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[chirp_users] CHIRP - UV-17 Pro GPS (Load Module with issue - 10648) and Settings
by Dr. Herb Sims 19 Jan '24

19 Jan '24

To Whom It May Concern: Can someone tell me what the “Channel A display type” and “Channel A work mode selections” (and the associated B channel) within the settings tab do? Thanks, Herb N4RG I want to tell the whole world that I love my wife and kids - what better way than one email at a time. Ich will der ganzen Welt sagen, dass ich meine Frau und Kinder liebe – wie ist das besser zu machen als Mail für Mail, eine nach der anderen.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[chirp_users] New chirp-next build
by donotreply＠chirp.danplanet.com 17 Jan '24

17 Jan '24

Greetings, A new build of CHIRP-next is available. This includes changes made directly to the tree since yesterday and may include additional features, bug fixes, etc. Unless you have a reason not to, we recommend using the latest build of CHIRP-next at all times. You can get it from here: http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_next/ A list of changes since the last build are here: 941ca350 Update .po files ea3b1457 Update Italian translation 74679c2f Make query dialog error message fully translatable 99c4c743 Make descriptions of RepeaterBook, DMR-MARC and RadioReference translatable a4777b62 Handle plurals in translations df36c5fd Prepare handling of plurals in translations 601b7f74 Implement 'Open stock config directory' for Linux 094f4835 Remove the "executable" permission from memory image files 62a47b4e Add titles for MemoryDialogs 2f17989b Do not display unneeded menu separators above the list of stock configurations a747da9a Disable the 'Diff Raw Memories' menu item instead of hiding it 4a17f982 mursv1: address depricate-warning issues c38ea42c iradio_uv_5118plus.py: address depricate-warning issues 9a168245 iradio_uv_5118.py: address depricate-warning issues dd43de9b gmrsv2: address depricate-warning issues 1e3a9c90 gmrsuv1: address depricate-warning issues 767c2f0f btech: address depricate-warning issues 702cb698 bf_t8: address depricate-warning issues 9b7fb6ed baofeng_wp970i.py: add Baofeng 5RX - fixes #11040 7e0855b6 Fix check for valid file lenghts 0983d4d5 Remove unused argument 262dd729 Remove unreachable code 6a0baa65 Fix handling of verbosity in send() method --

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV82 HW?
by K0LNY ?? 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Hello, I am working on a friend's Baofeng, which lost its memories and was completely reset and he does not know how that happened. He set it to English again, and all the memories are gone. So he thought the model is a UV 82 HW But that is not in the list in Chirp. I downloaded the latest Chirp tonight. I was able to download and upload using both choices UV 82 and UV 82 HP The other two UV 82 choices came back with the error like not expected amount of data from radio. So the memories gave me an error about a field that wasn't right, and I okayed that and uploaded without a glitch. But there still aren't any memories in the radio. But when I download from the radio, they are all there. So what would cause this radio to not use the memories? It is in channel mode. It only goes from 0 to 127. Is this a radio issue, or a problem with the IMG? Thanks Glenn A man with a clock always knows what time it is. A man with two clocks is never sure. -- A derivative of Segal's law

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[chirp_users] Entering airband frequencies
by Roland Welte 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Dear Chirp Community, I am using Chirp Next with a BAOFENG 5RX radio. Since this particular radio is not among the supported devices I select radio BAOFENG UV-5R, which generally works fine. However, the 5RX radio covers airband frequencies (108-136 MHz) which the UV-5R does not, so Chirp won't let me enter airband frequencies (although downloading these frequencies from the radio works fine). Is there a trick to circumvent Chirp's validity checks when entering frequencies? Your help with this is very much appreciated, Roland

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[chirp_users] UV-17R Pro GPS - Toggle between Name and Frequency
by Dr. Herb Sims 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Is there any way on the UV-17 Pro GPS HT to toggle between the Name and the Frequency in MEMORY entries? Thanks, Herb

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Re: [chirp_users] Wouxon KG-1000G Plus - Unable To Read
by Erdgon Wireless 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Issue resolved. Unplugged everything and restarted everything. The cyber radio gods smiled on me. Thanks. -- Sent with Tuta; enjoy secure & ad-free emails: https://tuta.com Jan 15, 2024, 12:12 by chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com: > Hello. Seeking a little help with reading a Wouxon KG-1000G Plus, > > CHIRP reports unable to > > I have fully updated > > Ubuntu box with Chirp next-20231223 on Python 3.10.12 wxPython 4.0.7 gtk3 (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.0.5 > > and > > Win10 with Chirp next-20240101 on Python 3.10.8 wxPython 4.2 msw (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.2 > > When connecting the radio to either I receive a driver error warning saying the driver is still a beta. > > I have multiple cables and have tried all > > Ports are identified and set with the "Help Me" feature. I can successfully use this with other radios with no problems. > > Radio is powered up. > > The error I receive when attempting to download radio is: > > "Error communicating with radio." > "Radio did not respond." > > Looking for any suggestions or help on getting this working. Possible I am missing something (nothing new there.). > > Thanks > > > Sent with Tuta; enjoy secure & ad-free emails: > https://tuta.com >

