May 2017 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] FT2D
by NNN Wx 20 May '17

20 May '17

I see “bug” numbers 3325 and 3257 from last year, hoping support for Yaesu FT2D radio will work. It’s in the wish list, and doesn’t seem to need hardware for testing. I’m interested in getting chirp to work, and for some insights into how to get the serial connection to work on Macintosh OS X 10.12.5. HOW CAN I HELP (assuming this just needs effort)??

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[chirp_users] RepeaterBook Proximety Not Accurate?
by John Kobeck 20 May '17

20 May '17

Hello Chirpers; I have a question. I am trying to program repeaters into a Kenwood TMV7. I have been using RepeaterBooks Proximity search. When setting a Manhattan zip code for example, it doesn’t seem to matter if I indicate a 100 mile radius or a 300 mile radius. It only seems pull about a 15 miles radius. Is there a default that won’t allow a larger range? 73s KC2MPG

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[chirp_users] Yeas FT2D
by NNN Wx 18 May '17

18 May '17

Another person looking for Chirp support for Yaesu FT2D, and specifically from Macintosh OS X. It doesn’t have to be through a USB cable; the microSD card has worked for me using the extraordinarily painful ADMS-8 software running over WINE. I have some programming and computer networking experience. Is there a way I can help, please? I see from the request list that the FT2D already has been requested and hardware is available, so I presume it’s just a matter of taking apart the data?

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 18 May '17

18 May '17

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-20170518 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #481 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [LT-580] Add Support for Luiton LT-580 Mobile Radios This patch adds the Luition LT-580 VHF and LT-580 UHF mobile radios to the TYT TH-9000 driver. #4231 Changes for Build #482 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-25X2*] Duplex "split" bug This patch addresses a "split" bug that causes CHIRP to display a memory as a shift direction/offset even if the RX and TX frequencies are each in a different band. * this affects all mobile radios supported by the btech.py driver Related to Bug #4825 Changes for Build #483 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [LT725UV] Wrong Radio Model in RadioPrompt This patch corrects the radio model called oun in the Experimental RadioPrompt. related to Bug #4829

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[chirp_users] Rfinder Latitude Error
by kd7sjt 16 May '17

16 May '17

Greetings from Sunny Sacramento California, I am trying to download my local repeater list through Chirp and RFinder. I have an Rfinder account. That isn't the problem. The problem is when I put in the latitude and longitude for Sacramento California, Chirp complains and says "invalid latitude". I have tried all the different ways I can think of to enter Latitude and Longitude in, and it doesn't help. I've even tried leaving it blank. It still says the Latitude is Invalid. I am using CHIRP daily-20170516 Please Advise.

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Re: [chirp_users] Bunch of questions
by Chas. Thompson 16 May '17

16 May '17

In a terminal session try: sudo apt-get update –fix-missingsudo apt-get install -fsudo apt-get dist-upgradesudo apt-get autocleansudo apt-get cleansudo apt-get autoremove This should cleanup his environment and make sure he is current on the build he is running. After that launch chirp and verify the version is current Daily-20170510 If not re run these steps: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dansmith/chirp-snapshots sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install chirp-daily

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[chirp_users] QYT KT 8900
by Richard Whittaker 16 May '17

16 May '17

Hi all. I bought a KT8900 at the beginning of the year, and my FTDI cable showed up about a week ago. Eager to get more than 2 channels programmed in (the programming interface sucks!), I plugged my cable in to the BACK of the radio like all the sites say, and.... Nothing... Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle, nothing. Different radio models, the whole works, radio would not respond. My model has what the manual calls a data terminal jack on the front. I tried it, the cable fit perfectly, and the radio responded just fine. I don't know if this is true if all KT8900s, but if yours has a front jack, it's a good idea to try it. Cheers Richard VA7RHW. ⁣Sent from BlueMail

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[chirp_users] Using public CI systems for build
by Stephen Groat 16 May '17

16 May '17

Has there been any look into using public CI systems? I know you can use Travis (Linux and OSX) and Appveyor (Windows) with git/Github/Gitlab, don't know about mercurial though. I know that there's been significant discussion about mercurial/git, but I don't know if people have taken public CI systems into account. I've made a sample repo on Github (https://github.com/stephengroat/chirp) and made Travis CI (https://travis-ci.org/stephengroat/chirp) and Appveyor ( https://ci.appveyor.com/project/stephengroat/chirp) that people can take a look at. Appveyor isn't 100%, but I'm close. These builds also trigger for Pull Requests, just make a sample PR against the repo to see. Auto deployment to Github Releases/etc. is also easy to do as well. Let me know if people are interested in this addition and thanks for all the hard work on the project! Stephen -- Stephen Groat stephen(a)egroat.com +1 (703) 798-4551 Sent from mobile

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[chirp_users] bojie bj-218 device
by Emre Emre 16 May '17

16 May '17

hi I am using your program.The device i am using baojie bj-218. There is no device on the chirp menu. I would like you to add this device to your program. I look forward to your good news thank you nice a days.

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[chirp_users] Bunch of questions
by Al Jones 15 May '17

15 May '17

Let me first apologize, I don’t really know what I’m talking about. Working with a friend who has two new Retivis RT5 radios – not a major problem. One radio allow me to change information relating to a channel, the other requires that I delete the channel and re-add it – funky but workable. Other minor hassles are that one is ver 1FP3-25 and the other is ver 1FB297; since he wants both radios the same, that’s not a problem, cut and paste from one img to the other and it’s done Since I use Chirp to program my radios - and some friends – I suggested he get it on his computer. Now the fun begins. He runs UBUNTU and while I’m somewhat familiar with Linux I got stopped cold. First error: access to USB0 denied (or words to that effect) chmod 777 /dev/usb0 fixed that. Second error: Ubuntu failed to communicate with radio. 'serial' object has no attribute 'settimeout' Pretty much stopped dead, however he has two versions of python on that computer python 2.7.12 and a python 3 (sorry didn’t get the full version). If I’m reading this correctly, if he were running python3 the above wouldn’t be a problem <that’s a question>; if that’s the case, how does he tell ubuntu / chirp to use py3? … Remember, I said I don’t know what I’m talking about, can someone guide?? Thanks //al I set both his radios up with my Windows box – so for the nonce we’re okay but he’d like to put in a lot more freqs (mistake!) and it’ll be a lot easier on him to have chirp running.

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