Script for importing all US Contacts from RadioID.net to Baofeng DM-32UV
Hi, all.
I've recently gotten my hands on a Baofeng DM-32UV as my first DMR capable radio, and wanted to see about getting as many contacts loaded into the radio as possible. Ran into the issue of not finding a tool for this, so I started a conversation with Google's Gemini Pro. I was able to have it pull down all US contacts from RadioID.net, then pull the weekly dump file from the ULS database, merge and reformat it into the DM-32UV format.
First and foremost, you'll only be able to use the resultant CSV file if you're on firmware version DM32.01.L01.048. My radio was initially on DM32.01.L01.049 which brings the contacts limit to 50k, whereas .048 supports 150k so I had to roll back the firmware. I can confirm the radio will hold the whole CSV which sits (as of today) at 131,363 contacts.
I have uploaded the python script here: DM-32UV Digital Contacts CSV Generator
Please let me know if this works for you like it has for me. Looking forward to hearing from you.