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[chirp_users] Wouxun KG-UV3D
by Jim Bieker 27 May '13

27 May '13

Chirp read the memory fine but when I add some channels and uploaded back it sort of bricked the radio. Unable to change some settings mainly turning off voice and offset not able to save. Tried reset no luck. Any ideas?

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[chirp_users] Pushing 888k support
by warsoul 27 May '13

27 May '13

I use these radios and would like to see chirp support for them. I have offered to loan out one if it will help but I have not gotten a response so I figured I would post my offer here also.

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 29
by nanojects＠verizon.net 27 May '13

27 May '13

Using a wideband receiver (as in the pager) to try to receive a narrow band signal ( new system) the audio will be weaker. You can try to modify the pagers to increase the audio going to the tone decode chip. Either changing a resistor or a trim pot might work to increase the audio going to the decode chip. Good luck. Message: 3 Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 11:57:06 -0400 (EDT) From: kf8sj(a)aol.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV5R dtmf on receive/// To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Message-ID: <8D02840CDE7FBBD-1F40-1901C(a)webmail-m165.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" thanks. would appreciate any help possible. with the advent of narrow banding, all our pagers will not work. we are paged out by the sheriffs department over a public government channel using the dtmf codes. have already explored their sending either a different pl tone, or a dcs signal, but their system is not capable of doing either. for the price of a handfull of pagers, could equip the entire department with these units, and gain a talk around radio. not sure what an Arduino sketch is 73 jim studer kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac
by Grant Cunningham 26 May '13

26 May '13

I'm getting an error when trying to download data from the Yaesu FT-8800. Computer is an iMac running OS X 10.8.3; I have CHIRP 0.3.1 installed and running. Cable is the Valley Ent. USB programming cable, and I have installed the FTDI VCP drivers; it appears that they've been installed correctly (they're in the proper directory, anyhow.) I'm using the following procedure: - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio" - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice) - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800) - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission. - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message. What am I doing wrong?

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[chirp_users] Can't Download from IC-T70A to iMac
by Vincent Burolla 25 May '13

25 May '13

I recently purchased a Valley Enterprises RPC-IV8-UF cable (Icom USB OPC-478 FTDI), installed the driver and CHIRP; however, no matter what I do I cannot get the radio to download to my iMac. Here are some specifics: Mac OS 10.8.3 CHIRP (vers. 0.3.1) GTK 2024010 PyGTK 2.22.0 Python 2.7.2 I click Download from Radio from the Radio pull down menu. Then I select: /dev/cu.usbserial-AH01D7KW, Icom and IC-T70 in the radio window. After clicking OK, some sort of cloning window flashes briefly on the screen and the error message, Failed to communicate with the radio: Unexpected response from radio appears. Also, at this time both the green and red LEDs on the cable flash once. I get the same response regardless of whether the radio is ON or OFF. If the cable is not connected, I get a different error message, could not open port /dev....., which makes sense. Right now I'm suspecting a bad cable or something wrong with my HT. By the way, I can get the HT into the cloning mode manually, but that had no effect one way or the other. The HT appears to be working normally in all other aspects. I'd like to know, first of all, what pin is what on the cable's 3.5mm radio plug, and secondly, is there anything else that could possibly be wrong that I can/should check? Thanks, Vince

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Re: [chirp_users] Serial Cable Required?
by Richard Dillman 24 May '13

24 May '13

I must say I'm impressed by the quick and valuable response. Many thanks to all who took the time to reply to my inquiry. As a result of your good information the Baofeng UV-5RA and my computer are playing nicely together. Now I look forward to an evening of happy radio programming! RD ================================= Richard Dillman, WPE2VT Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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[chirp_users] Serial Cable Required?
by Richard Dillman 24 May '13

24 May '13

I hope the CHIRP brain trust will forgive this most basic question from a new member: Is a serial programming cable required for use with CHIRP? I see that the logo is a DB9 connector and the program allows only a COM1 setting but I thought I'd ask anyway since I have only the USB cable for my Baofeng UV-5RA. Can anyone recommend a source for a serial programming cable for the UV-5RA? Many Thanks, RD ================================= Richard Dillman, WPE2VT Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 24 May '13

24 May '13

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-20130524 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #202 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ui] Fix "insert row above/below" when using hungarian language Fix bug #759 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ui] Fix Menu View/Columns after recent changes in editorset Fix Bug #853

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[chirp_users] Programming an old Motorola radio?
by Robert Lowery 23 May '13

23 May '13

I have an old Motorola Syntor X-9000 lowland radio (6&10 meter) that uses the old dos version RSS for programming. Is there any chance that CHIRP could be setup to program it? Thanks / Rob

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[chirp_users] Kenwood TH-F6A issues
by Michael David 22 May '13

22 May '13

Greetings, I just recently picked up a TH-F6A and love chirp! However, I've got a few issues: 1) Entering Live mode. With the radio in PC mode, sometimes I can't get it to download / enter live mode.. but it's flaky. I have fewer issues with 0.3.1 stable and 20130510 than I do with the newer dailies. When it fails, the screen stays empty after initiating download, and then if I try again, it says access denied and I have to quit the program. 2) Tune Step on Import. A friend took time to put various freqs into CHIRP for his UV-5R and sent me a copy of his file. The file includes frequencies that do not land on a 5kHz step, for example FRS frequencies. The file from the UV-5R does not include a tune step field, while the Kenwood TH-F6A has a tune step field. If entering one of those frequencies into Chirp individually, setting a frequency that doesn't fall on a step will return error 93 "radio refused". However, if by import, the import screen doesn't realize it would be a problem entry and gray it out. When the import runs, the affected channels are skipped quickly (while successfully programmed channels are programmed at a slower pace.) For successful imports, the tune step is defaulted to 5kHz. A workaround could be to take Freq in MHz and divide by .005 and see if (floor(freq) != freq) then default the tune step to 6.25, or otherwise calculate it. 3) Mode on import: NFM is specified for some entries in the UV-5R file. The Kenwood does have an FMN mode though. If NFM could be mapped to FM at the user's discretion, that would be useful rather than kicking it out. … and that's it! Thanks again for a fantastic tool that works with so many radios! Import/export FTW! Michael

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