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[chirp_users] Wouxon KG-1000G Plus - Unable To Read
by Erdgon Wireless 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Hello. Seeking a little help with reading a Wouxon KG-1000G Plus, CHIRP reports unable to I have fully updated Ubuntu box with Chirp next-20231223 on Python 3.10.12 wxPython 4.0.7 gtk3 (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.0.5 and Win10 with Chirp next-20240101 on Python 3.10.8 wxPython 4.2 msw (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.2 When connecting the radio to either I receive a driver error warning saying the driver is still a beta. I have multiple cables and have tried all Ports are identified and set with the "Help Me" feature. I can successfully use this with other radios with no problems. Radio is powered up. The error I receive when attempting to download radio is: "Error communicating with radio." "Radio did not respond." Looking for any suggestions or help on getting this working. Possible I am missing something (nothing new there.). Thanks Sent with Tuta; enjoy secure & ad-free emails: https://tuta.com

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[chirp_users] Airband Programming UV-17 Radios
by Anthony (N2KI) 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

Is there an update coming that will allow airband frequencies to be entered into the Chirp software for programming capable UV17 radios? Thanks! *Regards,Anthony * * N2KI*

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[chirp_users] email formatting
by Rich NE1EE 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

I see inbound emails as the attached image, which are very difficult to parse. It's as if all line feeds and/or carriage feeds are stripped from the email. I don't see this in other emails. Do you all see this? If not, what can I do on my end? Or is there a setting in the chirp mail list that I need to set? 73 Rich NE1EE The Dusty Key On the banks of the Piscataqua

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[chirp_users] Icom IC-2100H, Excel spreadsheet, csv files, chirp-next-20240111-win64
by Rich NE1EE 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

GM, all, Thanks for this bit of testing. I intend to do my best to keep track of this topic, because I need to be clear in my docs to the ARES group. As an erstwhile software engineer and programmer, I expect that the record reading routine instantiates a record structure populated with defaults, then proceeds to read the csv, filling in any valid data found. That would seem to create only valid complete records. I've been using chirp-next, so that accounts for some of my success. I see that I am not using URCALL,RPT1CALL,RPT2CALL,DVCODE but I have ,,,, at the end of each line. I am using MS Office 2010, which I have been using for years, though I see that there have been updates to it that I have accepted. 1. In the spreadsheet, I CLEAR all unused cells...I don't just leave them "apparently" empty. I Save As csv file. (all these files are available upon request) 1a. I open an img file from the 2100H, then IMPORT the csv (it IS an option, even if the popup says it isn't recommended), it appears that the img is updated SOMEWHAT correctly. Some memory lines are left blank, and I dont't see why...the csv lines look fine to me. If chirp sees too many commas in a row, does it get tired of processing nothing, and skip the rest of the line? Because I have this 4,EROCK4,147.465000,,,,,,23,NN,23,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,50W,EAST ROCK VOICE ONLY,,,, and it is skipped. 2. If I choose to OPEN the csv file, the result is the same...I have blank lines in the csv file tab in chirp. 3. I then filled (spreadsheet) Offset, rToneFreq, cToneFreq with valid data, even though those fields are not used. For example, if a channel is simplex, there is no offset. If no tone option is specified, no tone value is needed. Hence CLEARing the fields in the spreadsheet, rather than leaving them "blank". If I don't CLEAR them, I get spaces twixt commas. I don't know how chirp handles those. 4,EROCK4,147.465000,,0.600000,,88.5,88.5,23,NN,23,Tone->Tone,FM,5.00,,50W,EAST ROCK VOICE ONLY,,,, 3a. I then opened the csv in chirp. The import stopped at line 23, but I suspect that is because the rest of the channels don't match the 2100H freq range (154.9..162.475). I'll check the specs. BUT now all the formerly blank lines are filled. 3b. I copied lines 1..23 from the csv tab to lines 1..23 in the ing tab, and it seems that all lines are correct. *** Unsed fields (see #3 above) are showing blank, as expected. I havna had a chance to load it into a 2100H and then read it, to see how that looks. BUT it seems that chirp is making some decisions I don't understand. I havna run into this before, because I tend to fill all fields, whether used or not, with defaults. 4. I checked the 2100H specs. The RX is listed as 136�174 MHz, BUT *Guaranteed 144�148 MHz only. Nonetheless, the deleted lines contain what seems to me to be valid data. 73 Rich NE1EE The Dusty Key On the banks of the Piscataqua

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