March 2013 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] CHIPR & W32A
by John Randle 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

The exact error message is "An error has occurred Failed to communicate with the radio: Unexpected response from the radio" I am currently using Chirp Daily 20130129 on a WIN XP Home (SP3+) ASUS netbook with the USB (Prolific) cable that came with my BAOFENG UV-5RA. The UV-5RA works great with CHIRP. -- John 73's de K9RSQ

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[chirp_users] CHIRP and ICOM W32A
by John Randle 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

I am trying to use the latest daily build of CHIRP and my USB cable for my BAOFENG UV-5R (which works beautifully with CHIRP) to download the programming from an ICOM W32A HT. Is there any special configuration at the radio that CHIRP is expecting (aside from just turning it on) as I keep getting CHIRP telling me that there was no response from the radio. I have tried putting the W32A into the clone mode .. and it seems to transmit data .. but CHIRP is not getting it. Thanks in advance.. -- John 73's de K9RSQ

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[chirp_users] Help with Chirp on Mac OSX
by Stuart Smith 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

I've installed Chirp (chirp-daily-20130301) on my iMac OX10 (Lion 10.7.5), but I cannot get it to read from my radio. When selecting "Radio" > "Download from Radio", my two port options are /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem Since I'm not using Bluetooth, I'm at a loss for what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Radio is a Baofeng UV-5RA

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[chirp_users] able to save "out of original range" memos
by André Berger 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

You`re doing a great job, really amazing. But I am still missing the possibility to add "out of range" into memo sheet, since chirp can "unlock", I mean, CHIRP can allow me to set up my Baofeng range from 1mhz to 1000mhz! I know many of you Are going to ask? Why? Well, I could tune, as previsouly said, some frequences low then 136mhz and I am still able to tune 4 freqeuncies around 980mhz loud and clear. Even if it is a "harmonic" interference, I couldn`nt find the original "tone". So, only in 983Mhz I can hear what is int this freq. as I posted one video. To add this memo I have to launch windows (in my mac), run the VIP software (that is not "unlocking" my device, I mean, VIp is not allowing me to set up out of original range frequences, as it used to do with some models, but...) that reconizes my "unlocked baofeng" ant let me add those memos! tks

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[chirp_users] Noobie question
by Josef Zeevi 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hi folks, I'm new to chirp, but not to HAM. I've used EVE, VX<something>Commander, and a few other SW programming tools. I've run into an odd problem on VX5Commander with a radio, so I turned to Chirp to see if I could figure out why it's not working right. So, I loaded up Chirp and am trying to read from my VX7 to put that file into the VX5. However, when I click "Download from Radio" absolutely nothing happens. I'm "perfuzzled". The USB->serial cables I have are known to work with appropriate drivers. I'm running Win7 Pro-64 bit. Am I missing a step to get the pop-up to come up so I can download (and, eventually upload) to the radio? Y'alls help (yep, I'm in Texas) is greatly appreciated. josef

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

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-20130301 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #176 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [anytone] Fix failure to download on Windows Windows is really slow at parsing the bitwise structure for some reason, which introduced such a significant delay in the download procedure when parsing the flags for the optimized download step that the radio quietly timed out. This splits the memory format up into just the bit needed to do that step, which seems to improve performance enough to escape the problem. However, some bitwise improvements are probably warranted. Fixes #631

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