July 2022 - Users - lists.chirpmyradio.com

[chirp_users] Old Baofeng Button
by K0LNY_Glenn 06 Aug '22

06 Aug '22

Hi, I just picked up a couple Baofeng UV5Rs to program for a friend and his wife, since they don't have a programming cable. One of them is missing the button above the PTT button, it is the one used to toggle in and out of commercial FM. Does anyone have an old broken UV5R from which you can send me the button? Thanks. Glenn

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[chirp_users] Not Accessible In Chirp
by K0LNY_Glenn 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Hi All, So I've made progress on my RaspberryPi 4. Bull'seye. In LXDE desktop, Chirp did not show up after I installed it in the CLI, and LXDE was challenging with the screenreader Orca anyway. I installed mate and Orca works much better, and Chirp was in accessories, as it is in Ubuntu. So here's the new rub. I launch Chirp, and it does not speak with Orca the screenreader. I did alt D and heard the bleeps when I was at the top and bottom of the port list, so I am pretty sure it's working, just not with a screenreader. I did the snap chirp install. I may try it with another TTS in Orca, but I don't think that will make a difference. Glenn

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[chirp_users] A "Feature" When Programming Btech's GMRS-V2 Handheld
by Lisa & Sam Thurman 31 Jul '22

31 Jul '22

Dear Chirp Team: I’m a newcomer to Chirp, having found it following an interest in getting a repeater-capable handheld, that led me to Btech’s GMRS-V2 as a starter radio. While Chrip presently has a beta-version interface to the GMRS-V2, I found it to work well and I’ve been able to program about 20 frequencies into the radio with regional repeater stations, and a mixture of VHF and UHF frequencies for local fire, police, businesses, etc. Chirp makes this relatively easy (provided you enter all of the data correctly, of course) and is more user-friendly than the CPS software from Baofeng, which is really meant for their UV-82 series on which the GMRS-V2 is based. One thing I’ve noticed is that while Chirp uploads to the radio and gets CTCSS and DCS codes and other settings correct, after programming the radio is showing the “+-“ symbol for a frequency offset on all of the channels that I put in with no offset. I checked the image file I’d saved and see that the column labeled “Duplex” does show as “off” in all cases. The radio works OK, though, so I describe this as more of a feature and less of a bug... Does anyone have an idea of something I might be doing incorrectly in the use of Chirp? Or is this a feature of the current Chirp version when writing to firmware in the GMRS-V2? Sincerely Yours, Sam Thurman Valencia, CA

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[chirp_users] RaspberryPI
by K0LNY_Glenn 30 Jul '22

30 Jul '22

Hi, Can Chirp be installed on a RaspberryPI, and if so, is there a script available for installing the dependencies? Thanks. Glenn

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[chirp_users] Squelch On Specific Channels
by K0LNY_Glenn 28 Jul '22

28 Jul '22

Hi All, I was just out trying to bounce off the ISS repeater with the 5 downlink frequencies programmed into my Baofeng BF9, which I think has the same basic settings as the UV5R except some power levels. I need to keep the squelch open when I'm listening, but I don't think it works to hold the squelch open and PTT at the same time. Is there a squelch level per channel, in Chirp, or is this only in the menus for all the channels? I didn't see it in the column headings, but I thought I'd make sure here. Thanks. Glenn

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[chirp_users] Linux CHIRP, ICOM 7100, "unicode strings" error
by Michael Nadler KI7QIB 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

ICOM 7100 connected to Linux system via the mini-USB port. FLRIG can control the radio through that interface. Running CHIRP 0.3.0dev, when I try to download from the radio via /dev/ttyUSB0, I get a pop-up error message: unicode strings are not supported, please encode to bytes: <<gibberish characters>>>". Are there specific settings I need to have set on the ICOM? Is CHIRP able to interact with the ICOM-7100 via the mini-USB port? Do I have to use the RT-Systems FTDI cable into the audio port? P.S. I also tried running Windows CHIRP daily-20220408. Download from radio gets "error" in every entry. -- Michael Nadler KI7QIB

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[chirp_users] Search old emails?
by Michael Nadler KI7QIB 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

How does one search the Chirp archives to see if a question was answered? I'd rather avoid starting a new thread. -- Michael Nadler KI7QIB

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 26 Jul '22

26 Jul '22

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-20220726 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #693 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge branch 'master' of github.com:kk7ds/chirp [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] New Model: BTECH GMRS-20V2 This patch adds support for the BTECH GMRS-20V2 mobile radio. Resolves #9887 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [RB615] Add Retevis RB615 This patch adds support for the Retevis RB615 fixes to #8531 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [RB15] Add Retevis RB15 This patch adds support for the Retevis RB15 related to #8531 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [FRS-A1] Add BTECH FRS-A1 This patch adds support for the Baofeng Tech FRS-A1. related to #9943 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [RB17A] Add settings: Compander and PF1 Key This patch adds the following settings to the Retevis RB17A radio. Compander PF1 Key fixes #9940 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [RT29] Add Retevis RT29 Radios This patch adds support for the RT29 UHF and RT29 VHF radios. Fixes #8581 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [RT21] Add 'Off' selection to 'Time-out timer' setting The Retevis RT29's Time-out time setting has the following choices available: Off + 15 through 600 seconds in 15 second steps The RT21 driver currently only supports the following choices: 15 through 600 seconds in 15 second steps The radios currently supported by this driver and use the 'Time-out timer' setting, Retevis RT21 and RB17A, actually support the missing 'Off' choice. Adding 'Off' to the 'Time-out timer' setting list will aid in the process of adding support for the Retevis RT29 series of radios. This patch refactors the 'Time-out timer' setting. Prep work for #8581 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [RT21] Rework 'Scramble Type' setting I don't know what I was thinking when I created the code for the 'Scramble Type' setting support for the Retevis RT21 radio. I am reworking it now to aid in the process of adding support for the Retevis RT29 series of radios. The setting, which used RadioSettingValueList(), was updated to use RadioSettingValueInteger(). This patch refactors the 'Scramble Type' setting. Prep work for #8581 [Oleksandr Kravchuk <sashko(a)users.noreply.github.com>] Add SE Jakradio 155MHz version to stock config (#26) Jaktradio (hunting radio) is a communication radio used for hunting, wildlife care, forestry, agriculture and outdoor life, etc. in Sweden.

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[chirp_users] Cut and Paste
by Wayne 22 Jul '22

22 Jul '22

I use Chirp to program my FT-70D. Is it possible to have Cut and Paste between opened images (.img files). 73, Wayne (VK6VE)

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[chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read
by K0LNY_Glenn 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

Hi, I have a Baofeng HP 9+, and I'm using Chirp on an older Ubuntu live on a thumb drive, that I've booted to before and used to program the same radios. I was just able to first read and write to my UV 5R with the same cable that I'm trying to use on the 9+. I worked and worked on the connection, making sure it was tight into the radio. I reset the radio with menu 40 and #1, which is a full reset, it went to Chinese, and then I set it to English again, but it still won't read from the radio. Does anyone have any ideas why it won't read? I'm pretty sure the 9+ uses the same cable as the UV5R. Thanks for any suggestions. Glenn

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