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[chirp_users] Port selection on laptop
by Bennie Potgieter 29 Dec '19

29 Dec '19

Goodday Im new to this,bought 4 Aofeng radios and not all of them are on the same chanels,downloaded the Cherp software but I seem to strugle to select the usb port on my laptop,can someone maybe help me with that? Thank you

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Re: [chirp_users] Chirp under Linux
by Phil 26 Dec '19

26 Dec '19

On 27/12/19 6:50 am, Terry Kennedy wrote: Hello Terry, I've said many times that I'm confident that the problem is with the radio. > What do you get if you power the radio on while holding the "3" > button down? Likewise for "5" and "6"? 3 - ver T60V02 5 - nothing 6 - 190314M # - cycles between L, nothing, L nothing > Those should reveal what the > radio firmware actually is. A lot of these "HP" UV-82's are running > hacked UV-5R firmware which lets the user select a bogus "high" pow- > er setting. The "#" key on a real UV-82HP should cycle between H, M, > and L on the LCD when you're in channel mode, not just H and L (or > nothing at all) on the fakes. Does this sound like a fake? -- Regards, Phil

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[chirp_users] BAOFENG UV F10
by Sam 26 Dec '19

26 Dec '19

Season's greetings to all I have just purchased 2 BAOFENG UV F10's. Any idea when this model will be able to be programmed via your program? Regards Sam South Africa ZS1SAM - HAM callsign

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[chirp_users] Chirp under Linux
by Phil 25 Dec '19

25 Dec '19

Thank you for reading this. I bought a Baofeng UV-82HP about four months ago and I cannot get Chirp to read from the radio, or in fact to do anything with the radio. I'm running Chirp under Kubuntu and have tried every Chip daily version over the past four months. This is the error message that I receive when I attempt to read from the radio: "Radio did not respond" These are the entered parameters: /dev/ttyUSB0 Baofeng UV-82HP I have read and write access to the serial port which is the same port that I use for several application including programming an Arduino board. I have tried several different Baofeng models, just in case, with the same result. I've trimmed the plastic from the plug so that it slips into the radio's sockets more easily. I've attempted to read from the radio in both channel and frequency modes. Finally, I've searched the Internet for even the slightest clue but to no avail. I do not know anyone who owns a Baofeng radio or who uses Chirp. So this mailing list is my last hope. Any clues at all will greatly appreciated. -- Regards, Phil

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Re: [chirp_users] Chirp under Linux
by Roger Hill 23 Dec '19

23 Dec '19

Hi Dennis. No problem...I'm 68 now, and find I have much less patience than I used to, and don't suffer fools as I should. (And in case that came out wrong, I'm definitely not saying you are a fool!) 73 and best wishes for 2020 Roger G3YTN/8P6RX --- *************************** Roger Hill *************************** On 2019-12-23 15:46, Dennis Wage wrote: > I'm sorry.. I sounded a little antagonistic. It's being over 65 now I guess. > > Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ) > 245 Corum Hill Road > > Castalian Springs, TN 37031 > > (615) 310-4242 [1] Cell > (615) 562-5128 [1] Home > http://hammondb3organ.net [2] > > http://overdubs.net > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 10:02 AM Roger Hill <rhill(a)hillconsult.com> wrote: > > No point starting a religious war...let's just get the user up and running. > > Roger > > G3YTN/8P6RX > > --- > *************************** > Roger Hill > *************************** > > On 2019-12-23 11:55, Dennis Wage wrote: > > For me, under windows, plug it in, start Chirp and program away. No need to check which telephone owner's permissions sudo this sudo that. > > Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ) > 245 Corum Hill Road > > Castalian Springs, TN 37031 > > (615) 310-4242 Cell > (615) 562-5128 Home > http://hammondb3organ.net [2] > > http://overdubs.net > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 9:45 AM Roger Hill <rhill(a)hillconsult.com> wrote: > > For me under Ubuntu it just works: make sure you are in the dialout group, and when you try to upload or download to the radio, you probably need to select /dev/ttyUSB0 (you can check this by unplugging your cable, then plugging it back in, and running dmesg to see what device got assigned). > > Roger > > G3YTN/8P6RX > > --- > *************************** > Roger Hill > *************************** > > On 2019-12-23 11:35, Chance Fulton wrote: > > I don't see where an error was posted. You'll need to make sure you have the correct com port, and that you elevate your permissions appropriately using sudo or change permissions to the com port. > > de Ad8cj > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 10:31 AM Larry Howell <larry.howell.47(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > My experience matches Nigel's. I've used it on all of the major Linux distributions, a few of the lesser ones, and my own Linux system I built from source. If Chirp doesn't work on Linux, then replace your cable, since it is the likely problem. > > 72/73... Larry AC8YE > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 10:15 AM Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel(a)ngunn.net> wrote: > > That's my experience. > It just works, every time. At least with any flavour of Ubuntu that I've tried. > > On 23 December 2019 at 09:59 Dennis Wage <dwage(a)dwage.com> wrote: > > I once saw posted in a group or Facebook page, this quote. "In linux it just simply works." > > I cannot disagree more. > . > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to larry.howell.47(a)gmail.com at larry.howell.47(a)gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Chance at chance.fulton(a)gmail.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com -- Chance Fulton chance.fulton(a)gmail.com 810.441.5795 _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Roger at rhill(a)hillconsult.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Dennis Wage at dwage(a)dwage.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Roger at rhill(a)hillconsult.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Dennis Wage at dwage(a)dwage.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Roger at rhill(a)hillconsult.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Links: ------ [1] http://hillconsult.cricalix.net/./#NOP [2] http://hammondb3organ.net/

