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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 11 Jul '17

11 Jul '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-20170711 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #497 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Images for BTECH color display mobile radios #4825 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [New Model] Add Radtel Model T18 This patch adds support for programming the channels and global settings of the Radtel model T18 hand held radio. #4969

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[chirp_users] Yaesu FT-70 support?
by John Tibbetts 09 Jul '17

09 Jul '17

Will the New Yaesu FT-70 be included in a future daily build? John, W9APX -- *John Tibbetts / W9APX* *Emergency Coordinator, Central SFV* *Los Angeles ARES Northwest* *Rapid Response Team* *W9APX.hamradio(a)gmail.com <W9APX.hamradio(a)gmail.com>* *www.areslax.org <http://www.areslax.org>* *Technical Vice President, San Fernando Valley Amateur Radio Club*

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[chirp_users] Lexien VV-898/ Jetstream JT270 Channel Names.
by Gary Chambers 09 Jul '17

09 Jul '17

Question: When programming my Lexien VV-898 with chirp, the alpha-numeric memory channel names get assigned to the wrong channels, always three channels off, channels 1,2 and 3 are assigned a generic name of A001, A002, A003 or B001, B002, B003 depending on which memory bank is selected. Although, the Ch 1 programmed name is assigned to channel 4, the channel 4 freq, offset, tones are correct. The radio uses the Jetstream jt270 software. Both banks share the same symptoms. Is there something simple I'm missing or a work around??? Gary Chambers KG5TQE Sent from my iPhone

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[chirp_users] KT-8900 "extra ID wrong" issue
by Wm. A. Besore 09 Jul '17

09 Jul '17

Jim, I have spent over an hour trying to sign on and "open an issue". I gave up. Here is what is going on. The "366766" is an internal passcode in the KT-8900 that was entered on initialization of the radio. By holding down the F-Key and powering up at the same time, the ability to enter a passcode is presented in the radio's display. When this screen first appears it shows six underscore lines. I assume these are analogous to spaces. But, I can't find any way to get the radio to accept six blank spaces in the passcode. It insists that six digits be entered. Than and only then will it finish powering up, show memory channel frequencies on the display and go into normal RX/TX operation. Also, I have tried to register with the CHIRP Forum by replying to the confirmation email. However, when I try to sign in it says I am not valid and that I need to register again. When I try to register again I am told that my signon and password are already in use. Catch 22. Thus, I have not been able to "open an issue". CHIRP works great with my Baofeng UV-5R, but it just doesn't like the QYT KT-8900. Thanks for your ongoing support, Bill Wm. A. BeSore - K0WB wmabesore(a)aol.com

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 103, Issue 6
by Eric Chopin 08 Jul '17

