Richard Vienneau

I am located in Ta Ta Creek, British Columbia, Canada.

I obtained my amateur radio license, callsign VA7RPV, in September of 2026. I graduated university in 1997 with a degree in electrical engineering but only exercised my electrical skills for a couple years while working on the development of the first wireless payment terminal in Canada. I transitioned from hardware to software and continued to work in that field for the remainder of my work career until I retired in 2025. My desire to play with hardware is what lead me to amateur radio.

Having just started with this hobby I am currently focused on VHF/UHF and DMR. Once I obtain some proficiency in these areas I hope to explore HF technology. I am also setting up a Meshtastic network with integration to server functionality including home automation.

I am a member of the EKARC amateur radio club.

I am also involved in RC airplane and FPV drone flying through our local club the EKRC Flyers.

Baofeng DM-32

The Baofeng DM-32 radio supports transmit and receive on analog VHF and UHF frequencies, transmit and receive on digital DMR frequencies and receive only on AM aeronautical frequencies.

Firmware updates are currently only supported through the Baofeng CPS software which is limited to Windows. On Linux you can use a Windows VM, such as Windows 10.

CPS 1.60
BAOFENG_DM-32UV_CPS_v1.60_20260608.zip

Firmware 049
DM32.01.01.049.bin

A fantastic CPS solution to manage all the channel, zone, and digitial settings for this radio is NeonPlug. It is web browser based and works with all Chrome and Brave browser variants on all operating systems including Linux.

NeonPlug Online
NeonPlug

NeonPlug Offline
neonplug-offline-2026-09-29.zip

DMR Hotspot

Coming soon.

Brandmeister

Coming soon.