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[chirp_users] HELP
by Jim Russell 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

I bought two baofeng radios, one is UV-82C an the other is BF-F8H and I can get neither one to up load to the computer it says in the paper i got with the radios that the small CD disc has all the software on it but when i click on it open it there is just a bunch of files, it says in the instructions that to click on the radio on the menu bar but so far I have found no menu bar with a radio to click on. It says I have to upload to the computer before I can program the radio OKAY what do I have to do get past this point. I'm lost I can't even get started till this happens. thank you Jim KM6WC CM97iw

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 21 Mar '15

21 Mar '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-20150210 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #324 [K. Arvanitis <kosta(a)alumni.uvic.ca>] Fixup wouxun radio settings There was a small issue with the construction the top level radio settings group for some of the wouxun radios. This attempts to resolve that. Bug #2285

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[chirp_users] UV-5R Service Settings for Squelch Redux
by Michael Schwarzchild 28 Feb '15

28 Feb '15

Now that the expanded UV-5R Service Settings for Squelch are accessible through CHIRP (thank you!), does anyone have recommendations for good settings there? Thanks. Michael, W1NBV

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

28 Feb '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-20150228 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #329 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Run pep8 in a virtualenv with a pep8==1.4.6 This makes our test runner generate a virtualenv, install pep8==1.4.6 inside, and run our pep8 test using it. Fallout from issue #2355 [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Allow run_tests to be run from anywhere (#2343) Find the path to run_tests, then chdir into the tests directory. [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Fix style issues in setup.py (#2355) This patch brings setup.py into conformance with PEP8 rules and removes it from the blacklist. It also rewrites the staticify_chirp_module routine to be more idiomatic. [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Fix style issues (4/4) (#2355) More low-hanging style issues. [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Fix style issues (3/4) (#2355) This patch fixes more low-hanging style issues. For the most part, these are all whitespace changes, but there were a handful of idiomatic changes flagged by the pep8 tool too: "x.has_key(y)" is now "y in x". [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Fix style issues (2/4) (#2355) This patch fixes the style in a handful of files and removes them from pep8.blacklist. [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Fix style issues (1/4) (#2355) This patch contains whitespace-only changes that eliminate all of the PEP8 style warnings in the CLI and GUI scripts. [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Add pep8 checker script (#2355) This patch adds a new script that runs the pep8 tool on the CHIRP source code files. This script is intended to be included in the repository pre-commit hook, preventing patches from causing style regressions. The script checks a blacklist of files that are not yet compliant with the style standards, and those files will not be scanned (unless -a is given). Since no new files should ever be added to the blacklist, it should eventually shrink to empty, and the script will check the entire codebase. The blacklist makes it safe to begin using this tool immediately, so this patch also adds a call to it from run_all_tests.sh. [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Suppress startup debugging messages (#2347) This patch changes the verbose startup messages to use LOG.info calls. This change is required to make the CLI remotely usable, as it's unreasonable to print so much information in that context. I kept this separate from the last patch, because I can imagine that this might impact the automated/buildbot testing. To avoid regressions, the previous output can be generated by setting 'CHIRP_DEBUG=info' in the environment. [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Use new logger module (#2347) This patch chases down all references to CHIRP_DEBUG, converting the wrapped print calls to LOG.debug calls. It also eliminates a few plain DEBUG variables and a couple of other one-off variants. [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Fix chirp.logger module (#2347) This patch addresses some issues with the chirp.logger module in order to use it in chirpc and chirpw. It prints the version string when logging at DEBUG level. In addition, it embraces and extends the "debug.log" support that was present in chirpw, ensuring all log messages and output end up in that file when running on Win32 or MacOS hosts. It also allows that feature to be tested on Linux by setting CHIRP_DEBUG_LOG in the environment. [K. Arvanitis <kosta(a)alumni.uvic.ca>] [FT-60] Adding support for PMS channels. Added special channel support for yasue programmable memory scan channels: L1 - L50 and U1 - U50. Bug #2367

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[chirp_users] Fedora link to download CHIRP could be updated in Wiki
by Walter Francis 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Just a suggestion to update the wiki. As of F20 (and perhaps earlier, not sure), Fedora is keeping CHIRP up to date, so the only thing needed to install is: yum install chirp Great software, cheers! -- Walter Francis khayts.us theblackmoor.net unlimitedphoto.com