08 Jul '17

Lat+Lon..vs UTM We use UTM in our Search And Rescue operations. It is more accurate for pinpointing specific targets than Lat/Lon is.....especially when locating subjects (people). 73's Eric VE7ECJ On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 12:00 PM, <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > wrote: > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF) > 2. Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator > (Bisdorf, Paul L Jr CIV USARMY CESWT (US)) > 3. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Kenneth L. Bechtel, II) > 4. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Bruce Harper) > 5. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Martin Kratoska) > 6. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Patrick Brown) > 7. No Data (John Laiosa) > 8. Re: No Data (Jim Unroe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:11:58 -0400 (EDT) > From: "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel(a)ngunn.net> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <1566243380.216087.1499368318248(a)email.1and1.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > In which country. I've never seen UTM before. > > > > On 06 July 2017 at 13:25 "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" < > kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> wrote: > > > > > > Just to put it out there, many services, such as Search and Rescue use > UTM, > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 19:21:39 +0000 > From: "Bisdorf, Paul L Jr CIV USARMY CESWT (US)" > <Paul.Bisdorf(a)usace.army.mil> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Lat + Long => WW > Locator > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <92A3EB79857B98468A61E94E5F7022A6011433F71A@EIS-MB0602CPC. > eis.ds.usace.army.mil> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > UTM, or Universal Transverse Mercator, has been in wide use by the > military for many years. Of late, it has been largely supplanted by the > Military Grid Reference System, which retains the same grid system, but > uses naming conventions that are much more user friendly. NATO uses both, > but MGRS is far more prevalent, and will eventually completely replace UTM. > > -----Original Message----- > From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto: > chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn > G8IFF/W8IFF > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2017 2:12 PM > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator > > In which country. I've never seen UTM before. > > > > On 06 July 2017 at 13:25 "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" < > kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> wrote: > > > > > > Just to put it out there, many services, such as Search and Rescue use > UTM, > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Blockedhttp://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Paul at paul.bisdorf(a)usace.army.mil > To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@ > intrepid.danplanet.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:25:11 -0400 > From: "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" <kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator > To: "'Discussion of CHIRP'" <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <00c701d2f68d$96eb7280$c4c25780$@org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > UTM was invented by the military and has been adopted by ground search > teams > worldwide, based on the ability to go to a 1M square. Air and Sea SAR > still > use LAT LONG due to the larger scale operations and areas. I specifically > am in the states. > > -----Original Message----- > From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Nigel A. > Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF > Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:12 PM > To: Discussion of CHIRP > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator > > In which country. I've never seen UTM before. > > > > On 06 July 2017 at 13:25 "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" > <kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> wrote: > > > > > > Just to put it out there, many services, such as Search and Rescue use > > UTM, > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Ken Bechtel at kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org To > unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@ > intrepid.danplanet.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:25:45 -0400 > From: Bruce Harper <brucebharper(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <CALEB6u7-vRZ=1C8LdU9=iHeaQK5ZFpYAAQ-t-rQcGh1645Yw5Q@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Nigel wrote: > > In which country. I've never seen UTM before. > > > > > > > On 06 July 2017 at 13:25 "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" < > > kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just to put it out there, many services, such as Search and Rescue use > > UTM, > > > > ?Universal Transverse Mercator, which divides the entire earth into a grid. > However, at least in parts of the United States, many SAR groups are > shifting to using the United States National Grid (USNG) system, which is > what the Federal Emergency Management Agency uses. > > Bruce in Blacksburg > > --- > > Bruce B. Harper > > 2nd Lt. Recruitment and Retention > > Search Team Leader/Public Information Officer > > Southwest Virginia Mountain Rescue Group > > http://swvamrg.blacksburgrescue.org/ >

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Re: [chirp_users] No Data (John Laiosa)
by Christopher F. Beesley 07 Jul '17

