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[chirp_users] VX-7R Issues
by Tom Balaban 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Hello, First, I am a lurker who reads almost every posts and who appreciates Chirp in the infrequent times that I need to reprogram my HTs. Thanks to all for your hard work, My current issue is I am reprogramming a friend's radios (1 Yaesu VX-7R and 2 Baofeng UV-5Rs). My template was an .img file for my Baofeng UV-5Rs. I have an identical one for my Yaesu VX-6Rs. Reprogramming the Baofengs went perfectly but the VX-7R is driving me nuts. As a bit of background, we are bicycle race officials and work off of MURS channels. We like to have a full set of FRS/GMRS on our radios in reserve. So what has happened is on my VX-6R I see the MODE is set for NFM. Chirp will not accept this setting for the VX-7R so I changed it to FM before uploading it. Now on those frequencies set as ###.####, The VX-7R transmits a constant noise that sounds like an old telephone ring with a muffled ringer. It is unusable. However if I manually program the frequency in VFO mode it works great. I have attached all three .img files in hopes that someone will point me in the right direction. BTW, while trying to figure this out myself, I tried using AUTO in the MODE dropdown. The FM would flash then stay but at the very bottom of the input matrix a new LOC 1 would appear with AUTO but that line is greyed out. I saved the image and reloaded it and then Loc 1 showed AUTO but was still greyed out. The old Loc 1 was gone. This does not seem to be normal behavior. BTW, I am using Chirp Daily-20140719 on a Xubuntu netbook. had the same result using 0.4.0 on the netbook. I just tried it on a Win 8 box and it looks good (line with AUTO is not greyed out) but I'm not going to take the time to install the correct driver on a machine that will never travel with me to a bike race. The Win 8 version is Chirp 0.4.0. Thanks for taking the time to read this, Best Wishes, Tom

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[chirp_users] Settings
by Dr. Whit Woodard 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

There seem to be several settings for the BaoFeng F8+ radio that are of not particular consequence. One that has been confusing me is the “Tone Mode” Doesn’t seem to work on “Tone.” Should I be doing “TSQL” instead? or what? Is there somewhere I can get an explanation of the various settings needed to program the radio. The template is quite different from the sample I have from a friend with another model. Any ideas? Thanks, Whit k3wb

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[chirp_users] Tone, Tone Squelch, Pl, DPL, DCS
by Kenny Witt 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Wow, lots of antidotal information. How about a simple explanation of the science. When a radio transmits, it emits a signal that can be received by another radio. In most radio receivers there is a circuit called "squelch". This circuit works by requiring a small amount of electrical energy to be present, before the receiving radio's speaker will be turned on. This keeps unwanted static from being heard all the time. Thus, squelch off.....static....squelch on....no static. If a signal is weak, open the squelch and listen to the weak signal. If the signal is strong, increase squelch and this will limit any signals ability to open the receiving radio's speaker....even to the point that it cannot be opened at all. Now..."Tone and Tone Squelch", add a circuit to the receiving radio that expects a certain sub-audible or digital signal riding along the transmitted radio signal before it will open up the speaker at all. This is what CTSS, PL, DPL, TONE SQUELCH and some other digital signaling circuits do. They set a requirement for that extra signal to be present, before the receiver will open up the speaker. Now, with that understood, you should not have too much trouble understanding how the transmitter radio works within any variant of this system. The transmitter must be set to emit the required tone, sub-audible tone, or digital signal that a receiver is expecting to hear, in order to enable the receiver's speaker. So, if I want to transmit using a repeater (which is a receiver coupled to a simultaneously transmitting transmitter) and that repeater's receiver is expecting to hear a particular sub-audible, or digital tone before it will open up it's receiver, then I must set my radio to transmit that tone in order to enable the repeater to hear my signal. Also, most repeaters transmit tones as well, so I can set my radio to require a particular signal before it will open up and allow me to hear the audio across my radio from the other radio, or repeater. This is good when some repeaters (or any transmitters) are close enough to each other that they occasionally (and un-wantedly) hear each other's transmissions. This type of tone encoding and decoding, using several, and sometimes multiple different methods gives the user many methods of controlling what they hear on the receiving radio. Of note, for clarity,I used the word "speaker" above, when in actuality, the limiting circuit can be in many different places within the receiving radio's audio circuit. Also, please note, there are as many different ways to use these methods as you can imagine......and I have not even touched 'DTMF' Hope this helps. Kenny KC4OJS Sent from my iPad

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[chirp_users] Another question
by Dr. Whit Woodard 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

I saved my template after uploading it to the radio and I need to make some changes, but I can’t seem to access the template when I open it. Is is not possible to amend the settings from the saved copy and then upload it to the radio?? Thanks, Whit k3wb

