April 2012 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

Greetings, A new daily build of CHIRP is available. This includes changes made directly to the tree yesterday, and may include additional features, bug fixes, and/or bugs. If you are interested in trying it, grab it from the following location: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-20120424 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #67 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [vxa700] Finish decoding the (printable) character set Fixes #147 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Add stock config for EU LPD and PMR channels. Feature #143 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Fix Mac .app so paths with spaces work. Fixes Bug #145

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 40, Issue 25
by Harold Martin 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Tom, I just had the app in the main Applications folder. I did download the newest build from 4/20/12 and I had to rename the app itself as there was a space in the file name (chirp-0.2.2 2). I got the app to open but now I'm having issues with my radio being recognized. It's a Yaesu FT-60R so I know I have to have the Clone mode on but for some reason the Macbook isn't recognizing anything plugged in to the USB cable. Not sure what to do about that one. Any ideas? Thanks again. -Harold N0HEM Did you happen to put the .app in a directory containing spaces? If > so, you might be experiencing this known issue: > http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/145 I just fixed it, so try > tomorrow's daily build and let me know if your issue persists. > > Tom KD7LXL >

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[chirp_users] Fwd: FT-450D
by David 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: FT-450D Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:57:08 +1000 From: David <djmunn(a)bigpond.com> To: chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Hi Dan...is there any possibility of the FT-450D being included in your excellent software.. I received a week ago a new FT-450D rig which is very nice to operate on digi modes..while there is cat control software available for it on Linux there is none for memory programming on Linux only Windows 73 David VK4BDJ

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[chirp_users] do my HT radios have support?
by Douglas S. Basberg 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

I see that my Baofeng UV-5R is covered in current beta software, but I did not find any support for my Quansheng TG-UV2. Am I correct that the UV-5R is currently being added and the TG-UV2 is not yet supported? I would be interested in knowing what the status for each is. BTW, my shack radio is the Yaesu FT-857d, so I am very interested in the CHIRP project. My best wishes to all developers! The CHIRP software does something that benefits a lot of radio amateurs like myself. A program that attempts to support so many radios in one program is an excellent idea and a valuable tool. I will be glad to donate for such an effort! 73, Doug, N8VY

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[chirp_users] rfinder range from central point
by Michael Walker 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Is there anyway to expand the range of repeaters when requesting them from Rfinder (as in a great radius)? Also, I guess it isn't being supported any more. I emailed the author regarding some changes and I have yet to hear back from him. Mike va3mw

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[chirp_users] Mac OSX Issues
by Harold Martin 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

So I decided to try CHIRP on my Macbook. Running OSX 10.6. I installed the KK7DS Python runtime but if I try to open CHIRP the icon appears on my dock for a second then disappears and nothing ever opens. Any attempts to open it after that first attempt result in nothing not even a dock icon bouncing. Any ideas? Thanks. -Harold (N0HEM)

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[chirp_users] Chirp 2.2 won't launch of folder name contains a space
by Anthony Compton 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

OK I hope this does not end up being a duplicate post. I figured out that CHIRP won't open if the app is located in a folder that has spaces in the name. Re-named my folder to Amateur and it's working again. Anthony AE7HS On Apr 20, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Anthony Compton wrote: > Since upgrading to CHIRP 2.2 I am seeing strange behavior launching the app on my MacBook Pro. I have an Amateur Radio folder under my Applications folder and I have been running CHIRP and other Ham apps from there for some time. When I upgraded to CHIRP 2.2 the app failed to launch. I took the usual steps Permissions Repair, different users profile, etc. CHIRP and DRats will not open if they are located in my Amateur Radio folder. > > I found that I can open CHIRP if it's located on my Desktop, Downloads, or Applications Folder but If I move it to the Amateur Radio subfolder it won't open. Permissions appear to be the same on all folders in my Applications Folder. Also, I have a MacBook Air with the same folder layout and CHIRP works fine there. > > I am stumped for the moment. Any suggestions? > > Anthony > AE7HS Anthony AE7HS

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[chirp_users] OS X 10.7.3 Can't launch from sub-folder
by Anthony Compton 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

Since upgrading to CHIRP 2.2 I am seeing strange behavior launching the app on my MacBook Pro. I have an Amateur Radio folder under my Applications folder and I have been running CHIRP and other Ham apps from there for some time. When I upgraded to CHIRP 2.2 the app failed to launch. I took the usual steps Permissions Repair, different users profile, etc. CHIRP and DRats will not open if they are located in my Amateur Radio folder. I found that I can open CHIRP if it's located on my Desktop, Downloads, or Applications Folder but If I move it to the Amateur Radio subfolder it won't open. Permissions appear to be the same on all folders in my Applications Folder. Also, I have a MacBook Air with the same folder layout and CHIRP works fine there. I am stumped for the moment. Any suggestions? Anthony AE7HS

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[chirp_users] Chirp and IC92
by Michael Walker 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Hi David Let me thank you for all the hard work on this. I appreciated your dedication to this project. I work for a large company in their software part of the world, and I do appreciate that software does have bugs. So, I have found a few that might have been discussed, previously, but I thought I would mention them. I do own the following radios that I can test with: - vx7r - vx8r - ic92 - uv5r - id-800 - ft857 - ft897 (I need to sell some radios :) ) I was playing with the ic92 on the daily build from 2 days ago (04162012). I am using a non-chinese usb/rs232 adapter on my RS92 connected to the IC92 on W7 64. Chirp 'seem's to read all the IC92 data in live mode. What took me down this path, was that I had some repeater offsets programmed as 0.0000. When I tried to change them to 5.000, it would not take and the update was not transmitted to the radio. Previously to this, I was cleaning out the radios memories by highlighting all the SW Broadcast and deleting them with a Shift up. I believe that completed for the most part (not all memories were deleted). I then manually edited the offset in the radio, but it is not being read by the software (this is in band B 000). Thoughts? Is there a log I can share with you? Again, many thanks. Mike va3mw

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[chirp_users] CHIRP Website Maintenance
by Dan Smith 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Hi all, This afternoon (pacific time) I will have to take the CHIRP website down for a few hours to do some very necessary maintenance. I'm planning to redirect the name to another host with a very basic page with links to the download in case anyone needs it at that time. If everything goes smoothly it should come back up after a couple hours of work. Thanks! -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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