November 2015 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] win 10
by William Coleman 31 May '16

31 May '16

Hi everyone ! Just a quick note. I have the latest release version of chirp working OK with Windows 10 64bit on my desktop . There have been no issues so far with chirp while running windows 10 with either reading or transferring data to and from my GT-5 . I had to roll back the 3.6 driver to 3.2.2.0 that windows had initially installed . It was giving me a cannot start device error message. Once I rolled back the drivers there was no further issues. Will C. KF7SSF

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[chirp_users] WIN 10
by ZIP-G 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

to all, i have been reading that win 10 home 'automatic updates' cannot be turned off but win 10 home pro can. since i will have to use the older driver for the prolific chip will win 10 work or not? thank you, 73 zippy

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[chirp_users] inexpensive Dual Band Mobile radios?
by Dave Nathanson 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

[This is sort of off-topic, but hinges on CHIRP support for the radio] Howdy, I'd like to get a recommendation for a dual band mobile radio for a new ham that will (probably) not use it a whole lot. But it needs to work reliably enough, even if not a lot of features. Actually less features is fine, that is just less stuff to not understand & less to forget between uses! :-) Mounting a UV5R in a car doesn't seem like a good idea. Can anyone offer anything good or bad about any "inexpensive" mobile dual band ham radio, including the Leixen VV-898 or Jetstream JT270M (apparently the same radio). It is one of the few cheap Mobile units I see on the list of CHIRP supported radios. http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home Amazon reviews seem fairly ok, especially for $99. I'm interested in a CHIRP-supported radio. This is intended for an 1997 Jeep Cherokee, and a small radio is probably a better match. It does need to be a dual bander. If the cost gets anywhere even near $200, I'd just recommend the Yaesu 7900 or Yaseu 8800. But for this situation, I'm open to hearing about cheaper alternatives that I might be able to recommend until this new ham grows into the "sport". Thanks for your helpful council. 73, Dave Nathanson KG6ZJO PS: if you know of a better forum to ask about CHIRP compatible mobile radios, it's ok to shoot me a pm or direct email about it.

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

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-20151130 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #371 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Re-fix some pep8 fails from #3017 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix some pep8 fails from #3017 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add images for #2169 [Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) <co7wt(a)frcuba.co.cu>] [FD-268x/288x] New Driver, fix issue #2169 This are full support for Feidaxin models: FD-268A (VHF) FD-268B (UHF) FD-288A-ANI (VHF) FD-288B-ANI (UHF) In the file are commented the definition to other models that looks promising, I need radio to test it's support

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[chirp_users] Chirp on tablets
by Gary Runningbear 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

Is there any reason that chirp would not run on a windows tablet? Also the cable driver?

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

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-20151126 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #370 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft857/897] Safe convert Yaesu char sequences to string Sometime in beacon text (or similar settings) an unknown char can be found, we now convert those settings to string in a safer way Fix #3017

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[chirp_users] S code
by Gary Runningbear 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

In WV 82 in menu 17 referring to the S code . it can be set to numbers 1 through 15 groups. The manual says this can only be set in chirp but when I looked there I could find nothing labeled s code. The only thing I could find numbered 1 through 15 is the Push to Talk ID. Are these related? Can someone please help me clarify this?

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[chirp_users] Feidaxin radios support on sight
by M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hi to all, There is anyone in the list with any of this Feidaxin radios? FD-160A FD-450A FD-460A Or just can borrow one for a couple of hours? I just submitted a patch to the developer list with support for the FD-268A/B and FD-288A/B that is waiting for review and approval. But I noticed with some hacks that the mentioned radios (FD-160A, FD-450A, FD-460A) have a very high chance of being supported with just cosmetics changes to the driver. If you have one of this radios and want chirp's support for it, please contact me for instructions on how to help me on this. Thanks in advance, CO7WT.

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[chirp_users] IC-92AD Download - too many memories
by Wenlock Burton 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

Still trying to figure out what's going wrong here, double checked the A band has 800 memories (0-799) and Chirp (running in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) is reading 0-849 then has a problem retrieving name data for memory 849. This prevents it downloading the memory names and D-Star settings. Windows version running in Wine is reading 0-799 for the A band and retrieves all data OK. Thanks Wenlock VK3YWB

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[chirp_users] Software version discrepancy
by Gary Runningbear 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

I just received my second uv-82 L today and in the process of trying to copy the image of the first radio into the new radio resulted in a error message stating that the software version of the image did not match the software version of the radio and would not load the image. Is there a way to bypass this is I am NOT looking forward to handloading 56 channels worth of information into the new radio by hand.

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