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[chirp_users] Programming an old Motorola radio?
by Robert Lowery 23 May '13

23 May '13

I have an old Motorola Syntor X-9000 lowland radio (6&10 meter) that uses the old dos version RSS for programming. Is there any chance that CHIRP could be setup to program it? Thanks / Rob

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[chirp_users] Kenwood TH-F6A issues
by Michael David 22 May '13

22 May '13

Greetings, I just recently picked up a TH-F6A and love chirp! However, I've got a few issues: 1) Entering Live mode. With the radio in PC mode, sometimes I can't get it to download / enter live mode.. but it's flaky. I have fewer issues with 0.3.1 stable and 20130510 than I do with the newer dailies. When it fails, the screen stays empty after initiating download, and then if I try again, it says access denied and I have to quit the program. 2) Tune Step on Import. A friend took time to put various freqs into CHIRP for his UV-5R and sent me a copy of his file. The file includes frequencies that do not land on a 5kHz step, for example FRS frequencies. The file from the UV-5R does not include a tune step field, while the Kenwood TH-F6A has a tune step field. If entering one of those frequencies into Chirp individually, setting a frequency that doesn't fall on a step will return error 93 "radio refused". However, if by import, the import screen doesn't realize it would be a problem entry and gray it out. When the import runs, the affected channels are skipped quickly (while successfully programmed channels are programmed at a slower pace.) For successful imports, the tune step is defaulted to 5kHz. A workaround could be to take Freq in MHz and divide by .005 and see if (floor(freq) != freq) then default the tune step to 6.25, or otherwise calculate it. 3) Mode on import: NFM is specified for some entries in the UV-5R file. The Kenwood does have an FMN mode though. If NFM could be mapped to FM at the user's discretion, that would be useful rather than kicking it out. … and that's it! Thanks again for a fantastic tool that works with so many radios! Import/export FTW! Michael

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[chirp_users] Errors In Importing CSV
by Charles J. Hargrove 22 May '13

22 May '13

Has anyone else experienced problems importing a CSV file. I'm using the latest build of CHiRP and have used CHiRP with various radios for about a year now. I created (exported) a CSV from a BaoFeng UV5R. I added some memory locations to the file and saved the CSV. The UV5R was connected to the computer, CHiRP (5/21) started and read the layout from the radio. When I tried to import the CSV file it gave an error that it could only read the first 16 lines and was unable to handle lines 17 to 92. Ideas? -- Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV NYC ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord. NYC-ARECS/RACES Net Mon. @ 8:30PM 147.360/107.2 PL http://www.nyc-arecs.org and http://www.nyc-skywarn.org NYDXA SWL & Scanner Net Wed. @ 9PM 147.360/107.2 PL http://www.n2nov.net "Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders." - Ronald Reagan "The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." - Tacitus "Molann an obair an fear" - Irish Saying (The work praises the man.) "No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers." - Ronald Reagan

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[chirp_users] Kenwood TM-D710 problems...
by Ross Primrose N4RP 22 May '13

22 May '13

I can't connect to my TM-D710. If I select Kenwood & Detect, it says Unsupported Model TM-D710P, if I select Kenwood & tell it I have a TM-D710, it just goes back to a blank Chirp page... Ideas? 73, Ross N4RP -- FCC Section 97.313(a) “At all times, an amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications.”

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Re: [chirp_users] new user, unable to connect to FT-7800 on a MAC
by chirp.cordless＠xoxy.net 21 May '13

21 May '13

Since you got the cable from Valley, it's almost certainly an FTDI chipset. The Prolific driver is completely useless for this cable. As I've learned from others on this group (Thanks Robert Terzi): > The RT Systems cables I've seen are made with FTDI chips. However they > install a custom USB Vendor ID and Product ID (VID & PID) on them, so they > aren't recognized by the generic FTDI virtual com port drivers. I've got a Mac and one RT systems cable (FT-60) and one Valley cable (FT-8800). Your most direct path to a working solution is to get the generic FTDI driver from http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm It's possible to edit the Info.plist file in either the RT systems driver to work with a Valley cable, or in the FTDI driver to work with an RT systems cable, which I've done with my FT-60 cable, so I don't need both drivers installed (and I have a third FTDI cable unrelated to radios)). But you have to know what you're doing with plists and vid/pids, and have the motivation/need to do it. The FAQ page that David referenced doesn't mention the generic FTDI driver, and IMHO it should. -dan > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 01:07:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: David LaBier <davidjlabier(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] new user, unable to connect to FT-7800 on a > MAC > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <1368518835.79248.YahooMailNeo(a)web122301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > What driver are you using for the cloning cable? > Read below. What radio are you using? > http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-B6 support?
by Tom Morris 21 May '13

21 May '13

Hello. I have a Baofeng UV-B6, I see that Chirp has support for the -B5 but I've tried reading the B6 and it doesn't do anything useful. What's the status on support for these? Does anyone else have one they're playing with? As I recall Baofeng's own software is the same package for the B5 and B6; it probably autodetects the model in use by sending the appropriate "hello!" for both. -- -- Tom Morris, KG4CYX Mad Scientist For Hire Chairman, South Florida Tropical Hamboree / Miami Hamfest Engineer, WRGP Radiate FM, Florida International University 786-228-7087 151.820 Megacycles

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 21 May '13

21 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-20130521 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #201 [Michal Demin <michal.demin(a)gmail.com>] [ftm-350] Expand FTM-350 capabilities This patch expands capabilitied for Yaesu FTM-350 radio: - adds support for power level - adds support for odd split and fixes duplex modes - fixed support for fractional frequencies (should be eventually moved to upper class?) #144 [Sean Burford <sburford(a)google.com>] [VX8] Add APRS settings menu #821

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[chirp_users] Create file without radio
by Jim (List) 20 May '13

20 May '13

Is it possible to create a file for a specific model of radio, without having the radio? The "New" option seems to create a D-STAR profile, but can't see an option anywhere to change the model. Jim

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[chirp_users] Alinco DR-635
by Kevin 19 May '13

19 May '13

Is there any plans to add the Alinco DR-635 to chirp? 73 Kevin W0KCF

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[chirp_users] DStar configuring?
by James Williams 15 May '13

15 May '13

Just wondering if you had any directions or examples setting up DStar repeaters on Chirp? de KB3KVA James Williams

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