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[chirp_users] CHIRP and HP Chromebook
by O O 22 May '19

22 May '19

Hello, I purchased a Baofeng BF-F8HP, cable, and HP Chromebook. I have no experience with either program. The software CHIRP lists doesnt download on the laptop. The laptop has Linux capability, but I don't have any idea how to execute the program. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks. Jim

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[chirp_users] PPA and auto CHIRP update/upgrade 'issue'
by Mike Parks 19 May '19

19 May '19

Hi, I'm having a problem with the automatic update of CHIRP since I upgraded Ubuntu from 16.xx to 19.04 64 bit. I get various error messages when entering the three lines of instruction on the dansmith site. I then see: Unable to download updates: failed to refresh cache E:The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/dansmith/ chirp-snapshots/ubuntu <http://ppa.launchpad.net/dansmith/chirp-snapshots/ubuntu?fbclid=IwAR1bQXquR…> disco Release' does not have a release file. Everything worked fine until the upgrade to 19.04. So now I have to manually update CHIRP. Any thoughts for a Linux/Ubuntu novice? Thanks. Mike - G4UPD

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Re: [chirp_users] UV-82HP display question
by Tom Balaban 18 May '19

18 May '19

Hi Dan, See if this helps. Press the Menu button then press the down arrow or the up arrow until you get the item 21 - MDF-A Channel Display, Hit menu again the the up or down arrow until you see Channel Name then press Menu again then Exit. Do the same thing for item 22 - MDF-B Channel Display only this time select Frequency. Now if you have both A & B set to the same channel the A display will show the name and the B display the frequency. Good luck, Tom ------ Original Message ------ From: "Dan Jolley" <danjolley(a)hotmail.com> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Sent: 5/17/2019 3:24:20 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] UV-82HP display question >No problem Tom. I watched a guy do something like that on the keypad on >a YouTube video, but it wasn't the display I had in mind. Plus he >didn't explain a lot, especially which keys he pressed on the keyboard. > >Dan > >This Hotmail is a pain!!!! It's nothing like Yahoo! >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com ><chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> on behalf of Tom Balaban ><mototom800(a)gmail.com> >Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 2:13 PM >To: Discussion of CHIRP >Subject: Re: [chirp_users] UV-82HP display question > >Hi Dan, > >I may have mildly misspoke. I know it can be done manually but I think >it would be very difficult, if not impossible to get CHIRP to do it. >Sorry for any confusion. > >Tom > >------ Original Message ------ >From: "Dan Jolley" <danjolley(a)hotmail.com> >To: "chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com" ><chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> >Sent: 5/17/2019 3:01:42 PM >Subject: Re: [chirp_users] UV-82HP display question > >>Thanks Charles & Tom, I have tried so many combinations in Chirp and >>I've also watched some YouTube videos, none of them have shown that >>capability. I couldn't get it to do it in Chirp either. >> >>It sure would be nice to have that feature! Anyway, if I knew someone >>that knew how to do that it would be ya'll! >> >>Thanks again, >>Dan Jolley >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>From: Dan Jolley >>Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 1:13 PM >>To:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >>Subject: UV-82HP display question >> >>I have a UV-82HP, and I would like the top line to say the channel >>name, and on the bottom line I would like it to show the correct >>frequency of the channel I am on. Example: If I am on NOAA on the top >>line I would like it to show 162.525 on the bottom line. Which is the >>NOAA frequency in our area. >> >>I also have a UV-82C, UV-5R and a UV-5RTP I would like to do the same >>thing to (if possible). >> >>Is this possible? I have done so many google searches and read a bunch >>of articles. One man said he had his radio this way, but did not say >>how he did it. >> >>I have been playing around with the Settings in Chirp and I have the >>Name on the top line, but can't get the correct frequency on the >>bottom line. >> >>Thank you in advance, >>Dan Jolley

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[chirp_users] Programming New BTECH GMRS-50X1
by David C. Jenner 18 May '19

18 May '19

I successfully programmed a new BTECH GMRS-50X1 using my older BTECH GMRS-V1 as a basis. However, it took 4 min and 30 sec to upload to the radio. The first thing I did was read out the 50X1 and write back to it. That upload and all since, with new entries, have taken about the same time, which seems excessively long? I don't see this with other radios. Latest version of CHIRP on Windows 10 running on Parallels on a MacBook Pro using both BTECH and RT Systems cables. Comm port says it's 9600 baud. Dave

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Re: [chirp_users] UV-82HP display question
by Tom Balaban 17 May '19