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Re: [chirp_users] Wouxun '8D
by Clint Bradford 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

>> ... Just took look on the powerwerx site. I dont see any differences other then the extended battery on their 8D ... Geeze, give 'em a little time. They just announced this new, improved unit at the ARRL Convention ... where pre-orders were being taken by HRO - and will likely ship this or next week. Clint K6LCS

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[chirp_users] Anyone have a VX170 image?
by Dan Smith 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Hi all, We don't have a blank Yaesu VX170 image for out automated testing. Is there anyone out there that has a blank(ish) one they could send to me for inclusion? It doesn't really have to be blank, although it'd be preferred. Thanks! --Dan

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 16
by WD6AJR 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

Thank you to all who replied to my post. I got it programmed. However, at the end of the upload, I got an error message. In case the image doesn't come through in the post, the text is: ======================================================== An error has occurred Upload finished but the 'Other Settings' could not be sent because the firmware version of the image BFB307 BFB297) does not match that of the radio BFS311 BFB297 ). Can the firmware of the UV5R be flashed or, does the difference in versions not really matter? ========================================================= Tnx es 73, David WD6AJR Orange, CA SKCC #8252 NAQCC #5729 TALARC #100703138 On Friday, July 18, 2014 12:00 PM, "chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com" <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. Re: chirp_users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 15 FT897 Mike (Steve Lenaghan) 2. Baofeng 997-S (WD6AJR) 3. Re: Baofeng 997-S (Jim Unroe) 4. Re: Baofeng 997-S (John LaMartina) 5. Kenwood TH-K2AT Only Reads first 50 Channels (Jim) 6. Re: Kenwood TH-K2AT Only Reads first 50 Channels (Dan Smith) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:05:33 -0600 From: Steve Lenaghan <steve.lenaghan(a)live.ca> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 15 FT897 Mike To: <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <BLU170-DS2830075B8527B744C9985799F40(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original This was posted here in case it was something I did wrong in the Chirp program 73 Steve VE5RS ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:22:36 -0700 From: WD6AJR <wd6ajr(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [chirp_users] Baofeng 997-S To: "chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com" <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <1405650156.69325.YahooMailNeo(a)web161504.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" First, a HUGE THANK YOU? for all of the effort and support for CHIRP.? Now for my question; will the Baofeng 997-S be supported in CHIRP any time soon? ? Tnx es 73, David? WD6AJR Orange, CA SKCC #8252 NAQCC #5729 TALARC #100703138

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[chirp_users] Wouxun '8D
by Clint Bradford 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

There are a few "variants" of the Wouxun UV-8D already out there - and now Powerwerx has received a new FCC ID number for a model with even newer features/firmware. This might be a case of "What works for some units may not work for others." This occurred with a Puxing model of two last year: You use the "newest software" and brick a radio ... Whatever model of '8D you submit to the CHIPR development team, it should be noted the precide version/date of its firmware - to attempt to eliminate problems down the line. Clint Bradford K6LCS

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[chirp_users] UV-5R transmitting on 150 to 160 MHZ
by Joe Creel 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

Hi; I know its out of the ham frequency bands, but I am allowed to use these bands. My problem is that the UV-5R will key up the transmitter but no audio will be sent. I use chirp to program the radio, in simplex mode? No tone, freq offsets 0.0 and the frequencys are correct. Any idea what I am doing wrong? It works (xmit and receive) with ham frequencies

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[chirp_users] Show stopper on application startup [windows 7 64 bit]
by Eric Oyen 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

ok, I had no choice but to try windows and jaws (again) to see if I could program my radios. so, I started with the latest daily build and installed it. then I tried to run it only to get a blank opening window. None of the alt keys for the various commonly used pulldown menu items would work. It sat there being as blank as a sheet of unused paper and was unresponsive to any command (including the enter key). Now, I use jaws and windows 7 here (like I have any choice) and because my computer has no display screen, there wasn't any visual help to get around this. So, I ask (again), how can the blind ham use this program in windows with jaws. Before anyone asks, I don't have any of my other machines here. Both were subjected to a massive power surge after one of the recent monsoon storms (direct hit to the power lines outside has a tendency to do that). what information I was able to find (via google) with regard to using this program on windows is, at best, lacking. Unfortunately, the software provided by the various chinese radio manufacturers is just as unusable. so, I ask (again) that the developer look at this as a much needed feature request and to please get it implemented. Basically, I would like to be able to use the software the same as anyone else (that being without someone to assist me). To that end, I am asking that this be done. BTW< are there any jaws scripts that are designed to work with chirp? thanks, -eric

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