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[chirp_users] Baofeng bf-f8+ Programming
by Don Stewart 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

I have just received this radio. I realize that it isn't on the list of supported radios. The Baofeng Tech site recommends Chirp for programming the radio. Since it is an upgrade to the uv-5r I was hoping that the interface was the same as that radio. In fact, I connected the radio and downloaded the configuration and Chirp labeled the file as a uv-5r. I imported an .img file that I had for a Wouxun radio but when I tried to upload the image back to the radio it gave me an error saying that the radio was not responding. The cable is one that i had for the Wouxun and has worked with Chirp for that radio and I thought it was compatible with the Baofeng radios. When i power up the radio with the 3 held down it gives me BF5297 So I am trying to figure out where my problem is. Has anyone used Chirp with this radio successfully. If so what did it take to make it work. Is the cable possibly the problem.. Any help is appreciated. Don

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[chirp_users] PLEASE HELP !
by Rick Rosado 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

I can not program my radio because I dont know what Im doing . Could somebody PLEASE HELP ME ! My name is Rick my email is vet4freedom53(a)yahoo.com . -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 10/10/14, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote: Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 6 To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Date: Friday, October 10, 2014, 3:00 PM Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com You can reach the person managing the list at chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: chirp_users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 5 (Gabor Vajay) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 18:08:37 -0400 From: "Gabor Vajay" <gvajay(a)rogers.com> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 5 To: <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <009d01cfe40d$94df6590$be9e30b0$(a)rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Here you go then ;) That is supposed to be a circle... __ __ / \ | TUIT | \ __ __ / Gabor -----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: October-09-14 3:00 PM To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 5 Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com You can reach the person managing the list at chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CHIRP 0.4.1 Stable Released! (Jim Unroe) 2. Scripting CHIRP or manipulating Duplex settings (Eric Vought) 3. Re: Scripting CHIRP or manipulating Duplex settings (Jim Unroe) 4. Re: Scripting CHIRP or manipulating Duplex settings (Eric Vought) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 21:01:46 -0400 From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> Subject: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.4.1 Stable Released! To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <CADnO8U6EDecMNCbj=dMzsFQAPerM_RHD7+QEJ6OeVhTe6in_Rg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Version 0.4.1 contains a special backport for Baofeng users to work around a firmware incompatibility issue. It now prevents the accidental upload of a UV-5R type data .img having a different memory layout than the target radio. Users of radios other than the Baofeng UV-5R (and variants) do not need to install this release over 0.4.0 (see issue #1773 for details). Because of the many fixes and enhancements that have been made to the BaoFeng UV-5R driver since the V0.4.0 stable version was released (such as added support for the Baofeng UV-82C and BF-F8HP models), it is highly recommended that users of the Baofeng UV-5R (and variants) upgrade to the CHIRP daily-20140819 (or later) build. Jim KC9HI

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 5
by Gabor Vajay 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Here you go then ;) That is supposed to be a circle... __ __ / \ | TUIT | \ __ __ / Gabor -----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: October-09-14 3:00 PM To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 5 Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com You can reach the person managing the list at chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CHIRP 0.4.1 Stable Released! (Jim Unroe) 2. Scripting CHIRP or manipulating Duplex settings (Eric Vought) 3. Re: Scripting CHIRP or manipulating Duplex settings (Jim Unroe) 4. Re: Scripting CHIRP or manipulating Duplex settings (Eric Vought) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 21:01:46 -0400 From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> Subject: [chirp_users] CHIRP 0.4.1 Stable Released! To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <CADnO8U6EDecMNCbj=dMzsFQAPerM_RHD7+QEJ6OeVhTe6in_Rg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Version 0.4.1 contains a special backport for Baofeng users to work around a firmware incompatibility issue. It now prevents the accidental upload of a UV-5R type data .img having a different memory layout than the target radio. Users of radios other than the Baofeng UV-5R (and variants) do not need to install this release over 0.4.0 (see issue #1773 for details). Because of the many fixes and enhancements that have been made to the BaoFeng UV-5R driver since the V0.4.0 stable version was released (such as added support for the Baofeng UV-82C and BF-F8HP models), it is highly recommended that users of the Baofeng UV-5R (and variants) upgrade to the CHIRP daily-20140819 (or later) build. Jim KC9HI

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[chirp_users] Scripting CHIRP or manipulating Duplex settings
by Eric Vought 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