07 Jul '17

Hello John, Chris here, a G4 for quite some time! What you and everybody else with data communications problems between their computers and their radios are missing is a USB interface. This business of having to use exactly the right cable, exactly the right driver from the dim and distant past, and in some cases having to modify the shape of either the radio or the data lead to make them fit, is an absolute nonsense and has been for many years. I read the emails to chirp-users and I would guess that at least 70% of them concern problems with data transfer. I will not be buying another radio with a data interface unless it is to the world-wide standard for USB, including both hardware and software. In this respect it is high time that the manufacturers of radio equipment dragged themselves into the 21st Century. I am not a fan of Bill Gates because of the damage he has done to computing as a whole over the last 40 years, but apart from the name, at least he got the USB interface right. I mean, fancy calling a digital communications interface 'Upper Side Band'! Regards, Chris ________________________________ From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Sent: 07 July 2017 19:00 To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 103, Issue 6 Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users chirp_users -- Discussion of CHIRP - intrepid.danplanet.com<http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users> intrepid.danplanet.com This list is for discussion of CHIRP use, issues, and beta releases. At any point, the latest daily build will be available here: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com ... or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com You can reach the person managing the list at chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF) 2. Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Bisdorf, Paul L Jr CIV USARMY CESWT (US)) 3. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Kenneth L. Bechtel, II) 4. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Bruce Harper) 5. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Martin Kratoska) 6. Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator (Patrick Brown) 7. No Data (John Laiosa) 8. Re: No Data (Jim Unroe) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:11:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel(a)ngunn.net> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <1566243380.216087.1499368318248(a)email.1and1.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 In which country. I've never seen UTM before. > On 06 July 2017 at 13:25 "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" <kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> wrote: > > > Just to put it out there, many services, such as Search and Rescue use UTM, ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 19:21:39 +0000 From: "Bisdorf, Paul L Jr CIV USARMY CESWT (US)" <Paul.Bisdorf(a)usace.army.mil> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] [Non-DoD Source] Re: Lat + Long => WW Locator To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <92A3EB79857B98468A61E94E5F7022A6011433F71A(a)EIS-MB0602CPC.eis.ds.usace.army.mil> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" UTM, or Universal Transverse Mercator, has been in wide use by the military for many years. Of late, it has been largely supplanted by the Military Grid Reference System, which retains the same grid system, but uses naming conventions that are much more user friendly. NATO uses both, but MGRS is far more prevalent, and will eventually completely replace UTM. -----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2017 2:12 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator In which country. I've never seen UTM before. > On 06 July 2017 at 13:25 "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" <kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> wrote: > > > Just to put it out there, many services, such as Search and Rescue use UTM, _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Blockedhttp://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Paul at paul.bisdorf(a)usace.army.mil To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:25:11 -0400 From: "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" <kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator To: "'Discussion of CHIRP'" <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <00c701d2f68d$96eb7280$c4c25780$@org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" UTM was invented by the military and has been adopted by ground search teams worldwide, based on the ability to go to a 1M square. Air and Sea SAR still use LAT LONG due to the larger scale operations and areas. I specifically am in the states. -----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:12 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator In which country. I've never seen UTM before. > On 06 July 2017 at 13:25 "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" <kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> wrote: > > > Just to put it out there, many services, such as Search and Rescue use > UTM, _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Ken Bechtel at kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:25:45 -0400 From: Bruce Harper <brucebharper(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <CALEB6u7-vRZ=1C8LdU9=iHeaQK5ZFpYAAQ-t-rQcGh1645Yw5Q(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Nigel wrote: In which country. I've never seen UTM before. > > > > On 06 July 2017 at 13:25 "Kenneth L. Bechtel, II" < > kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org> wrote: > > > > > > Just to put it out there, many services, such as Search and Rescue use > UTM, > ?Universal Transverse Mercator, which divides the entire earth into a grid. However, at least in parts of the United States, many SAR groups are shifting to using the United States National Grid (USNG) system, which is what the Federal Emergency Management Agency uses. Bruce in Blacksburg --- Bruce B. Harper 2nd Lt. Recruitment and Retention Search Team Leader/Public Information Officer Southwest Virginia Mountain Rescue Group http://swvamrg.blacksburgrescue.org/

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[chirp_users] debug log for "extra ID is wrong" issue
by Wm. A. Besore 07 Jul '17

07 Jul '17

Jim, The debug log reflecting the "extra ID is wrong" issue is attached. Thanks for your help, Bill Wm. A. BeSore - K0WB wmabesore(a)aol.com

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[chirp_users] P{roblem with QYT KT-8900
by Wm. A. Besore 07 Jul '17

07 Jul '17

Chirp is working fine with my Baofeng UV-5R. However, when I try to download from my QYT KT-8900 the following is shown and the program stops: "An error has occurred. The extra ID is wrong, aborting." I have no idea what the reference to the wrong extra ID means, or how to go about correcting the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks kindly in advance, Wm. A. (Bill) BeSore - K0WB wmabesore(a)aol.com

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[chirp_users] No Data
by John Laiosa 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

After multiple failures with the Mac, I decides to use my work Windows laptop. Got everything setup and working. However when I upload from the radio the spread sheet is empty. The radio indicates it is "waiting" and beeps when it is done, but there is nothing on the spread sheet. I tried uploading to the radio and that did not work either. It appears if the data rate and/or the connection is not correct. What I am missing? Thanks for the help. John N1BSO -- Sent from John's iPhone

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[chirp_users] Lat + Long => WW Locator
by Martin Kratoska 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

Esteemed reflectees, here is my humble suggestion: use WW Locator (ie. JO70FB) everywhere, where geographical coordinates (Lat, Long) are requested. We in EU using mostly WW Locator for such purposes, some guys are not comfortable with coordinates... 73, Martin, OK1RR

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