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[chirp_users] Chirp windows version not updated?
by Tom Consodine 27 May '16

27 May '16

The latest Linux daily build is 20160522. The latest Windows daily build is 20160517. Why is that? Tom ND5Y

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 27 May '16

27 May '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-20160527 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #403 [Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) <pavelmc(a)gmail.com>] [PATCH][KT8900R] Settings fix about the 220Mhz band, fixes #3547 Now we have two of this radios that has 220/240 Mhz support in the base class and we need to validate the freq ranges for each one of them, this patch is to realize that. Thanks to Jim Unroe for the help with it. [Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) <pavelmc(a)gmail.com>] [PATCH][KT8900R] Initial support for the QYT KT8900R, fixes #3547 This radio is like the BTECH UV-2501+220 but it has the 220 band in the Chinese area (240-270 Mhz) well outside the USA ham band. This is the initial support patch for this radio, it may need further work on the settings part. Changes for Build #404 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [BTECH] Add new settings for BTECH gen3 radios * Mic Gain * DTMF Gain related to #3015

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[chirp_users] back to Linux
by Jack Schlachter 26 May '16

26 May '16

I thought with the great success I had with my Linux box and my Baofeng that I would try the LT-Luiton 588UV. So hooked everything up and I chose as radio type Leixen which someone in my club told me worked for them on Chirp. My first attempt I got Failed to download from radio: Radio refused program mode. Anyone know what might be causing this error? On my second attempt I thought well it worked so well with the Baofeng maybe I'd try making it think it's a Baofeng. So I selected Baofeng Model BF888 which I think is a mobile radio like mine. The error this time read No response from radio. Any idea? Thanks, Jack

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Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP and the Kenwood TH-F6A; syncing with Icom
by Rich Messeder 26 May '16

26 May '16

On 2016-05-26 18:43:-0400, you wrote: >Rich, > >I have a Kenwood TH-F6a. So just for the fun of it, I attached CHIRP >to it and read it in live mode. I copied and pasted on of the channels >from the TH-F6 tab to a tab from one of my Baofeng radios (a loaded >.img file). No problem. I did this, too. Interesting inconsistency. In fact, I copied a block successfully, which was my goal. >Then I followed the instructions that you pasted into your post and >exported the TH-F6a to a .csv file. I imported this into the image of >my Baofeng radio also without any problem. I had saved to a .chirp file. >And just for good measure, I exported the TH-F6a to a .chirp file and >imported it into my Baofeng radio image. No problem. I could not load the F6A .chirp file into the tab with the Icom image. Same error. Tried rewriting the .chirp. Same result. I can achieve my goal, so that meets my needs now, but still leaves the question...maybe I am still missing a point? >Part of the difference, I suppose, is that I am not trying to load 2 >instances of CHIRP. I am doing it with multiple tabs in a single >instance of CHIRP. Indeed...dunno why it didn't occur to me to try...guess I figured that multi-instances worked the same as tabs. ~R~ p.s. This still leaves a few questions from the original post unanswered...why is the F6A live? Why not save an image (likely related to previous question)? >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 WeatheredSoul at rich.messeder(a)gmail.com >To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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[chirp_users] limitations of baofeng uv-5r
by Ted Roby 26 May '16

26 May '16

The default settings for Baofeng uv-5r include the following ranges: 130 - 176 (VHF) 400 - 520 (UHF) However, I was able to successfully raise the VHF range to 130 - 225. I did not attempt to go higher than 225 as I wanted to cover HAM frequencies in my area. After raising the limit of VHF in Other Settings, I was able to manually program a range of fm simplex frequencies through the radio itself. However, CHIRP does not allow me to program the 135cm band into memory, and states that it is out of supported range for this radio. I am able to download these modifications from the radio, but I cannot modify through CHIRP. Can this limit be raised in the driver? For verification I was able to tx from one uv-5r to another on 223.580 simplex.

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[chirp_users] CHIRP and the Kenwood TH-F6A; syncing with Icom
by Rich Messeder 26 May '16

26 May '16

Using the Kenwood Memory Control Program (MCP), I can create and save radio images independent of the radio. But when I use CHIRP, I get "The Kenwood TH-F6 operates in live mode. This means that any changes you make are immediately sent to the radio. Because of this, you cannot perform the Save or Upload operations. If you wish to edit the contents offline, please Export to a CSV file, using the File menu." In the first place, why the behaviour? It does not appear necessary. I have verified that a change in MCP is not written until I write it. But CHIRP is indeed live. Why? It would be nicer if it were not. And why not save an image, even if the edits are live? This leads to my current puzzle. I have downloaded from the F6A in CHIRP. I save as a *.chirp file. I wanted to copy that to my Icom IC-T8A. I followed the beginner's guide and FAQ to merge the Kenwood data with the Icom data. Of course, the Kenwood data is not a *.img file, but a *.chirp file, and I get a schema error. The error makes sense, but only to a point...I guess that I am missing how to update different radios with the same data. I tried opening both the Icom img and the Kenwood in different instances of CHIRP, but I cannot copy from one and paste to the other. I'm sure that there is a simple step that I am missing. ~R~ NE1EE Short email? No html? Here's why: http://emailcharter.org/

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[chirp_users] Cut and paste issue?
by Dennis Carr 26 May '16

