May 2013 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] I got an unsupported xinchuang TR-N7 radio, how can I add support for it?
by mofo syne 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Is there any place I can upload... say a "serial dump" file of communication between it and some propriety software (named SV83) ? I managed to create a serial sniffer cable, so if I have a place to upload it, then you guys could inspect and add support for it. Heck I think having a dedicated place to upload serial dumps would be great for reverse engineering efforts.

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[chirp_users] Baofeng 888s
by Ross Biddle 31 May '13

31 May '13

This little radio has become a roaring seller at a giveaway price … however it is not on the supported list. I just got one via ebay for $10 new which is silly. Has anyone managed to get it to work with Chirp (compatible with another radio perhaps) or any suggestions for other programming software ? The Baofeng software is truly awful. Ross

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[chirp_users] Alinco DJ-C7
by RavenMaster 31 May '13

31 May '13

Hi Anyone knows if this scanner/transmitter is readable/programmable via Chirp? I only ask cause it's not on the supported devices but... we never know :) I'm waiting for the programming cable, so soon I'll be able to test it. Regards, RavenMaster

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 30 May '13

30 May '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-20130530 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #204 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Make settings less verbose. #891 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ic208] Correct upper valid_bands check fix #887

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[chirp_users] Ft-1900
by Glenn C Werner 29 May '13

29 May '13

Has anyone had success programming an FT-1900 or FT-2900 ??? Thanks, Glenn K1PCB

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Re: [chirp_users] radio still does not respond
by Madison Jones 29 May '13

29 May '13

Thanks to all for your suggestions. None of them worked, though I appreciate your diligent efforts. Even worse, during my thrashing around in attempting yet another fix, the radio locked up in Memory mode, and nothing I attempted worked except the Mono button which somehow kicked the receiver into the frequency for a local hard rock station. Let not your hearts be troubled, however: using and old XP machine and making sure I had the proper Prolific driver, I went to the Baofeng UV-5R user group and looked up Hard Reset. None of the tips worked, either, until I guessed that perhaps loading the Baofeng software might influence things. After doing that and interpreting something that was mentioned in passing on one of the posts and giving it a whirl by inserting a new file [an .img file, perhaps? This concept is not explained anywhere I could find but I think it is what I did], the whole thing came alive! I have concluded that my radio works with the Baodeng software only and that the cloning cable works in XP [using the XP driver] rather than in Windows 7 using the Vista driver. I have programmed a half dozen repeaters into memory and saved it so the next time at least I won't have to start from scratch. In summary, the software [beta, gamma, delta ??] from Baofeng is useable, XP is OK, and I am happy. Thanks again and best of luck. Regards, Madison W5MJ -----Various Responses----- From: km9m-zig(a)comcast.net Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Radio still does not respond . . . try plugging the programming cable into a different usb port. . . . . . . Welcome to the world of windows hidden files and the hardware hive. Too bad its been this way for generations. W6ARH . . . If you change com ports, the correct driver needs to be reloaded to the new port. I believe that?s what you are experiencing. John K3NXU

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[chirp_users] Radio still does not respond
by Madison Jones 29 May '13

29 May '13

To review my problem: Win7, Prolific 3.2.0.0 7/31/2007 [installed and reinstalled and reinstalled] on com 3, CHIRP 0.3.1, plug end filed down and pushed in HARD, and still get "radio did not respond" when I attempt to download from the radio. The miklor.com page has no suggestions for this error msg other than to file down the cable. Anything else in anyone's bag of tricks? Regards, Madison Jones W5MJ

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[chirp_users] "radio did not respond"
by Madison Jones 29 May '13

29 May '13

I am a new user to the Baofeng F-11 so I might not be getting things correct, though I have reinstalled the cloning cable driver [it is on Com 3] using the Win7 procedure outlined by Wouxun and reinstalled Chirp. When I initially obtained the radio, I pulled up the stock channel program, changed it around a little and uploaded it to the radio using Chirp. A few days later I manually programmed several of the memories and deleted most of the stock memories. Now, when going to the Radio tab on the Chirp software and attempting to Download from Radio, I get an error message which says "radio did not respond." I get the same error message when attempting to upload to the radio from Chirp. Suggestions? Madison Jones W5MJ

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 42
by N4AOF 29 May '13

29 May '13

This SPAM was partly the fault of the ignorant twit who invited the mail list address to Linked In, and largely the fault of Linked In itself. A few years ago, Linked In used to be a serious professional networking site, but more recently it has become more of a MySpace wannabe. When a person joins Linked In now, every time he logs in he will be pestered by a screen asking him to give linked in access to his email client program so that it can find people he knows on Linked In, but that come on is largely a lie. What Linked In actually does is import every email address in the person's contacts and then it offers to "invite" those addresses to join his "professional network" -- it does not tell the person that most of those addresses are NOT already on Linked In, and it is formatted in such a way that most people never even see the addresses that they are about to "invite" - but by doing so, the person agrees to a set of conditions that allows Linked In to spam every address it found in his contacts. Linked In will then spam those addresses, and about a month later it will spam all the addresses that haven't joined Linked In a second time. Linked In claims that people can opt out of being spammed by their members, but you have to join Linked In before you can opt out. Personally, on the mail lists that I manage, I treat Linked In invitations exactly the same way I treat Grouply invitations -- I immediately ban the individual from that mail list and from all the other mail lists that I manage. Doing so may not be "fair" but it cuts way down on the problems of managing recurring spam caused by ignorant fools. -----Original Message----- 1. Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Tomas Mesta) 2. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Bear Albrecht) 3. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (The Silver Fox)

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[chirp_users] UV-B5 Limiting frequency entry
by nv7v nv7v 28 May '13

28 May '13

With the UV-5R you can enter frequency limits with CHIRP so the user can't enter anything outside those limits manually in VFO mode. You can still program in frequencies outside those limits with CHIRP and upload them to the radio. This is very useful as you can set the radio up for a Ham that may also have need to use the radio on other services for which they are authorized without worrying he may inadvertently transmit or enter and transmit on a frequency he should not. If I enter in frequency limits in the "settings" section in CHIRP for the UV-B5, however, it then will not allow any frequencies outside those frequency limits to be programmed into memories using CHIRP or manually in VFO mode. Is this a limit of the radio or is it possible CHIRP could be changed to work like it does with the UV-5R? Thanks so much for your excellent work!! Steve NV7V

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