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Re: [chirp_users] BFf8hP
by dwsexton 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

I a baofeng uvb6 when i try to from the radio download with chirp or with theoem software i get radio did not ack programing ) i have tried chirp and it does not show uvb6 but when i read the help list it says to use the uvb5 to read and write from radio i have use 4.0 and 4.1 daily build both give the same results i have checked the usb driver and it is set and i am using the port it is set to any advice would be helpfull. Thanks Sent from Samsung Mobile. <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> </div><div>Date:02/27/2015 5:27 PM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] BFf8hP </div><div> </div>Hi Justin, First, congratulations on getting your Technician license. Now for your question. If you take a look at the Supported Radios list on the CHIRP you will see BF-F8HP (in daily builds) Also includes the BF-F9V2+ Also includes the GT-3TP Also includes the UV-5R TP So all of these Baofeng radios with 3 power levels are basically the same and they all are programmed by selecting the BF-F8HP model. Jim KC9HI On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Justin <700hpvette1(a)cox.net> wrote: > Fella’s (ladies as well?), in an effort of full disclosure, I want to make sure everyone knows I am in no way a computer programmer; I joined hoping this list was a “help” based list. If I joined a list of programmers then I made a mistake and apologize for clogging your air waves! If this list does exist for the layman as well, then I’m in the right spot! > > I have a 4 UV-82’s with the large Nagoya, I also just picked up a BF-F9V2+ Tri power without checking CHIRP for support before hand (spurious keyboard/Amazon emissions on my part). I took a chance and used BF-F8HP on the drop down and was able to connect. I have found much misinformation on the web about this radio being “counterfeit/copy” of the BF-8HP but I was able to find it on the Chinese Baofeng website. Is this thing legit or not? Am I doing any harm telling CHIRP its a BF-8HP when its actually a BF-F9V2+?? Will there be/is there need for a specific version? > > Sorry for my ignorance! I just got my Tech license day before yesterday, KG7RKJ Las Vegas, 73! > > >> On Feb 26, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> David is absolutely right. I was thinking "you must use a daily build" >> but my fingers typed the opposite. >> >> Nobody with a Baofeng radio should be using the stable build. There >> has been too many new model additions, firmware changes and no >> protection against uploading incompatible radio image files. >> >> Sorry for the confusion. >> >> Jim KC9HI >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 9:19 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea(a)arrl.net> wrote: >>> Jim, >>> >>> Larry, N6NEV is understandably confused. People refer him back to you >>> message (below) in which you made an error. >>> >>> You meant to tell him he needs a DAILY build, but you told him in error he >>> needed the stable build. >>> >>> Larry, Jim typed the wrong thing, you need the latest daily build. >>> >>> David N1EA >>> >>> On Feb 26, 2015 2:30 PM, "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Larry, >>>> >>>> This is because you are using the CHIRP stable build and it does not >>>> support the radios with 3 power levels. You must use a CHIRP stable >>>> build which will have a BF-F8HP model selection. >>>> >>>> Jim KC9HI >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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[chirp_users] BFf8hP
by Larry Lindsay 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

I am using UV 5R for the. G U. I. Down load is fine. But cannot upload to radio I get error code. Unsupported firmware version. N 5 R 3403f8HP 1. XX Lost again. Thanks for all support Larry. n6nev.

