On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Dan Smith <dsmith@danplanet.com> wrote:

> I have a couple questions about memory banks in chirp. I have a TYT
> TH-UVF9 radio with memories numbered like this:
> A1
> A2
> ...
> A127
> A128
>
> B1
> B2
> ...
> B127
> B128
>
> Would this be considered two indexed banks with a size of 128? The same
> radio also has FM Radio memories 1-25. Would that be a third indexed bank?

No, banks in CHIRP are bins to which memories can be assigned, which
doesn't match the concept in your radio. Your radio does it the way
Kenwood radios do (which I suspect is a function of the fact that those
radios all seem to stem from a stolen Kenwood design). I would recommend
you just number the memories 1-256, and then use the "special memory"
functionality to add the FM channels as FM01..FM25.

If the memories are numbered 1-256, would there be a way to designate that 1-128 are in one "bank" and 129-256 are in another? The radio will not let you access memories in a different bank, so to access those memories you have to perform a key sequence to switch to the other bank. Someone may be confused when they can't access any memory above 128. I will take a look at the "special memory" functionality for the FM radio memories.

> My Wouxun KG-UV3D also has FM Radio memories. How would I go about
> adding support for that to the existing chirp driver?

Same as above: add them as "special memories". Look at some of the more
complete Icom drivers for examples.

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