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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
by Paul Snyder 29 Jun '18

29 Jun '18

Greetings, *Platform:* I5 Laptop running Ubuntu 14.04. Prolific PL2303 USB to Serial programming cable. In the past, I have been able to access the UV-5R radio's configuration. The laptop's OS is up to date as well as the Chirp Daily Builds *dmesg:*** [ 1900.825659] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd [ 1900.842467] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303 [ 1900.842475] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 1900.842480] usb 3-2: Product: USB-Serial Controller [ 1900.842485] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc. [ 1900.943247] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial [ 1900.943264] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic [ 1900.943278] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic [ 1900.967300] usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303 [ 1900.967333] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for pl2303 [ 1900.967357] pl2303 3-2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected [ 1900.968085] usb 3-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 #System sees the interface device# *Attempt to read radio's configuration:* "Due to the fact that the manufacturer continues to release new versions of the firmware with obscure and hard-to-track changes, this driver may not work with your device. Thus far and to the best knowledge of the author, no UV-5R radios have been harmed by using CHIRP. However, proceed at your own risk!" And then results in: "could not open port /dev/ttyusb0: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/ttyusb0" *Question:* Has this issue been seen by someone in the group and a could you share your insight? I have searched the Ubuntu Forums and do not find a mention of this specific issue. The closest thread involved an OS upgrade to 16.04 that required an uninstall of the Chirp program/App and a reinstall. Since I appear to be dealing with a driver/dependency issue, I have not tried this approach. I will be posting this text to the Ubuntu Forums as well.

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[chirp_users] DCS problem on BTECH UVX2-50
by Jean-Charles HUILLIER 29 Jun '18

29 Jun '18

Hello all, This is not stricly Chirp related but I need you help on programming my radios with selective DCS. I use the radios in a car racing team and I need to be abe to talk to this car or that car but also to all the cars at the same time. I have made a setup which runs fine to speak to each car individualy but I can't talk to all of them at the same time, here's what I did. Same frequency for all channels DCS RX specific to each car (X for car 1, Y for car 2, etc.....) No DCS TX on the cars radios so that when the driver speaks everyone car hear it (except the other cars of course) I made several channels on the pit radios with a matching DCS TX for car 1, car 2 and no DCS at all to be able to talk to the other pits radios) I'd like to make a new DCS RX on all cars (200) so that I could talk to ALL cars at the same time but when I program it on the cars radios it does not work, the car does not receive it. I made a dual watch so that the car receiving radio should switch from the "this car only" channel to the "all cars channel" but somehow it does not receive. What did I do wrong ? Thanks for the help

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Re: [chirp_users] QYT FT7900D Feature request
by wcurlew＠juno.com 28 Jun '18

28 Jun '18

Well Doohh!, I thought mode was like FM, CW, etc. Thanks for the tip. Bill ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] QYT FT7900D Feature request Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 12:04:11 -0400 Do you mean KT-7900D? Check out the Mode column. FM=Wide, NFM=Narrow On Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 11:38 AM wcurlew(a)juno.com <wcurlew(a)juno.com> wrote:The QYT FT7900D does not allow modification of the bandwidth (wide/narrow) parameter on a stored channel. Could this be added as a column on the Chirp screen? Thanks, Bill Curlew ____________________________________________________________ Kelly Ripa Finally Confirms The Rumors risingstarnewspaper.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/5b3500dc49f47dc2e9bst03vuc _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Jim at rock.unroe(a)gmail.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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[chirp_users] QYT FT7900D Feature request
by wcurlew＠juno.com 28 Jun '18

28 Jun '18

The QYT FT7900D does not allow modification of the bandwidth (wide/narrow) parameter on a stored channel. Could this be added as a column on the Chirp screen? Thanks, Bill Curlew ____________________________________________________________ Kelly Ripa Finally Confirms The Rumors risingstarnewspaper.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/5b3500dc49f47dc2e9bst03vuc

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[chirp_users] CHIPRP AND TYT TH-9800
by Ismo Lähdeaho 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

Error setting memory: Frequency 71.000000 is out of supported range Whats that mean. Bandlimits is 66-88 Radio is 4 meter version, and works with tyts own software, OH6Xe

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[chirp_users] Baofeng BF-F8HP
by Ismo Lähdeaho 23 Jun '18