If this ends up being a duplicate post, I apologize: I never got a copy back from the list server. I would like to programatically combine multiple stock configs, potentially manipulating them as I go. Failing that, I need to be able to at least modify duplex settings across an entire config at one go rather than having to toggle the settings for each channel entry. Here is what I am trying to do: I have a number of .csv files defining different zones for channel settings. For example, I have, a zone for regional interoperability, a zone for local law enforcement, local fire, etc., a zone for NIFOG Interoperability channels, a zone for GMRS, a zone for regional ARES/Skywarn channels, one for channels used by CERT and other local groups, etc. I store those zone files as stock configs for building a laydown for a specific radio and specific user. Specific users will need some zones in their laydown and not others. More problematically, different users may be *licensed* for some services and not others. Generally it is not a problem to monitor the channels they are not licensed for, but I have to lock out transmit. For example, a user is licensed for local Part 90 public service but not amateur radio or vice-versa. So, when I build their laydown, I bring in the zones they need from stock configs but I either need to build two files for each zone (and worry that they will lose sync over time) or I have to manually toggle Duplex=off in each channel in every service they do not have access to. This gets to be a bit of a pain. I also need to make some individualized settings for each user (e.g. call-sign to come up at startup). As Chirp is written in Python, is there an internal API available to do this kind of manipulation? Is that API at all documented or stable? Ideally, I would like to write a script which will do something like (pseudocode): newWouxunLaydown.import("ZoneA.csv", 0); newWouxunLaydown.import("ZoneB.csv", 30, monitor); newWouxunLaydown.import("ZoneF.csv", 100, monitor); newWouxunLaydown.import("ZoneN.csv", 190, monitor); newWouxunLaydown.set("startup_message", callsign); newWouxunLaydown.set("lock_pin", pin); newWouxunLaydown.set("primary_channel", primaryChannel); # ...etc... newWouxunLaydown.write(outputFile); I can then create a script for each common configuration and when, for instance, ZoneB gets updated, just run the scripts to rebuild the laydowns. In theory I could even version control the .csv s for the zones and the scripts, stick them on a server, and then reuse them between local agencies (the end goal). Is this a fantasy? Somehow going from there to pretty-printing quick-reference cards for each user would be nice, too... :-)

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[chirp_users] CHIRP 0.4.1 Stable Released!
by Jim Unroe 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

Version 0.4.1 contains a special backport for Baofeng users to work around a firmware incompatibility issue. It now prevents the accidental upload of a UV-5R type data .img having a different memory layout than the target radio. Users of radios other than the Baofeng UV-5R (and variants) do not need to install this release over 0.4.0 (see issue #1773 for details). Because of the many fixes and enhancements that have been made to the BaoFeng UV-5R driver since the V0.4.0 stable version was released (such as added support for the Baofeng UV-82C and BF-F8HP models), it is highly recommended that users of the Baofeng UV-5R (and variants) upgrade to the CHIRP daily-20140819 (or later) build. Jim KC9HI

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 3
by mary baker 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

I have a baofeng UV-5RB radio that I just got... needing help programming it...with chirp as well as any other programming. Brand new to HAM, just got my license, but absolutely no idea how to prrogram one. Can anyone help?? Mary Baker KG5EDX On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 2:00 PM, <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote: > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. TYT TH-9800 for test (Terry Martin) > 2. Re: TYT TH-9800 for test (Todd Bloomingdale) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 20:47:25 -0400 > From: Terry Martin <wd4aon(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [chirp_users] TYT TH-9800 for test > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: > < > CAJABqRpZCT8ruyEWqH09U0w7O5+F6P9rGZoq6TGtWtvpHvsdNw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi all, > I read that there is a procedure for loaning a radio to learn how to > set it up with Chirp. Please communicate that process to me at > wd4aon(a)gmail.com > I have a 9800 I can loan for some period of time for testing. > 73 > Terry > de wd4aon(a)gmail.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 19:52:26 -0500 > From: Todd Bloomingdale <tbloomingdale(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] TYT TH-9800 for test > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > < > CAHrZnnN7ZsoQXoCaCGAXg1ocGS4arbG5EZrpz4UcXHJgUGtjSA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Rules_For_Loaning_A_Radio > > Todd Bloomingdale > Tomah, WI > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Terry Martin <wd4aon(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I read that there is a procedure for loaning a radio to learn how to > > set it up with Chirp. Please communicate that process to me at > > wd4aon(a)gmail.com > > I have a 9800 I can loan for some period of time for testing. > > 73 > > Terry > > de wd4aon(a)gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > chirp_users mailing list > > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > >

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[chirp_users] TYT TH-9800
by Terry Martin 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

