v6.x today
v7.0 planned
Labs most used
Fusion + Rescue Ops + overlay apps, AirCopy, flash backup
→ Fusion · renamed; AirCopy and flash backup move to Service
Fusion
The base: spectrum, FM, Full Watch, K5Viewer, scan, logs, multiboot
→ Fusion · gains the overlay apps and Rescue Ops
FieldOps
Fusion + Rescue Ops, Fox Hunt, Morse Beacon
→ Fusion · Fox Hunt and Beacon are overlay apps
Transfer
Fusion + AirCopy (radio, cable, flash) + Beam
→ Service · renamed, gains flash backup and factory restore
Everyday firmware
Fusion
  • Everything in today's Fusion
  • Rescue Ops
  • 40+ overlay apps from UV Studio: Fox Hunt, Beacon, Beam, APRS, AIS, SSTV, games…
  • No AirCopy, no raw flash access
Workshop firmware
Service
  • AirCopy over the air, over cable, to flash
  • Beam built in
  • Flash backup and factory restore (UV Studio)
  • No overlay apps, no Rescue Ops

What each edition carries

Built in means in the firmware itself. App means an overlay app you install from UV Studio.

built in appoverlay app not available
v6.x v7.0
FusionFieldOpsTransferLabs FusionService

One radio, two slots

With multiboot, both editions live on the same radio. Use Fusion every day, switch to Service when you clone, back up or restore, then switch back.

Slot 1 · dailyapps, scanning, operating
F4HWNv7.0Fusion Edition
Slot 2 · workshopclone, back up, restore
F4HWNv7.0Service Edition

Why

Follow the users

Labs became the edition most people run, for its apps. It deserves the main name.

A lighter daily firmware

AirCopy and raw flash writes leave the everyday build. That frees room for the app interface and keeps risky flash commands out of daily use.

Tools in one place

Cloning, Beam, flash backup and factory restore all move radio data around. They belong together in Service.

Plan for v7.0, details may still change. Custom builds keep every option open.