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Re: [chirp_users] chirp-daily-20160419-win32: Hide Unused Fields, Smart Tone Modes
by kc6iih 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

I'm not picking a battle but, You did say "my call " Just for your information I started out as a novice,then Tech plus,then back to tech after the fcc quit testing Morse code,then to General and currently extra. I am the trustee for 3 repeaters, head of a 7 man VE Team and I teach a tech class and will be teaching a general test sometime in the next quarter. So I read directions and achieve my goals I set for myself. Iam an ARRL INSTRUCTOR and a VE for both the ARRL and the GLAARG. I also belong to A SAT ,CERT,RACES and ARES. JOCK KC6IIH Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO -------- Original message -------- From: Justin <700hpvette1(a)cox.net> Date:04/27/2016 9:41 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Cc: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] chirp-daily-20160419-win32: Hide Unused Fields, Smart Tone Modes I think you read into something I wasnt implying. His call sign is, "NE1EE", say it phonetically, I think you will understand what I meant... =) On Apr 27, 2016 9:34 PM, kc6iih(a)aol.com wrote: The if people would just read the instructions many of the questions asked would no be necessary. Jock Soutar KC6IIH Sent via Samsung Galaxy S7 on AT&T 4G LTE Smartphone On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Justin <700hpvette1(a)cox.net> wrote: The irony of your call sign is legendary... _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Jock at kc6iih(a)aol.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp-daily-20160419-win32: Hide Unused Fields, Smart Tone Modes
by Justin 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp-daily-20160419-win32: why does it insist on certain defaults?
by Alexander Grotewohl 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Yeah the Windows version is a bit qwerky. For example, clicking four times to change a dropdown box gets old. Works though.. just more work than it should be. I don't recall if there's an undo option, but perhaps that'd be better than keeping the setting of each field until you press enter (or escape as the case may be) On Apr 25, 2016 5:09 PM, "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Rich Messeder <rich.messeder(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It seems that though I can makes changes when I have unchecked Smart Tone Mode, CHIRP still either does not save what I see on the screen, or it corrupts the file that I saved when it reads it the next time. I consider a file corrupted when some of it is changed by a program, and I did not want that change. It seems in consistent to permit the changes and saves, then change the data the next time the file is read. > > ~R~ Rich, When using CHIRP with Windows, once you click the tone to choose the frequency that you want, you have to click on another cell or press the [Enter] key to actually make the selection permanent. Up until that point you can press [Escape] or click [Refresh] and nothing will have changed. This above isn't necessary with Linux and I assume the same with Mac OS X. Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Alexander at alexm0n(a)gmail.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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[chirp_users] Error loading FTDI cable
by Roger Meyers 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Following updating my laptop to Windows 10; when trying to use my FTDI cable to program a new UV82 (YES, I downloaded the newest daily build software) I receive the following error code: This device cannot start. (Code 10) {Not Enough Quota} Not enough virtual memory or paging file quota is available to complete the specified operation. Someone PLEASE tell me WTH is going on here; and how do I make it work? Roger M. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[chirp_users] YEASU FT-2900R PROGRAMMING
by Jon G 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

The first time I used CHIRP to program this radio it worked great! Today I wanted to update my radio and I am getting the FAILED TO READ HEADER error message that others have reported. When I looked, all my *.img files are the MODDED ones! Now I am not able to get CHIRP to talk to the radio to download what is on there. I am attaching my debug log file in case it makes sense to someone on here. Thanks for any advice! *Dr. Jonathan Goodson*

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[chirp_users] Can't Write to Yaesu FT-06
by bob＠n4rfc.com 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

I have the same problem with writing to a Yaesu FT-60 handheld. I can download from the FT-60, but when I write I get a "Failed to communicate with radio: Radio is not responding" error. I have checked the issues page and see there was a issue with writing to the FT-60 that was deemed closed after reloading drivers for the Prolific Chipset. My USB/RS-323 interface is a FTDI. The interface is a homebrew RS-232 to TTL level shifter that works, with a different cable, just fine to read and write to my FT-8900R. I suspect there is some timing differences between the two radios. The computer is a Winders 7 - 64 bit 3gHz I3 Processor with 8 gB ram. I am running the latest download of Chrip (4/19/16). Is there any logging going on in Chrip that I can enable and look at? Regards, Bob - N4RFC

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Re: [chirp_users] Comments about chirp-daily-20160419-win32
by Rich Messeder 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

