November 2013 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] cannot start chirp properly
by Amnon Zohar 23 Nov '13

23 Nov '13

i installed both the reg and the daily version on both xp and 8 windows platform. i changed the cable driver to the old 3.2.0.0 version (programming works fine with the vip software) but all i got was a widow shown on the attatched file wheb i click ok the window disappear and nothing happens! how do i start using chirp??? -- Amnon

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Re: [chirp_users] Programming guide for beginners
by Mike Agner 23 Nov '13

23 Nov '13

While that miklor site looks awfully good, it doesn't cover every radio that CHIRP does. In some cases it just offers Windows information on drivers and such. Valuable in and of itself to be sure, but there's probably some oddball cable issue with some of these no-name radios that CHIRP supports, but that site doesn't. And didn't I just see a few Yaesu questions come through the list? That's another one where that site doesn't have a description for each radio. Even if it's somewhat repetitive because it's common to every radio by that manufacturer, indexing these links can only benefit newcomers. Mike --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Re: [chirp_users] Programming Guide for beginners
by Mike Agner 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

Tonight, Milton wrote; ======================= Understood but miklor.com starts from the beginning for many Chirp users who seem to have problems with cables and drivers for the influx of all these Chinese hand helds. I guess my skills have advanced too far to remember what the newbie faced and I can appreciate that and anyone who would want to put together another beginner's guide. ======================= Well not exactly another beginner's guide, per se. That site is a real good one, and we're going to have to put that in our template. But I'm willing to bet there are CHIRP specific topics that the miklor site doesn't handle. Those topics are the ones that we should concentrate on. That's part of the reason I threw this out there in the first place. Before we can document them, we first must identify them. Gathering all the relevant links (including YouTube videos) for a radio might make the missing data stand out like a sore thumb. This is the sort of stuff we need. The more of this we can get into one place the better. Mike --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Re: [chirp_users] Programming guide for beginners
by Mike Agner 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

Last night, Milton Hywatt wrote: ============================ What could be easier than to download from your radio a template, go to Query and import from your choice of online databases, make your edits then upload? That's what I did for 8 different radios of mine. 5 Chinese and 3 Yaesu. It requires only common sense. I wouldn't need a pre-configured template to rely upon for what? If you could explain the less of a learning curve I'd love to hear it. Or, am I completely off track here and need to double up on my Alzheimer's meds? ================================ No you're just jumping too far ahead. There are many details that need to be handled, not the least of which is the setup and loading of cable drivers, making sure you have the right version, and so on. It's not so obvious for a newcomer, which is what this little project is all about Mike --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Re: [chirp_users] Programming Guide for Beginners
by Mike Agner 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

Tonight, Dan wrote: ======================= Definitely. It would be good if someone could come up with a template page that each radio can try to copy for some consistency. That also makes it easier for someone to come along and fill out a new model's page. Mike, since this was your idea, would you be interested in doing that? The wiki syntax is really easy to figure out. Thanks! --Dan ======================= Dan right now I don't have a user account on the wiki - I assume you're the one who gets to do that. What information do you need from me? I have a basic outline already mapped. I'm pretty familiar with the MediaWiki dialect, I'm just unfamiliar with the Redmine environment. I can send you the outline off-list, and we can go over the particulars. The outline uses what is already on the wiki to 'surround' the topic, as you will see. I've got some links for the Baofeng models - as there's a small number of these, and they're a pretty popular topic, it seems to me that it's a logical place to start to shake out the concepts before anything gets published Mike --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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[chirp_users] Programming guide for beginners
by Mike Agner 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

I think the wiki that already exists could be quite a resource for a programming guide for beginners. It would take some effort of each of the members that has a particular radio, but it could - and likely should - be done Looking through YouTube is all fine and good but if you do a search like was suggested recently (such as 'program uv-5r chirp') you're going to come up with a lot of non-related stuff - even stuff that doesn't have anything to do with the uv-5r or the chirp software If we had a single page for each radio that listed the various YouTube videos and other tricks, it would go a VERY long way to making such a guide. Some questions that could be asked might include; - What is the SKU of the OEM cable for this radio (put another way, what is the correct model number of the original manufacturer's cable) - What do you need to do to put the radio into a programming mode (as I understand it, some radios you have to go through a menu to do this. It would be helpful if this were documented) - Known issues from importing data and how to fix them - Any known programming issues unique to this radio, and how to fix them That's just scratching the surface. No doubt there are other such questions that people have had that have come up over and over again and should be documented in a single spot The real power becomes evident if each model number that's found in the front page becomes a link to that radio's page. Those of you familiar with the RadioReference wiki know how easy it then becomes to look up a particular model. Anything that's common to all radios could simply point to that page - for example the model support page could be a 'common' page for each radio so that someone can quickly look up what features for that radio could be programmed. I'm unfamiliar with Redmine, but if I could build the listings (by radio) then someone can change the listing to Redmine's language, and we'd be on our way. I know some of you are RadioReference members, so you know the amount of work I did in the early years of building the wiki there - it started with barely 100 pages, and grew to over 4000 when I resigned the admin status. You may also know that, along with the author of the software, I wrote the FreeScan user guide, so I have some experience in writing software guides of this type I don't think it would be too tough to gather this stuff together - if the membership is willing to contribute to the effort. I could be point for this, but someone would need to do the Redmine code once enough information was accum'ed. With Xmas coming (and maybe folks getting new radios) this project is timely as well as informative. This would, obviously, be subject to whomever is the sysop/admin of the web page, but to me, it's well worth considering. I don't doubt that we have a lot of newcomers out there (myself included, at least insofar as the software is concerned) so whatever we can gather in a single spot is worthwhile. Comments? Mike --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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[chirp_users] (no subject)
by barry stoltz 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

how do I program my baofeng uv-5r,using your download? ? barry ke3kv(a)yahoo.com tnx

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[chirp_users] Moderation
by Milton Hywatt 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

Seems if you have a little disagreement with Dan that you are immediately moderated. A pretty cowardly move seeing I own several ham radio groups on Yahoo, now for over 3 years and have never had to moderate a user's comments. I posted a comment maybe 4 hours ago regarding the proper cable for the Yaesu FT8800 and it has yet to get posted. And I have been thanked many times by and for helping list members with Chirp and Mac users and have taken my time off list to save list traffic to help others. Yet my comments are now under the sword of Damocles via Dan, the site guru. I will now on all my lists recommend against using Chirp even though I have defended it vigorously in the past. I dare you to post this Dan.

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[chirp_users] Success FT8800R
by David M. Carney 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Well, I just used Chirp on my Mac (OS X up to date). I have an RT-Systems cable so I downloaded the FTDI USB Serial driver and it worked perfectly! Thanks to all! David N1ZHE

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[chirp_users] Uncle Miltie
by Clint Bradford 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

>>> ... I dare you to post this Dan. This is the type of behavior that got you kicked off a couple of messageboards I own. Clint Bradford K6LCS

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