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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 18 Aug '13

18 Aug '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-20130818 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #220 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft857] Add more settings support another bunch of panel settings Implements part of #569 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft857] Remove unused settings tab part of #569 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft857] Add more settings support first bunch of panel settings Implements part of #569

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Re: [chirp_users] Slight variation in frequencies
by Donald J Stewart 17 Aug '13

17 Aug '13

Sorry but not sure what you mean by step. I'm new to both chirp and the uv5ra. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Micheal Morrow <mikey(a)ILikeTheInternet.com> wrote: >>With UV5R selected as the radio, I downloaded to chirp from the radio in >>the channel mode. chirp said Loc 1 was 451.860000 Loc 2 was >>462.725000. then reading the radio in frequency mode I saw ch-1 was >>451.872 and ch-2 was 470.637 > >Could this be a step problem. Set the step to the lowest setting and the radio might leave them alone. If the step is too high, I think the radio either truncates or goes to the closest step. > >Mike > >_______________________________________________ >chirp_users mailing list >chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

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[chirp_users] Tm-G707A Programming
by Greg 17 Aug '13

17 Aug '13

I am having problems programmimg 2 meters on one channel and 440 on another channel. All repeaters are entered into Chirp in separate files. Help Greg KC9VVU Sent from my Virgin Mobile Android-Powered Device

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[chirp_users] UV-82 new firmware version
by David Singleton 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

I just bought a 2nd UV-82, and CHIRP reads it but will not display any data, if I try to write to it I get a unsupported version error. I have another UV-82 that works perfectly with CHIRP. Checking the radios I see the following firmwares #1 - BF8210 (works with CHIRP) #2 - B82S21 (Does not work with CHIRP) any ideas?

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Re: [chirp_users] UV-5RA problem
by GaryErrol 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

Yesterday I was trying to program some Baofeng H777 radios using the same cable that I use to program my Baofeng BF-888S, UV-5R and various Wouxun radios. Try as I could, I kept getting a bad connection error. I changed cables and everything worked perfectly. Try a different cable. Gary -------Original Message------- From: Warren Andreasen [cwa(a)qso.com] Date: Fri, Aug 16, 2013 To: Discussion of CHIRP [chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com] Reply To: [cwa(a)qso.com] Reply To: Discussion of CHIRP [chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com] Subject: Re: [chirp_users] UV-5RA problem I do not have a plug problem, it is solidly seated, and I still get the "radio did not respond' message. It is possible the 'new' programming cable is bad, but I doubt it. Ubuntu does not have the driver problem so it is not that. But then, if I knew what it was, I would fix it' On 8/16/2013 8:22 AM, wayne syler wrote: yes that's all it was , in my case, the connection was not make with the radio, as soon as i corrected the connection, all work great!! On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:15 AM, CWA <cwa(a)qso.com> wrote: I see others are able to us Chirp with the UV-5RA but I cannot and I can only guess why. I also have the UV-3R and I have no problem with it. When I select which radio to program the listing for UV-5 is all there is for the UV-5 series. I have the proper programming cable, turn the radio on, then try to download from the radio, and it tries but times out and I am told the radio is not responding. I am running Chirp under Ubuntu and I keep everything updated, including ‘daily-build’ for Chirp. One thing bothers me though; when I look at the “about” and check the revision level of Chirp, it shows 20130802 (8/2/2013) yet when I try to update, it says I have the latest version. I am not sure about that one. Anyhow, the bottom line is my Chirp works great with the UV-3R but not with the UV-5RA, using the proper programming cables of course. Same computer, same software, different programming cables. Any clue to what is wrong with my set-up? Warren Andreasen – K7CWA Warren, There is no difference between the UV-5R and UV-5RA (or any off the other variants) electrically so the UV-5R selection in CHIRP is the correct one for all of them. A common problem with the UV-5R is that the user does not get the programming cable fully plugged into the radio. See the Miklor.com Errors and Error Messages page: http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-ErrorMess.php Another common problem is that because of the USB-to-serial chip that is used in most of the prog

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[chirp_users] UV-5RA problem
by CWA 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

I see others are able to us Chirp with the UV-5RA but I cannot and I can only guess why. I also have the UV-3R and I have no problem with it. When I select which radio to program the listing for UV-5 is all there is for the UV-5 series. I have the proper programming cable, turn the radio on, then try to download from the radio, and it tries but times out and I am told the radio is not responding. I am running Chirp under Ubuntu and I keep everything updated, including 'daily-build' for Chirp. One thing bothers me though; when I look at the "about" and check the revision level of Chirp, it shows 20130802 (8/2/2013) yet when I try to update, it says I have the latest version. I am not sure about that one. Anyhow, the bottom line is my Chirp works great with the UV-3R but not with the UV-5RA, using the proper programming cables of course. Same computer, same software, different programming cables. Any clue to what is wrong with my set-up? Warren Andreasen - K7CWA