Hi Todd, How’s fishing up there in Tomah? I grew up in No. Ill. and all the best fishermen talked about going up to Tomah in the summer to fish (muskies, I think?). I have the complete TH-9800 pkg with cable driver software, but I’ve misplaced my cable. I’ve another on order, but it isn’t here yet. I’m closing my station and going to Florida for the winter ASAP, and think I packed the programming cable in my Florida station box (sealed up and in storage). So I can send the complete package except the programming cable right away, the programming cable must come later, perhaps as late as November. I have the following questions: 1. Who is the developer who will receive the radio, and where is said developer located? If multiple developers, I would prefer to send to someone in Florida or New England. 2. Can the developer start doing his/her ‘thing’ without a cable (as in, “does the developer already have a cable that fits?")? 3. The mike has a number of user programmable functions; therefore, should I assume the mike needs to be shipped with the radio? Is the mounting bracket/pkg needed? 4. By the time the developer is finished with the radio, I’ll probably be enjoying the warm Florida sunshine, instead of this crappy Rhode Island fall chill and rain. Is it OK for the developer to ship it to Florida, instead of my home here in the frozen wastelands of the north? I’d like to mount said radio on my motorcycle, which I‘ll be riding all winter in shorts and T-shirt. Let’s do this and add the TH09800 to the Chirp list! 73 Terry de wd4aon(a)gmail.com

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[chirp_users] TYT TH-9800 for test
by Terry Martin 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

Hi all, I read that there is a procedure for loaning a radio to learn how to set it up with Chirp. Please communicate that process to me at wd4aon(a)gmail.com I have a 9800 I can loan for some period of time for testing. 73 Terry de wd4aon(a)gmail.com

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[chirp_users] Scripting Chirp or manipulating stock files
by Eric Vought 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

I am new to this list and therefore apologize if this has been covered before. I would like to programatically combine multiple stock configs, potentially manipulating them as I go. Failing that, I need to be able to at least modify duplex settings across an entire config at one go rather than having to toggle the settings for each channel entry. Here is what I am trying to do: I have a number of .csv files defining different zones for channel settings. For example, I have, a zone for regional interoperability, a zone for local law enforcement, local fire, etc., a zone for NIFOG Interoperability channels, a zone for GMRS, a zone for regional ARES/Skywarn channels, one for channels used by CERT and other local groups, etc. I store those zone files as stock configs for building a laydown for a specific radio and specific user. Specific users will need some zones in their laydown and not others. More problematically, different users may be *licensed* for some services and not others. Generally it is not a problem to monitor the channels they are not licensed for, but I have to lock out transmit. For example, a user is licensed for local Part 90 public service but not amateur radio or vice-versa. So, when I build their laydown, I bring in the zones they need from stock configs but I either need to build two files for each zone (and worry that they will lose sync over time) or I have to manually toggle Duplex=off in each channel in every service they do not have access to. This gets to be a bit of a pain. I also need to make some individualized settings for each user (e.g. call-sign to come up at startup). As Chirp is written in Python, is there an internal API available to do this kind of manipulation? Is that API at all documented or stable? Ideally, I would like to write a script which will do something like (pseudocode): newWouxunLaydown.import("ZoneA.csv", 0); newWouxunLaydown.import("ZoneB.csv", 30, monitor); newWouxunLaydown.import("ZoneF.csv", 100, monitor); newWouxunLaydown.import("ZoneN.csv", 190, monitor); newWouxunLaydown.set("startup_message", callsign); newWouxunLaydown.set("lock_pin", pin); newWouxunLaydown.set("primary_channel", primaryChannel); # ...etc... newWouxunLaydown.write(outputFile); I can then create a script for each common configuration and when, for instance, ZoneB gets updated, just run the scripts to rebuild the laydowns. In theory I could even version control the .csv s for the zones and the scripts, stick them on a server, and then reuse them between local agencies (the end goal). Is this a fantasy? Somehow going from there to pretty-printing quick-reference cards for each user would be nice, too... :-)

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[chirp_users] IC-3021T
by Rob Gowler 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Hello everyone. I need to program about 12 Icom-3021T commercial Hand held radios. This model is not listen on the Chirp site as being supported. There are a lot of ICOM's listed, but not this one. Any chance one of the radios in the chirp drop down list would work to program these radios? Unfortunately, the last person who programmed our radios inadvertently rendered them not field programmable. I need to add 1 frequency, of which we would be communicating with flight for life should we have an emergency. (not an AM aviation frequency btw). 151.5050 Thanks in advance. Rob

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