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 21 Dec '19

21 Dec '19

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-20191221 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #605 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix whitespace damage in fix for #7409 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [KT-7900D] Add Additional MCU Version This patch adds an additional MCU version to support the QYT KT-7900D dual-band mobile radio. #7477 [Rick DeWitt <aa0rd(a)yahoo.com>] [ts590] Patch to Kenwood TS-590, ref issue #7409 regarding File > New error Adding match_model function to provide valid path for dictionary call

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[chirp_users] Field names across different radios.
by Dennis Wage 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Across all the different radios that Chirp supports, are the field option names consistent? To explain what I am asking: For example the tone column in chirp. If the radio manufacturer A's software uses "T SQL" and manufacturer B's software uses "TOME SQL" does chirp default all radios to TSQL? And this goes for all the columns. Another example would be the skip column does chirp always do S and "blank" even if the radio has yes and no or whatever? The reason I am asking is that I like to keep my radios consistent with one another, and I like to copy and paste from one radio to another's CSV file. If they are all different naming conventions I have a lot of "find a replace" to do. In the future I'd like to use chirp for frequency channels on all my radios, and the manufacturers software for menu items. I hope I am clear on this and it explained it plainly enough. 73 Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ) 245 Corum Hill Road Castalian Springs, TN 37031 (615) 310-4242 Cell (615) 562-5128 Home http://hammondb3organ.net http://overdubs.net

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[chirp_users] Radio Question
by Kenneth Bechtel 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

I've used Chirp to program the Yaesu VX-170 2M radio, I have two XV-177s, which is the 440 version on the 170, is Chirp able to handle the 177 (I don't see it listed), when I tried reading the radios as a 170, it said out of band for this radio, so I'm guessing no. Any advice from the group would be appreciated, I'm setting these up for a Volunteer Search Team, and don't want to spend $45 just to prorgram two radios -- Kenneth L. Bechtel, II Team Anti-Virus Phone: 717-473-0839 |Member AVAR email - kbechtel(a)teamanti-virus.org |Founding Member AVIEN PGP Footprint: 969E 2A27 3042 EE52 AEFB 6FF0 2711 9467 D38C 5C0

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[chirp_users] I Need Help with Newest Version of Chirp
by Bill Stewman 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

I have been a casual user of Chirp for a While. Yesterday, I downloaded the Latest Version -- but it seems to not work like before. It seems to offer a lot of files with "new" extensions, but they do not seem to be available or working. What's Up Doc? BTW: I need Chirp to share with a lot of folks doing EmComm work for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North Texas. 73 Bill Stewman - W5RQR -- * IF you forward ANY emails --* * Please delete all of the OTHER recipients * * BEFORE hitting ENTER.* *ONward & UPward* *Bill Stewman - W5RQR **Cell Phone **678-414-2500* *8048 Cool River Dive **Home Phone **469-731-5144 * *Frisco, Texas 75036* *“If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear.”* * “When the time to act arrives, **the time to prepare has passed”* *"Hard work spotlights the character of people: * * some turn up their sleeves, * * some turn up their noses, and * * some don't turn up at all" - Sam Ewing*

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[chirp_users] Patch for Bug #6381
by j j 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

Hello All, I created a patch for Bug #6381 (DMR-Marc repeater download problem) and attached it here. The URL and format changed. I just followed the links in a web browser and fixed the format parsing. Let me know if there is a better process for this. I tried to follow the Wiki process, but couldn't get the automatic email from the command line working. --Jeff # HG changeset patch # User Jeff Johnson <jeffjohnson0(a)gmail.com> # Date 1573797619 28800 # Thu Nov 14 22:00:19 2019 -0800 # Node ID cbf3ce3272c77006a84980cea99d4c38b25cb5a5 # Parent 067b69c9b7d04d49462f390d99bc7f80c4b1b5d2 Bug #6381 Added new link and JSON structure for DMR-Marc repeaters. diff --git a/chirp/dmrmarc.py b/chirp/dmrmarc.py --- a/chirp/dmrmarc.py +++ b/chirp/dmrmarc.py @@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ VENDOR = "DMR-MARC" MODEL = "Repeater database" - URL = "http://www.dmr-marc.net/cgi-bin/trbo-database/datadump.cgi?" \ - "table=repeaters&format=json" + URL = "https://www.radioid.net/static/rptrs.json" def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): chirp_common.NetworkSourceRadio.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs) @@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ filename, headers = urllib.urlretrieve(self.URL, fn) with open(fn, 'r') as f: try: - self._repeaters = json.load(f)['repeaters'] + self._repeaters = json.load(f)['rptrs'] except AttributeError: raise errors.RadioError( "Unexpected response from %s" % self.URL)

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