I have now spent many hours browsing the various web pages, and I think it will be many more before I am done, and have culled what I need for my radios. But I still opine that CHIRP docs are not clear. http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns Tone: CTCSS tones are used. Transmit tone is taken from the Tone column, receive tone from the ToneSql column. Is this true? Not intuitive. See Tone->Tone: This means use the Tone value for transmit tone, and the ToneSql value for receive squelch <blank>: Indicates that no method is used for this, either transmit or receive I don't have <blank> so far. ->Tone: This means do not transmit a Tone or DTCS Code, but use the ToneSql value for receive squelch Right now, this is counterintuitive to me. And partly because I have an option not address on the page, TSQL, which I expect to mean that no PL code is used for Tx, but is used to open the squelch on Rx. The page referenced above is one that I have not read completely yet. ~R~ NE1EE On 2016-04-25 17:33:-0400, you wrote: >> Puzzled by defaults >> I selected several lines, and used the properties dialog to try to change the Tone and ToneSql. Instead, those values were all set to some default (88.5), and Cross Mode were reset from >Tone to Tone>Tone. >> > >What you have to realize is that when Tone Mode is set to Tone, only >the Tone column is used and all the other columns related to PL/DPL >are ignored. When Tone Mode is set to TSQL, only the ToneSql column is >use an all the rest are ignored. > >See the CHIRP column guides available here on on miklor.com > >http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php#guides > >Jim KC9HI

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp-daily-20160419-win32: Properties => Smart Tone Modes?
by Rich Messeder 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

You never had an issue because you understood CHIRP ;-) I was able to change all my power settings to LOW, and, encouraged by that, I attempted to do some more block changes. But I didn't know about the Rx|Tx == 0 feature of the UV-5, and how CHIRP handled that, so I blithely changed a bunch of frequencies, only to find that CHIRP changed them back to 88.5. Why 88.5 instead of another freq is a question, but I suppose that it had to be something. Oh, wait, maybe not. If the real value is 0.0 for the CTCSS, why not make it that? But I /am/ learning, and making notes. Were it not for the ready replies here, I'd still be thinking of taking a hammer to CHIRP. ~R~ NE1EE On 2016-04-25 17:27:-0400, you wrote: >On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Rich Messeder <rich.messeder(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I just tried to use the properties dialog, and it reset all sorts of things I was not expecting. Sigh. Shoulda saved before I did that. Single edits for me, then? >> >> ~R~ >> NE1EE > >I use the [Properties] dialog all the time. Especially when I want to >change multiple multiple channels at the same time (for example when >setting all power levels to low or TX inhibiting the FRS, GMRS, MURS >and the Part 90 frequencies that I listen to). I have never had an >issue. > >Jim KC9HI

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[chirp_users] Using CHIRP with Kenwood TH-F6A
by John 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

I am trying to use CHIRP to program my Kenwood TH-F6A and so far it is not working. I have the Kenwood USB cable from Valley Enterprises and I have gotten the FTDI driver software installed on my Windows XP machine. I start CHIRP and select Radio -> Download from radio. I get a dialog box into which I put the Port, Vendor, and Model. I then click OK. The radio's transmit light flashes once, then the dialog box in CHIRP goes away and nothing happens after that. Any ideas? -- 73 John - K2LRA

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp-daily-20160419-win32: Hide Unused Fields, Smart Tone Modes
by Rich Messeder 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

On 2016-04-27 09:15:-0400, you wrote: >Perhaps the problem is you are TOO familiar with other programming methods. I think that you have hit it exactly! >I am a novice to CHIRP; I read the programming info & the detailed field definitions and was merrily up and programming in a few minutes. >Lee N8VYH OK...I admit...I gave the first few paragraphs of each doc and web page a cursory glance, figured that it worked in a certain way, connected to the UV-5 and downloaded a copy of the memory. It's not that I don't read instructions...in fact, I try to read them for each device I have. The "problem" is that CHIRP displayed, by default, fields that are "unused", and there was no clue about that. The menu had "Hide Unused Fields" checked, so I figured that I was looking at "used" fields. Using Properties, I changed Power, and things worked as I thought they should. Then I tried to change PL tones individually, and that is where things fell apart. CHIRP kept changing my PL tones to 88.5, and there is no clue why. I don't want to bother anyone further until I have read further...I still have not run across the reference to the UV-5 that (Tom?) posted a few days ago referring to "The UV5R's internal memory structure does not have "Tone Mode" and "Tone" value fields, like most other ham radios do. Instead, it has only two fields: rxtone and txtone. To activate a transmit tone, the tone's value it stored in the txtone field. To turn off tones, zero is written to this field. So when you set Tone Mode off, the tone value you previously programmed is overwritten by zeros. This is just how the radio is designed--unfortunately there's no way around it." So I have some reading to do before I ask any more questions. For now, I find it misleading that I can change "unused" fields, and that CHIRP will then change them to some yet unexplained other value (I guess that's in the docs...so I'll find it in the next day or so). They ought to be blank and inaccessible. ... ... IMO, and we all know now how new to CHIRP I am. ;-) ~R~ NE1EE

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