23 Jun '18

Chirp says "wrong model" I use uv-5r setup, data is transferring ok but it get radio so that VFO/MR button stops working, no menu function can use Any idea OH6XE

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 23 Jun '18

23 Jun '18

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-20180623 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #530 [Rick DeWitt <aa0rd(a)yahoo.com>] [ft450d] Add verbage for new Information prompt, issue #5891 [Rick DeWitt <aa0rd(a)yahoo.com>] [lt725uv] and variants; add Information prompt info per #5893 [Rick DeWitt <aa0rd(a)yahoo.com>] [mainapp] Add Information Prompt per #5889 This patch places the prompt after a File Open and after Radio Download [Rick DeWitt <aa0rd(a)yahoo.com>] [chirp_common] Add new Info prompt to prompt class per #5889

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[chirp_users] BAOFENG UV-8D
by Pierre 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

Hello, It's been over a month that I'm trying to program a BAOFENG UV-8D, I tried multiple cordosn without success, I just found one among four !! To program I put a driver for the BAOFENG UV-8D is "USB-SERIAL CH340 (COM4), the communication is perfect For the program I used UV-8 Serie Sofwarre Program and there it works there is a communication in the BAOFENG UV8D and my PC an ASUS X550L with Windows 8.1. I'm going to try more with other Walkie Talkies !! This cord, by chance only works for the UV-8D 73s Pierre F6CTB

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[chirp_users] New user and question/bug/feature
by Ed Ackerman 21 Jun '18

21 Jun '18

I run Centos 6.9 and I downloaded the zip file. When I go to run chirpw i get the following message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "./chirpw", line 23, in <module> from chirp.drivers import * File "/home/edack/Desktop/chirp-daily-20180614/chirp/drivers/lt725uv.py", line 198, in <module> LIST_CTCSS.append("D{:03d}N".format(x)) ValueError: zero length field name in format If I go to the referened line I can and do comment out lines # Now append the DxxxN and DxxxI DTCS codes from chirp_common for x in chirp_common.DTCS_CODES: LIST_CTCSS.append("D{:03d}N".format(x)) for x in chirp_common.DTCS_CODES: LIST_CTCSS.append("D{:03d}R".format(x)) All works fine. I don't care because I dont need the lt725uv driver. I am wondering if this is a Linux only "feature", or is it just masked in the windows version? This happens in 20180614 and also in 20180611 builds I don't know about earlier versions but I do remember using a version from 2017 that did not do this. --- #include <std.disclaimer>; | select * from users Ed Ackerman | where users.clue = 1; edack(a)kengel.com | 0 rows returned

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[chirp_users] Fwd: CHIPRP AND TYT TH-9800
by Dave B 21 Jun '18

21 Jun '18

Just replace the damaged cap's (a not an uncommon problem by the way for a system of that age!) Google for "Bad Cap problems" or "capacitor plague" Not confined to computers or motherboards only either. I've replaced several such parts on a few similar aged PC's of my own over time. If you can't physically do it, there are places that can, at a cost. If you have a Windows 7 recovery CD, and the licence numbers, just spin up a VirtualBox VM under Linux, and run Win7 in that. Job done. V-Box on some systems will allow you to use "seamless" mode, where you can have both Windows and Linux app's running on the same desktop (or looking like it at least.) Just put the Windows, or Linux Taskbar at the top of the screen, and the other at the bottom (or sides.) I used to run Linux like that on a Win 7 box, before I got utterly p'd off with Windows. Though convenient when it's working, it's a lot of egg's in one basket, and can be a bit of a task to set-up and get working "just so". It's also trivial to map Linux's /dev/ttyUSBx serial ports, to appear under Windows as COMx as well. Very well documented, and works well. If you stick with Win 10, research and find out how to hog-tie/deactivate much of it's "phone home" functionality. It's seriously leaky (potentially privacy wise) if you just activated it with the default settings it suggests. Also, if you use Cortana, configure her NOT to be active when the computer is "locked". 73. Dave G0WBX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 19/06/18 20:00, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > I had considered taking the old Win-7 computer and setting it up?.. but the reason for the Win-10 upgrade is because when I dusted out the Win-7 box last month, I noticed a couple of electrolytic caps on the mother board were swelling. A sure sign of future failure. We?ll just let it go, it is like 8 years old anyway. -- Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and open source software. ::

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