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Re: [chirp_users] UV-5RA problem
by Michael Dodds 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

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[chirp_users] uv5r/send to radio
by kf8sj＠aol.com 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

i have found that ocassionally, while trying to send to radio, i get a failed condition on first try. second try works normally not a problem now, but was distracting when first occured. thought i was no doing something properly. this is with plug fully seated, and downloads from radio properly. try try again? 73 jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] So happy
by Micheal Morrow 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

I am learning fast. Got the PPA attached and the daily build installed via kind help and the website. Then hooked up the USB dongle and it would not work - no drivers, of course, after first plugging it in. I found somewhere to issue "DMESG" in terminal. I have no idea what that is but it was suggested by a web site to get the drivers installed and it got the correct drivers from somewhere, first try. Magic abounds!! Then try to download from the radio and got a message error 13 that I don't have permissions to ttyUSB0. Another website said to issue: |sudo chmod 0777 /dev/ttyUSB0 That was the last bit to make it work. Got a download. Did not try to re-upload but I suspect it will work. Thanks to all helpers. Happier now. Chipping away at the Ubuntu mystery. So much to learn. Oh, special thanks to the packager of Chirp in the PPA. It automatically loaded & installed the three Python pieces and something else. Sweet!! Mike Morrow/W6XXX (now, back to reading the Ubuntu books that came in) |

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[chirp_users] Slight variation in frequencies
by Micheal Morrow 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

>With UV5R selected as the radio, I downloaded to chirp from the radio in >the channel mode. chirp said Loc 1 was 451.860000 Loc 2 was >462.725000. then reading the radio in frequency mode I saw ch-1 was >451.872 and ch-2 was 470.637 Could this be a step problem. Set the step to the lowest setting and the radio might leave them alone. If the step is too high, I think the radio either truncates or goes to the closest step. Mike

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[chirp_users] as a followup to my previous
by Micheal Morrow 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

After some web searching - No, I don't know what DMESG did to help with the USB driver. It seems to be just a listing program with no connection to installing drivers. Maybe it was a coincidence of timing that the driver was not there and after DMESG was there but it would not work before issuing the command and did work after only issuing that command. If anyone has any insight, that is for another forum, I guess. Not directly related to CHIRP. Anyway, CHIRP seems good on Ubuntu. Thanks to all group members for this program. Mike Morrow

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[chirp_users] Vertex Standard
by Glenn Watson 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Hi All. Can Chirp be use with a Vertex Standard VX426. The Chirp software recognizes the radio but they wont talk to each other. Cheers Glenn

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[chirp_users] Chirp and radio parameters not agreeing
by Donald Stewart 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Hi, I have a Baofeng UV5RA. When I uploaded the parameters to chirp they did not match those displayed on the radio itself. Thanks, Don Stewart

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[chirp_users] Will try. Thanks.
by Mike Morrow 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

OK. I was on the ham support pages and did not know this info would be on danplanet. Thanks for the info. Will try this tomorrow, first thing. To: Discussion of CHIRP<chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <1376432076.1931.YahooMailNeo(a)web124505.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Need to add the repository where Chirp can be network downloaded.? sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dansmith/chirp-snapshots sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install chirp-daily ?This is from the download page:?http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download Sent from my 15.4" MacBook Pro i7 quad core OS X Mountain Lion

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[chirp_users] compiling for Vinux?
by eric oyen 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

A couple of questions. what developer packages do I need to have installed to compile the daily source? Also, Is it screen reader compatible using ORCA (on Vinux 4.x)? I ran into some problems trying to compile a daily source build about 2 weeks ago and never did get back around to it. SO, these questions are rather important to me as I am a blind ham and screen reader user. Additionally, THe program needs to be made accessible on OS X. It is only partially so )the programming window shows a blank scroll area to voiceover and there doesn't appear to be any untreatable controls there). Just a suggestion. -eric

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[chirp_users] new radio
by Robert Lowery 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

I don't have one YET, but could the Icom IC-7100 be out on the list of radios to do? It is Dstar and HF, 6, 10, VHF and UHF. thanks , Rob

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Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng BF-888S
by GaryErrol 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