26 May '16

Greetings! New user here, Still getting used to the software so I can get back on the air after eight years of no radio. (It sucked.) While working the software and rearranging a few layouts (using a BF-F9V2+), I noticed that Ctrl-X seems to behave much like Ctrl-C: it will copy, but it will not delete the original memory location once I have pasted elsewhere using Ctrl-V. I'm using XFCE on Debian Jessie at this time and running the daily from 20160517. This seems to be the only program where there are issues. Any words on this? Thanks, -Dennis KE7KIF

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Re: [chirp_users] Cut and paste issue?
by Rich Messeder 26 May '16

26 May '16

Do I understand correctly that this feature applies to a few Yaesus, but exists in CHIRP for all radios to accommodate those few? I tried clicking after ctrl-x, and I see that the memory is active again, and this is on a download for a Kenwood F6A. OK as a backup, but not intuitive. It works on ctrl-x, where I can recover by following up with either clicking or by pasting (as long as no other actions overwrite the buffer), but does not work for deletion. I've been in a habit of thinking that cutting is more or less permanent, and I guess that it is here, too, but only after I write to the radio and complete the process. Whether the memory is grey or zeroed, I can always paste over it or edit it, so there is no loss of generality. ~R~ NE1EE On 2016-05-25 21:45:-0700, Tom Hayward wrote: >On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Rich Messeder <rich.messeder(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> But there is a comment below that reference data on the radio that is not accessible. This is puzzling to me. Does that mean that the data exists in the radio, but there is a flag also in the radio that says not to access that memory? Or recall it? Or tune to it? What is the point? Seems to me that if I delete a memory from the radio panel or from CHIRP, it ought to be gone. It's up to me to have a backup file if I want it... > >Yes, in a few Yaesu radios, deleted (or "masked") channels are set >with a flag. I believe the design goal by Yaesu here was to allow the >opportunity to undo a delete. In addition to supporting this, Chirp >also has the capability to write zeros over the whole block of memory. >For these select few radios, Chirp supports both delete mechanisms in >a two-stage delete (as described). The goal here was to make the Chirp >support as many of the radios' features as possible, and for the >experience to be as close to the radios' interface as possible. > >When a channel is masked (the first stage of the two-stage delete on >Yaesu radios), it can be unmasked from the front panel of the radio >(see the manual) or in Chirp, just click the greyed-out text to >resurrect it. > >Tom KD7LXL

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Re: [chirp_users] Cut and paste issue?
by Rich Messeder 25 May '16

25 May '16

This is a key reply for me...I had originally thought that if CHIRP knew enough to turn the entry grey, it should know enough to reset the entry to empty. Why not? It would save the confusion that I have had, and that others seemingly have had. But there is a comment below that reference data on the radio that is not accessible. This is puzzling to me. Does that mean that the data exists in the radio, but there is a flag also in the radio that says not to access that memory? Or recall it? Or tune to it? What is the point? Seems to me that if I delete a memory from the radio panel or from CHIRP, it ought to be gone. It's up to me to have a backup file if I want it... Well, that was why I gave it a +1...I found (find) it confusing (now just distracting) to delete a memory and have it turn grey, not reset to "empty". If there is a requirement of the radio that makes the grey data necessary, so be it. I am not sure that I see this in effect on any of my radios...? ~R~ On 2016-05-25 13:15:-0700, you wrote: >On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Dennis Carr ><dennisthetiger(a)chez-vrolet.net> wrote: >> On Wed, 25 May 2016 14:15:17 -0500 >> Todd Bloomingdale <tbloomingdale(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dennis, >>> >>> Once you cut a memory it will go grey. After you have pasted your cut >>> that location is now open to add another frequency into its spot even >>> though it shows as a greyed out. >> >> I should probably rephrase. It doesn't remove the settings from the >> old memory slot - this, in my mind, would be the correct behavior. > >Are you saying that after pasting, seeing the old line greyed out, and >uploading to the radio, that channel is still usable in the radio? > >I don't know how the BF-F9V2+ works, but on many Chirp radios there is >two stage delete: the first delete or ctrl-x will mask the channel. >This is illustrated in Chirp by light gray text. The data will still >be in the radio, but you won't be able to recall or tune it (common on >Yaesu radios). The second delete will zero out the channel so there is >no evidence of it ever being there. > >Tom KD7LXL >_______________________________________________ >chirp_users mailing list >chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >This message was sent to WeatheredSoul at rich.messeder(a)gmail.com >To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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[chirp_users] Success w/Linux
by Jack Schlachter 25 May '16

25 May '16

I want to thank the guys that help me with my Baofeng HH. Chirp loaded fine in Linux but I had trouble picking the right port the USB cable was on. One of you suggested USB0 and I did that "ls" command and it added it to the drop down list or it was always there at the very bottom. Then I ran that permissions command sudo usermod -aG dialout username and then logged out and back in and it finally worked. Now to get my Luiton working. Does anyone know if there is a radio on the Chirp list that would be compatable with the model LT- Luiton 588UV? Failing that does anyone know of any plans to add this radio. TIA I was wondering if you could tell me where I can get a list of commands to use in terminal with explanations of what they do, I know there's one out there somewhere if you could just point me. Again thank you for your help. Jack KM4TDJ

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