November 2016 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] Zastone MP-300
by Eric Chopin 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Greetings, Just bought one of these units (Zastone MP300) and tried to program it with CHIRP without success. When I attempt to download from the radio I get a message 'Receiver did not respond' or sometimes using one of the other suggested radio models from the dropdown menu it say's: 'Radio did not go into clone mode' These responses are from various versions of CHIRP....older or latest I am using Windows XP PRO. Any suggestions? Thanks Eric VE7ECJ

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[chirp_users] HT Recommendations
by Dave Hartman 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

A recent addition to our radio club is looking for something to get him on the local repeaters. Woxun and Baofeng come to my mind as good starter radios that don't cost much and work reasonably well. Which HTs would you recommend based on ease of programming, with Chirp of course, reliability, and low cost? Thanks! -- Dave AC2GL -- Dave AC2GL

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[chirp_users] HELLO -MAC USER FOLLOWED K2SON SUGGESTIONS FOR chirp to os 10.12
by robert donchez 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

but doesnt work for me followed direction s but followed your instructions in chirp for mac 10.12.1 i never get this otion when i control click on the unzipped ap any help would be appreciated thanks bob donchez wb3hyb control click on the unzipped application and select New Terminal at Folder run this command in the newly opened terminal window: spctl --add $PWD this is what i get when i control click on the app thanks if you can help jim bob donchez wb3hyb 610-833-2966

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[chirp_users] FT-8900
by Doug Iversen, N6DJI＠arrl.net 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

Good Morning . . . Trying to figure a way to program my FT-8900 so that I can scan certain groups of frequencies in the hypermemory modes. Since this radio doesn't have "banks" like my 7900 did, I cannot seem to figure this out. Any suggestions? 73, Doug Iversen, N6DJI

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[chirp_users] Locking the radio's
by Eric Chopin 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

Greetings, Is there anyway of locking (ie P.W. protecting) a radio's that I have programmed with CHIRP so that no one other than me, can alter the settings even if they use a PC and CHIRP? The radios thatI am interested in locking are Baofeng UV 5....GT3....TYT....etc Thanks Eric VE7ECJ

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[chirp_users] Trouble with programming ICOM IC-2200H
by Kamikaze Joe 28 Nov '16

28 Nov '16

Was hoping I could find some help getting my IC-2200H programmed. I've tried downloading from the radio using a generic brand cable I bought off Amazon. The procedures I've tried: Example 1: 1) Put my Icom in cloning mode. 2) Select "Download from Radio" from the Radio menu in the Chirp application. 3) Verified the Port. Selected "Icom" as the vendor. And "IC-2200H" as the Model. 4) Click "OK" Result: Before I can even hit the button on my Icom that starts sending the data, Chirp briefly flashes the "Cloning" progress bar and then throws an error of "Unexpected response from Radio". Example 2: If I repeat the above steps, but instead select "Detect" as the Model, I immediately get an error saying it can't detect the radio. I didn't expect it to work, but I wanted to rule it out. Example 3: 1) Put my Icom in cloning mode. 2) Select "Download from Radio" from the Radio menu in the Chirp application. 3) Again Verified the Port, Vendor, and Model as stated above. 4) Before clicking "OK", I pressed the button on my Icom to start sending data. 5) Then I clicked "OK" in the Chirp application. Result: I tried this pressing the start button on the Icom before clicking "OK" in Chirp, and I've tried pressing them simultaneously. This method returns an error saying "Out of sync with radio". I've search through the archive and see the same errors I'm seeing, but on posts that are several years old. The responses usually recommend checking for a driver issue, but I've done that. The cable itself seems to be functional to some degree, at least to me. I wouldn't get the "Out of sync with radio" error if the application didn't receive anything at all, right? While I don't have another device to test this particular cable with, I do have another cable that I use to program my Baofeng UV-82 with. The alternate cable uses the same chip (PL2303) and therefor the same driver/module, and that works just fine. I am able to download and program my Baofeng without any issues. So to the best of my troubleshooting abilities, the cable doesn't seem likely. Additionally, the previous posts also reference Windows machines, but I am running Linux and I do not have a Windows computer at my disposal. I am also using the chirp-daily package on my system and made sure it was updated. Currently on "CHIRP daily-20161123" at the time of this writing. Any further suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance -Joe

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[chirp_users] Subject: UV-5R Plus
by OZ5KX / OU5W - Kai 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

I use CHIRP daily-20161123 that works at Baofing UV-3R+ and UV-5R without any problem, but uset at my new UV-5R plus I get the error "Incorrect 'Model' selected". Any suggestion? -- Vy 73 de OZ5KX / OU5W, Kai

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[chirp_users] Anyone program a Kenwood TK-862? Non G
by Ronny Julian 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Hello all I have a 2 channel TK-863 mobile. I have the USB cable that should work with it. It comes up fine as a COM 5 but everytime I try to read the radio it errors out on CHIRP. It does change the radio display to light up both channel indicators when it starts to read. I'm guessing this is an indication it is trying to read. Does anyone have an idea on this or maybe have a file I could write into it first? Thanks! Ronny K4RJJ

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

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-20161123 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #453 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix JT270MH not uploading the first few memories Also a few other debugging tweaks Bug #4253

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

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-20161122 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #452 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix bug introduced in Leixen VV-898S Broken by the fix for #4241 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make Jetstream JT-270MH properly a dual-bank radio #4241

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