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '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-20150227 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #328 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Revert r2380 since it removed logging the current version. Related to #2347 [K. Arvanitis <kosta(a)alumni.uvic.ca>] Attempting to speed up memory editor load times It appears that the memory editor is unecessarily attempting to simulatanesuoly prefetch all memories from the radio twice at startup. This is causing a somewhat signifigant performance hit as the tree view is performing a linear search of its store attempting to prevent duplicate entries (see while loop in set_memory) As a result the duplicate call to prefill was having no effect other than forcing a lookup of the treestore and did not appear to have any other bearing on the application. Another seperate, but related, improvement would be to increase the overall performance of the linear search of the treestore. Bug #2369 [Zach Welch <zach(a)mandolincreekfarm.com>] Add chirp.logger module (#2347) This patch adds the chirp.logger module, using it in chirpc and chirpw. It adds a handful of optional command line arguments to control the new logging features. In addition, CHIRP_DEBUG, CHIRP_LOG, and CHIRP_LOG_LEVEL can be used to control the logging features from the environment. It also makes the version string reusable between the GUI and CLI, and it prints that string at the start of the log file (if in use). [K. Arvanitis <kosta(a)alumni.uvic.ca>] Fixing issues with memory property editor. This patch attempts to address a couple issues with the layout of the property page. Mainly the issues relating to the layout of the table containing the widgets was skewed (on windows at least) where some entries appeared much big than others. The other issue was that the multiple property editor was showing blank entries for no apparent reason. It addresses an issue with the multiple memory editor where the selector of elements which were intnded to be hidden was still being displayed. It adds basic tooltip support to all widgets and not just the extra settings. It also groups elements into two groups (tabs) "general" and "other"; the former signifies the basic radio settings which appear in the memory editor while the later is the set of "extra" radio settings. Bug #2251

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Re: [chirp_users] BFf8hP
by thecanesvenatici 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

The link to the download gets posted when the software is changed but otherwise weekly. Stick around someone will post a copy of the link. I don't have it here on my phone or I would have answered it. Canes... Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Larry Lindsay <larrylindsay0(a)gmail.com> Date:02/26/2015 3:09 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Cc: Subject: Re: [chirp_users] BFf8hP Good news. How do I find the chirp stable build for bf f8hp model selection? Thanks again. Larry n6nev On Thursday, February 26, 2015, David Kickbusch <david(a)easleadership.com> wrote: I used the daily build and my BF-F8HP was listed. All seems to work fine on Mac OS X 10.10 David Kickbusch > On Feb 26, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Larry, > > This is because you are using the CHIRP stable build and it does not > support the radios with 3 power levels. You must use a CHIRP stable > build which will have a BF-F8HP model selection. > > Jim KC9HI > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Larry Lindsay <larrylindsay0(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I am using UV 5R for the. G U. I. Down load is fine. But cannot upload >> to radio I get error code. Unsupported firmware version. N 5 R >> 3403f8HP 1. XX >> Lost again. Thanks for all support >> Larry. n6nev. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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Re: [chirp_users] BFf8hP
by thecanesvenatici 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Read the post from Jim Unroe where he's explained it just hours ago Canes Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Larry Lindsay <larrylindsay0(a)gmail.com> Date:02/26/2015 8:21 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Cc: Subject: Re: [chirp_users] BFf8hP of the 8 items, in daily/LATEST , which one do I need? my only goal to recieve 433.500 . from a beacon on a model airplane ( Drone). this has become a real up hill battle... The radio is advertised 400/520. but no so...... so on goes the struggle. thanks to all Larry N6NEV On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Sawadee@ehweather <sawadee(a)ehweather.com> wrote: You will need the latest build Http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/ Http://chirp.danplanet.com For other related info. I have the BF-F8HP and chirp works great. On Feb 26, 2015, at 3:21 PM, thecanesvenatici <thecanesvenatici(a)gmail.com> wrote: The link to the download gets posted when the software is changed but otherwise weekly. Stick around someone will post a copy of the link. I don't have it here on my phone or I would have answered it. Canes... Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Larry Lindsay <larrylindsay0(a)gmail.com> Date:02/26/2015 3:09 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Cc: Subject: Re: [chirp_users] BFf8hP Good news. How do I find the chirp stable build for bf f8hp model selection? Thanks again. Larry n6nev On Thursday, February 26, 2015, David Kickbusch <david(a)easleadership.com> wrote: I used the daily build and my BF-F8HP was listed. All seems to work fine on Mac OS X 10.10 David Kickbusch > On Feb 26, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Larry, > > This is because you are using the CHIRP stable build and it does not > support the radios with 3 power levels. You must use a CHIRP stable > build which will have a BF-F8HP model selection. > > Jim KC9HI > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Larry Lindsay <larrylindsay0(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I am using UV 5R for the. G U. I. Down load is fine. But cannot upload >> to radio I get error code. Unsupported firmware version. N 5 R >> 3403f8HP 1. XX >> Lost again. Thanks for all support >> Larry. n6nev. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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