I have some H777's and a BF-888S on order that should be here by the end of this week. Support though Chirp would be an interesting option. Gary -------Original Message------- From: Andrew [ziltro(a)ziltro.com] Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2013 To: [chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com] Reply To: Discussion of CHIRP [chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com] Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng BF-888S I'm currently working on support for the HST H-777, which I believe is the same as the BF-888S. Looking through the source code I didn't see any other 16 channel radios so I suspect it isn't supported at the moment. I keep finding mentions of other radios on the internet which look like the same thing with different badges. I believe all of these are identical: Baofeng BF-480 Baofeng BF-666S Baofeng BF-888S Baofeng BF-777S BHD B-828 Zastone ZT-V68 HST (恒顺通) H-777 -- Andrew. On 14/08/13 00:29, Terry Martin wrote: Dan, I have a Baofeng BF-888S UHF hand-held, and am trying to program it. The BF-480 program is identified as the right software, but I can't get a copy to download that will work, either on my 64-bit Windoze 7 or Windoze XP based computers. I'm told that one of the UV series softwares works, the 3 or 5, I'm not sure as suggestions here are conflicting. Does the CHIRP program handle these cheap talkies yet? Under either the UV-3 or UV-5 models versions? TIA 73 Terry de wd4aon(a)arrl.net _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

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[chirp_users] Chirp/Vertex
by Glenn Watson 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Hi All Does or will Chirp work with a Vertex Standard VX426 which is a Yaesu. Cheers

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[chirp_users] (no subject)
by Terry Martin 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Dan, I have a Baofeng BF-888S UHF hand-held, and am trying to program it. The BF-480 program is identified as the right software, but I can't get a copy to download that will work, either on my 64-bit Windoze 7 or Windoze XP based computers. I'm told that one of the UV series softwares works, the 3 or 5, I'm not sure as suggestions here are conflicting. Does the CHIRP program handle these cheap talkies yet? Under either the UV-3 or UV-5 models versions? TIA 73 Terry de wd4aon(a)arrl.net

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[chirp_users] roger beep Question
by ALAN 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

When I put on the Roger Beep on, any channel, it then goes on all the channels correct ?? Can the roger beep be assigned to only one channel ?? Can the the MDC 1200 be software be programmed in the software, or is that in the rom ?? THANKS Alan

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[chirp_users] Chirp /Mac
by Glenn Watson 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

Hi I am trying to run Chirp on my Mac to use with the Baofeng UV-R5, but having some difficulties connecting to 2. When it read from the radio in clone I get a error message : Radio did not respond. I have installed it on a windows machine and it works just fine so I am doing something wrong on the Mac. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mac book Air Software OS X 10.8.4 (12E55) Drivers installed OSX Installer to PL2303 Serial-USB on OSX Lion Chirp 0.3.1

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[chirp_users] Chirp in Ubuntu 12.04
by Mike Morrow 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

I have two books coming and hope to be more intelligent on Linux soon but could someone post the complete and accurate SUDO commands to install Chirp on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS? I see two of the commands in a web page but they then go on to say to "go ahead and install it". That leaves me out at the moment. I don't know what I should type next in terminal. Any assistance appreciated. I hate being so dumb and I could wait but I have some time in the next few days and would like to see what trouble I can get into with this. I did manage to get it to dual boot with Windows XP on one machine so I am learning. It picked a resolution that my monitor refuses to show and I had to install grub2 and configure to be able to see the O/S selection menu upon booting. Maybe this is too much fun. I am running Chirp quite well on Win XP and Win 7 but am trying to enlarge my circle of knowledge and this will be one thing to try in that effort. This all started at this URL: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-updates/+archive/ppa If this is all well documented somewhere already, a URI will do. Thanks, Mike/W6XXX

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[chirp_users] Roger Beeps, Courtesy Tones
by Clint Bradford 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

>> ... Many of the ham repeaters in my area use the roger beep or some form of coutesy tone, they work great. "Roger beep" is a tone that sounds when a radio operator un-keys their microphone. Serious hams thought this phenomenon/rage ended with the death of CB radios ... unfortunately, roger beeps are being heard more and more with the proliferation of several inexpensive import HTs. A repeater "courtesy tone" is a short tone or series of tones that sound over the transmitter of a repeater at the end of the squelch tail. A person involved in a conversation on a ham repeater un-keys their mic, and many repeaters are set up to wait a short time, then emit a "courtesy tone." We are supposed to wait for the courtesy tone before keying up to talk/reply. This short "gap" allows a little time for someone to break into the conversation with a comment, or priority or emergency traffic. Roger beeps for repeater use are most seen as immature or just plain unnecessary. Courteous and proper operations on amateur radio repeaters - with or without a courtesy tone - always waits a second or two after one ends a transmission to reply. Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666 - cell

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[chirp_users] MDC1200
by Clint Bradford 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

