September 2012 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] Puxing PX-777 VHF issues
by Michael Dodds 14 Sep '12

14 Sep '12

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 45, Issue 14
by Milton Garb 14 Sep '12

14 Sep '12

Mitch, That's an unusual "opportunity". I've used the cheaper cables from eBay on different radio's with CHIRP and had no problems, HOWEVER: When I program my UV-5R, none of them work at all, except a DB9 cable that came with my Kenwood TK-3170 commercial radio. Nothing special here. WinXP Pro, SP3 etc. on my $100 swap meet cheapie Dell laptop. I use the laptop for Field Day, programming radio's and 'dats it. Milton N6MG > > > I am successfully using Chirp on a MacBook Pro to program Baofeng UV-5R > and > Wouxun KG-UVA1 radios. I am using the latest daily builds, currently CHIRP > daily-20120912. > > I am using an unknown cheap EBay programming cable. The only quirk I have > found is that the software will only read from or write to the radios one > time. You then have to unplug the cable, plug it back in, and it will work > again for another time, a trivial inconvenience. I do not have this > problem > using the same cable, same build, on a netbook running Windows 7. > > The Chirp software is great and I especially like the ability to query > frequency data bases for area repeaters, as I travel quite a bit. > > Mitch, W4OA

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[chirp_users] Chirp on a MAC - works great!
by F Mitchell 14 Sep '12

14 Sep '12

I am successfully using Chirp on a MacBook Pro to program Baofeng UV-5R and Wouxun KG-UVA1 radios. I am using the latest daily builds, currently CHIRP daily-20120912. I am using an unknown cheap EBay programming cable. The only quirk I have found is that the software will only read from or write to the radios one time. You then have to unplug the cable, plug it back in, and it will work again for another time, a trivial inconvenience. I do not have this problem using the same cable, same build, on a netbook running Windows 7. The Chirp software is great and I especially like the ability to query frequency data bases for area repeaters, as I travel quite a bit. Mitch, W4OA

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '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-20120912 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #110 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] [id880] Support full charset. Fixes #281 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] [thf6a] Support full charset (ASCII). Fixes #141 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] [vx5] Support full charset (ASCII). Fixes #292 Changes for Build #111 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [vx7] Fix power levels mix up during get/set_memory fix bug #283 Changes for Build #112 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [id31] Fix name length and charset issues Fixes bug #302 Changes for Build #113 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] [id880] Fix typo in charset definition. #281

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[chirp_users] OT-ish: USB-only programming cables for VX-7R
by David Griffith 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

There are various programming cables for the Yaesu VX-7R on Ebay that consist of a USB plug on one end and a VX-7R mic plug on the other. I'd like to get one of those because the combination of three cables I'm using now is rather bulky. Does anyone here know for sure if those cables of which I speak present themselves as a USB-to-RS232 converter? -- David Griffith dave(a)661.org

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[chirp_users] Chirp in gentoo
by Richard Farina 08 Sep '12

08 Sep '12

+*chirp-0.2.3 (08 Sep 2012) +*chirp-9999 (08 Sep 2012) + + 08 Sep 2012; Rick Farina <zerochaos(a)gentoo.org> +chirp-0.2.3.ebuild, + +chirp-9999.ebuild, +metadata.xml: For those who run gentoo, I have officially moved chirp into gentoo now. You can install either the latest stable, or latest hg revision, any time you like. I am happy to accept bug reports here or on the gentoo bugzilla if the ebuild's are improper in some way, but my testing worked just fine so I'm sharing with all of you. Enjoy! Thanks, Rick WZ3RO

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[chirp_users] CHIRP 0.2.3 Released
by Dan Smith 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi all, I've just posted the next maintenance release for the 0.2.x series on the website. If you're currently running 0.2.2, then you should upgrade. Users of the daily versions have all of these fixes and more. The list of changes from 0.2.2 is available here: http://chirp.danplanet.com/news/5 Be sure to express your thanks to Tom Hayward, Marco Filippi, and David Griffith for their contributed fixes and improvements this time around! -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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[chirp_users] Installing new Daily Build
by Paul C. 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

To install the latest Daily Build, is it necessary to uninstall the previous version first? Or simply install the new version "over" the previous version? And thanks for all your great work on this program! 73, Paul - AE5JU In God we trust. - The United States National Motto. Link to Paul's articles from Main page of "Saxgourmet": http://www.saxgourmet.com Paul Coats is the sole US importer of SaxRax products from: http://www.saxrax.com For SaxRax products, email Paul at saxraxus(a)saxrax.com

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[chirp_users] Quansheng TG UV2 ?
by Milton Garb 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Dan, et al, Any chance for upcoming support for the Quansheng TG-UV2 radio? Great software and thanks to everyone for making it available. Milt. N6MG

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Re: [chirp_users] ID-31A Quesitions and Issue
by Joel Mclaughlin 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Thanks Dan! I will be submitting a ticket when I get a chance. -- Joel McLaughlin Life in Ohio Podcast life.in.ohio.pod(a)gmail.com gorkon(a)gmail.com http://lifeinohio.libsyn.com joel(a)geardiary.com geardiary.com

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