DefCon 32 HRV Presentations

Presentations and their notes that I presented at the Ham Radio Village for DefCon 32

Hacking the Quansheng UV-K5

This presentation goes a brief description of the Quansheng UV-K5, firmware hacking / mods, and a couple different hardware mods and hacks.

*View in HTML format at: https://www.marlermedia.com/DC32/ *View in PDF format at: https://www.marlermedia.com/DC32/Hacking_the_Quansheng_UV-K5_-_Aug_2024.pdf

Additional information Links

YouTube videos

• Version 1 installation - OM0ET - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxwBlp8HfKU
• Version 2 installation - OM0ET - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARlpLA-wjpQ
• Version 1 installation - Codernov - https://youtu.be/K9OZk__rqbs?si=38NwoE7sH4ZPM-n2
• Version 2 installation - Codernov - https://youtu.be/1-vh_8PvYsg?si=jR9ETF-xacjEOQ-0
• Version 2.1 installation - Codernov - https://youtu.be/K4lL3iqPH7Y?si=9w50nQrDthKZm0Hn
• Version 1 installation - DS5WIS (Korean) - https://youtu.be/5pxzN6Tgfxg?si=y-WJbIWAh4szkQ2j
• Version 2 installation - DS5WIS (Korean) - https://youtu.be/jIhmPKzPPyM?si=Bnmpz6OpiNfx9nsJ
• TX Power & Spurious Emissions testing - TAKEAPART - https://youtu.be/tmzJu22ZxPM?si=_6yZFhSTMxvlPOzq
• Testing Quansheng UV-K5 Harmonics - Ben M7FRS - https://youtu.be/BE2Y7V2tGMM?si=H5DflWRiuKrcAgvx
• Version 2 FULL HF Modification for the Quansheng K5 - Tech Minds - https://youtu.be/afxTOR87iNc?si=QTnFGhWEMX5XdR42
• The most Illegal CB Radio Ever? Quansheng UVK58 - andy kirby - https://youtu.be/uuQFFNW5l0g?si=O9XcsLjqLioCi7fX

Firmware links

• UVK5CEC (Primary) - https://github.com/phdlee/uvk5cec
• CEC Firmware (Si4732) - https://github.com/phdlee/uvk5cec/releases/tag/v_01HF
• Official UVMOD - https://whosmatt.github.io/uvmod/
• RECON - http://uvmod.ddns.net/
• Egzumer - https://github.com/egzumer/uv-k5-firmware-custom

Hardware mod purchasing links

• Version 1 - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806520576119.html
• Version 2 - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807076338080.html
• Version 2.5 - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807010930409.html

Blogs

• UV-K5 HF Fullband receive version 0.41 - http://www.hamskey.com/2024/03/introduction-to-uv-k5-hf-fullband.html
• UV-K5 HF Fullband receive version 0.50 - http://www.hamskey.com/2024/04/introduction-to-uv-k5-hf-05-fullband.html
• UV-K5 0.3Q Release (FT8 QSO) - http://www.hamskey.com/2024/05/introducing-uv-k5-version-03q-stable.html

General Information

• Ludwich66's Quansheng UV-K5 Wiki - https://github.com/ludwich66/Quansheng_UV-K5_Wiki/wiki
• Quansheng UV-K5 Reverse Engineering Project - mentalDetector - https://github.com/mentalDetector/Quansheng_UV-K5_PCB_R51-V1.4_PCB_Reversing_Rev._0.9