17 May '19

Hi Dan, I may have mildly misspoke. I know it can be done manually but I think it would be very difficult, if not impossible to get CHIRP to do it. Sorry for any confusion. Tom ------ Original Message ------ From: "Dan Jolley" <danjolley(a)hotmail.com> To: "chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com" <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Sent: 5/17/2019 3:01:42 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] UV-82HP display question >Thanks Charles & Tom, I have tried so many combinations in Chirp and >I've also watched some YouTube videos, none of them have shown that >capability. I couldn't get it to do it in Chirp either. > >It sure would be nice to have that feature! Anyway, if I knew someone >that knew how to do that it would be ya'll! > >Thanks again, >Dan Jolley >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: Dan Jolley >Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 1:13 PM >To:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >Subject: UV-82HP display question > >I have a UV-82HP, and I would like the top line to say the channel >name, and on the bottom line I would like it to show the correct >frequency of the channel I am on. Example: If I am on NOAA on the top >line I would like it to show 162.525 on the bottom line. Which is the >NOAA frequency in our area. > >I also have a UV-82C, UV-5R and a UV-5RTP I would like to do the same >thing to (if possible). > >Is this possible? I have done so many google searches and read a bunch >of articles. One man said he had his radio this way, but did not say >how he did it. > >I have been playing around with the Settings in Chirp and I have the >Name on the top line, but can't get the correct frequency on the bottom >line. > >Thank you in advance, >Dan Jolley

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[chirp_users] UV-82HP display question
by Dan Jolley 17 May '19

17 May '19

I have a UV-82HP, and I would like the top line to say the channel name, and on the bottom line I would like it to show the correct frequency of the channel I am on. Example: If I am on NOAA on the top line I would like it to show 162.525 on the bottom line. Which is the NOAA frequency in our area. I also have a UV-82C, UV-5R and a UV-5RTP I would like to do the same thing to (if possible). Is this possible? I have done so many google searches and read a bunch of articles. One man said he had his radio this way, but did not say how he did it. I have been playing around with the Settings in Chirp and I have the Name on the top line, but can't get the correct frequency on the bottom line. Thank you in advance, Dan Jolley

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Re: [chirp_users] UV-82HP display question
by Tom Balaban 17 May '19

17 May '19

I know that can be done by setting the display mode as you would prefer in the "A" and the "B" displays. However you must set both displays to the same channel manually. I'm not aware of an automatic sync capability. Tom ------ Original Message ------ From: "Dan Jolley" <danjolley(a)hotmail.com> To: "chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com" <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Sent: 5/17/2019 2:13:20 PM Subject: [chirp_users] UV-82HP display question >I have a UV-82HP, and I would like the top line to say the channel >name, and on the bottom line I would like it to show the correct >frequency of the channel I am on. Example: If I am on NOAA on the top >line I would like it to show 162.525 on the bottom line. Which is the >NOAA frequency in our area. > >I also have a UV-82C, UV-5R and a UV-5RTP I would like to do the same >thing to (if possible). > >Is this possible? I have done so many google searches and read a bunch >of articles. One man said he had his radio this way, but did not say >how he did it. > >I have been playing around with the Settings in Chirp and I have the >Name on the top line, but can't get the correct frequency on the bottom >line. > >Thank you in advance, >Dan Jolley

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[chirp_users] Alinco DJ-G7T FW 5.1000
by Phil Freeman 17 May '19

17 May '19

Howdy List! just got my new Alinco DJ-G7T today. I'm guessing that it's not the same as the DJ-G7EG. Its firmware version is 5.1. I tried both the debian buster packaged version and the following version from the default branch in Mercurial: > changeset: 3229:7f46b0213c16 > tag: tip > user: Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) <pavelmc(a)gmail.com> > date: Sun May 12 00:35:53 2019 -0400 > summary: [KG-UV8E] Fix the missing step declarations, fixes #6785 Attached is a log from the last attempt. $ ./chirpw --log-level debug --log /tmp/chirpw-$(date +%s)-alinco-DJ-G7.log (both versions worked fine with my Yaesu FT-70D...) -- ⛵ - 🏴☠️

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[chirp_users] danjolley@hotmail.com
by Dan Jolley 17 May '19

17 May '19

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[chirp_users] Programming Yaesu Radios using CHIRP
by Larry Lovell 16 May '19

16 May '19

Has anyone had a problem programming a Yaesu radio with CHIRP? Someone mentioned that their Yaesu was damaged and had to be sent to the factory because CHIRP had overwritten some code controlling the processor. It also had to be re-flashed. Since I don't fully understand how CHIRP works this doesn't make sense to me, but knowing manufacturing companies, they may share Channel Memory with processor memory and not think much about it. Thanks for your information. -- Larry Lovell 73's N7RGW http://QRVTronics.com <http://qrvtronics.com> Cell: 214-697-1729

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