December 2017 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] CW ID Broadcast
by Korey Frazier 20 Dec '17

20 Dec '17

Hi, I work at a camp and conference center in southern New Mexico. We are remotely located and have poor cell coverage so we utilize radios to communicate around the camp. We have a repeater in our main office with an antenna on top of the building and a license to use the frequency that it broadcast at. For years we have bought our radios from a company that would program them and then mail them to us, ready to use out of the box. For a long time we were buying Kenwood TK-3200's and then we switched to some RCA radios because they were a little cheaper. Recently though we bought a pack of Baofeng BF-888S's on Amazon for WAY cheaper than the other radios we had been buying. The guy who set our repeater up programmed them using CHIRP and sent them to us with some basic instructions. The only issue we have is that our repeater broadcasts our CW ID every 30 minutes and the new Baofeng radios pick it up every time. Our old Kenwood and RCA radios do not pick this up unless someone happens to be using their radio during the CW ID broadcast. Other than that though the Kenwood and RCA's never pick it up. If there is a way, we would like to change the programming on the Baofeng radios so that they do not hear the CW ID broadcast. Does anybody know how to make that happen? Neither the Kenwood or RCA radios are supported by CHIRP so we can't see what the settings are on these radios. The cord that came with the Baofeng radios to connect to the computer also fits the Kenwood but not the RCA. Also, I am completely new to radios and their programming. I am just trying to fix this one problem. Thanks for any help Korey

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[chirp_users] Attention BF-T1 users: dev driver available to test.
by Pavel Milanes 15 Dec '17

15 Dec '17

Hi to all. As the subject tells, there are a dev driver available to test for the Baofeng BF-T1 mini radio. If you have one of those units and has a programming cable, please give it a try, instructions on this link to the chirp site: https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/4933#change-14809 I'm developing the driver with no radio in my hands, so the user's feedback it's vital to de development. -- 73 CO7WT, Pavel.

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[chirp_users] Android
by patrick Brown 15 Dec '17

15 Dec '17

Is there any work with Chirp for android tablets and phones? seems to be a easy way if you have a lot of mobiles to program? I was also wondering if chirp was usable on windows tablets? --

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[chirp_users] UV 5R with Mac and FTDI cable
by Yves Vetter 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

I am a newbie trying to program a UV5RV2 using an FTDI cable with a MacBook Pro running 10.7.5. When I go to the Radio pull down menu and select Download from Radio I get a message " could not open port /dev/cu.Subie-SPPDev: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Subie-SPPDev' " The cable shows up in my System Information like this: FT232R USB UART: Product ID: 0x6001 Vendor ID: 0x0403 (Future Technology Devices International Limited) Version: 6.00 Serial Number: A104QONY Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: FTDI Location ID: 0x06400000 / 5 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 90 Thank you- -- Yves Vetter Vesta Home Performance Retrofitting 10536 39th Ave NE Seattle WA 98125 Direct: 206-799-7545 www.vestaperformance.com *Making Your Home Work for You*

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[chirp_users] TYT TH9800 Build
by John Hull 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

I have a question about the CHIRP build for the TYT TH9800. The radio I have supports the 1.25cm (220) bands. However, CHIRP does not. Is there a way to add this to the program? Thanks and 73's. John KN4DOH Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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[chirp_users] pasting an Excel spreadsheet to my Chirp page to program frequencies from it
by Dwayne Elliott 09 Dec '17

09 Dec '17

I have an Excel spreadsheet with a list of frequencies, PL Tones etc. and would like to program my BTECH UV-25x2. Please advise -- <http://www.legion.org/>

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Re: [chirp_users] pasting an Excel spreadsheet to my Chirp page to program frequencies from it
by Gary D. Schwartz 08 Dec '17

08 Dec '17

Agreed. Comma Separated Variable (CSV)a d Tab Separated Variable (TSV) are the most universal formats to transfer between spreadsheet programs, which includes CHIRP (and other radio programming software). You can use Excel, etc to print it out as a reference sheet out in the field. Gary N1ZCE At 09:37 PM 12/8/2017, Glenn At Home wrote: >ï»¿ >Someone might suggest another rout, but I would >go into Excel and save it as a .CVS file, and then import that into Chirp. >Glenn > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:ke6pls2@gmail.com>Dwayne Elliott >To: ><mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com>chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 8:17 PM >Subject: [chirp_users] pasting an Excel >spreadsheet to my Chirp page to program frequencies from it > >I have an Excel spreadsheet with a list of >frequencies, PL Tones etc. and would like to >program my BTECH UV-25x2. Please advise > >-- ><http://www.legion.org/> >[] ><http://www.legion.org/> >[] > -------------------------------------------------------- Gary D. Schwartz, N1ZCE Needham, MA Please reply to: n1zce(a)arrl.net OR n1zce(a)averagebear.us

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Re: [chirp_users] Bug status
by Nick 08 Dec '17

08 Dec '17

Keep us posted if you get a reply Alec. Thanks.K7NQB ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Alec DiAstra <alecdiastra(a)gmail.com> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Subject: [chirp_users] Bug status Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 13:48:38 +0000 What is the current status of the following bugs? 4911BugNewNormalOffset written to TYT TH9800 radio is incorrect06/14/2017 07:54 pm4857BugNewNormalTYT TH-9800 displays incorrect offset for duplex06/06/2017 07:02 am4683BugNewNormalOffset written to TYT TH9800 radio is incorrect03/28/2017 02:59 pmThis still remains an issue. There was a similar bug listed here http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/3007 but i dont thing the fix was ever implemented. ____________________________________________________________ Avoid Botox: How To Remove Eye Bags & Wrinkles In 1 Minute Fit Mom Daily http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3231/5a216e29672ef6e284e65st04duc

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[chirp_users] MacOS 10.13.1 breaks FTDI drivers?
by Charley Bratton 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

After loading High Sierra (10.13.1) last night, my macbook running the current version of Chirp will no longer communicate with any of my radios. Moving the same radio and cable to another Mac, also running the 20171104 version of Chirp, everything is normal. It appears that although the FTDI cable is recognized in the System Report on the USB bus, Chirp can no longer reach the serial interface on the radio. I reloaded Python runtime module, but no improvement. Also went to FTDI and loaded their v2.4.2 drivers for MacOS. Also no help. Chirp’s debug log keeps saying “Radio did not respond” My FTDI cable has LEDs. When attached to the 10.13.1 machine, no lights are flashing when attempting to download from the radio or upload to the radio. Any suggestions for next steps? Debug log attached. - Charley

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[chirp_users] OS-X Version Pointer offset
by Jerome Whelan 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Has anyone else experienced this and can let me know what is happening? I am experiencing a Chirp human interface display peculiarity using the Mac OS-X version: When the menu “/View/Hide_Tab_Bar” is selected the on-screen pointer behaves properly; that is the tip of the arrow cursor causes on-screen objects to highlight when hovering above the object, and objects activate when clicked; nothing abnormal. When the menu “/View/Show_Tab_Bar” is selected, the on-screen pointer behaves abnormally; that is on-screen objects highlight and activate when the tip of the arrow cursor is higher on the screen than the object highlighting or being activated. The distance of this offset error appears to be about the height of the “Tab_Bar” that is being shown or hidden. The horizontal placement of cursor tip is correct. Software versions I am using now are as follows: CHIRP daily-20171204 GTK 2.24.10 PyGTK 2.22.0 Python 2.7.2 macOS High Sierra version 10.13.1 (17B1003) I observed this on my Macintosh as far back as a version that identifies as “Chirp 0.3.1” Thanks for the insights - Jerry

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