MDC-1200 (Motorola Data Communications) - aka "Stat-Alert," and/or "MDC-600" - is a Motorola two-way radio low-speed data system using audio frequency shift keying, (AFSK). MDC-600 uses a 600 baud data rate. MDC-1200 uses - you guessed it - a 1200 baud data rate. Mark and space tones are 1,200 Hz and 1,800 Hz. The data are sent in bursts over the radio system's voice channel. MDC signaling includes a number of features: unit ID, status buttons, emergency button, selective inhibit, radio check, and selective calling. These features are programmable and could be used in any combination desired by the user. In addition to Motorola, at least two other companies make compatible base station decoders for MDC-1200. Motorola radios with MDC options have an option allowing the radio to filter out data bursts from the receive audio. Instead of hearing the AFSK data, the user hears a short chirp from the radio speaker each time a data burst occurs. (The user must turn on this feature in the radio's option programming settings). But you will not be using CHIRP to program your Motorola radios. Clint Bradford K6LCS 909-241-7666 ---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com

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[chirp_users] Blocking Transmit on Selected Channels
by Jim McCorison 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Greetings, I am programming some radios for auxiliary volunteers with our local fire department. We wish to provide them the ability to monitor the county sheriff repeater, but to not be able to transmit to it. After poking around the best I could come up with was to set Duplex=split and Offset=0.00000. Is there a preferred method? Thanks, Jim -- Jim McCorison Orcas Island, WA

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[chirp_users] Chirp 0.3.1 is now available from the Ubuntu hams updates PPA
by Steve Conklin 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Chirp 0.3.1 is now available from the Ubuntu hams updates PPA: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-updates/+archive/ppa 73 Steve, AI4QR

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5RA
by Douglas McLain 11 Aug '13

11 Aug '13

I just received this radio and, using the latest Linux build of CHIRP on F19. I downloaded from radio, and I am only able to program channels 2-21. 0, 1 & 22-127 are all greyed out and I'm unable to edit them. I have programmed 2-21 all fine, though. Any ideas? I'm not a windows guy but I did install the VIP software for windows in a VirtualBox running Win 7 but the program wouldn't even startup correctly, so I gave up. -Doug

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[chirp_users] Simply Amazing
by Clint Bradford 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

I hadn't updated my mobile IC-208H in years, because that old laptop that I use for Motorola and Kenwood commercial stuff has the Icom program on it, but the 3.5" floppy drive quit working. So I could read and write with that old computer, but my new datafiles are elsewhere. ANYWAY, CHIRP to the rescue. I dg up the IC-208 manual to see how to put the radio into CLONE mode. When CHIRP "failed" to read the radio, I though about quitting the project. But then I did something few us us forget to do: I read the online CHIRP docs. "Don't need to place that Icom rig into CLONE mode, Clint," the docs admonished me. "CHIRP and that Icom rig get along just fine - just read the radio ... " And it worked. And I uploaded my FT-60R .img file to the '208. All is sync'd. All is peaceful. All was smooth ... I am sorry that pittance that I donated last week was so small ... But I will donate a little more soon. Thank you, CHIRP development team. Clint Bradford K6LCS http://www.k6lcs.com

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[chirp_users] Baofeng Bug Reports
by Tom VA7TA 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Greetings, I encountered a bug when programming a recent Baofeng UV5R transceiver. Since according to the warning message from Chirp that pops up there apparently is a problem with UV5R firmware version documentation I wonder if there is any interest in associated bug reports? If there is I wonder how one would go about reporting a bug? Although I found information on known bugs on the website I wasn't able to find any links for reporting new bugs. Thanks in advance! ta

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[chirp_users] Iphone
by Davecenturytel 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Is there any chance of programming my boefeng uv5r radio using my Iphone 4? I am thinking of the times that we need the radios to operate during a disaster of some kind. We need to have the ability to program these radios quickly and all the same so our teams can work together. 73 KD0TUN Dave

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[chirp_users] AnyTone 5888uv - dropping CTS, DTC tone codes
by Cary Hill 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

I have entered TX & RX PL & DTC codes in every cross pattern and same codes per channels. All is good until I save the file and reload it. When it comes back up about half the tone codes are reset to default. Running Windows 7 on a Dell and an Acer, both have the same problem. Other radios I have tried work OK. Cary, KA4HHW

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[chirp_users] Yaesu FT-7900E upload error message
by John Pagett 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Gents, I'm using Chirp 0.3.1 with a USB interface (looks like a Prolific rip-off) and the European version of the FT-7900. Chirp is set to FT-7800. I can download from the radio without any problems, and the memories I programmed manually on the transceiver look good in Chirp. Uploading to the radio starts ok and proceeds apparently correctly until the very end, when I get an error message in Chirp "Radio did not ack block at 31624". The memories look good on the radio and will download back into Chirp without problems. Here's the relevant section of the debug log. Clone thread started -- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "chirpui\clone.pyo", line 223, in run File "chirp\ft7800.pyo", line 225, in sync_out File "chirp\ft7800.pyo", line 146, in _upload RadioError: Radio did not ack block at 31624 ------ Clone failed: Radio did not ack block at 31624 Clone thread ended --- Exception Dialog: Radio did not ack block at 31624 --- Traceback (most recent call last): File "chirpw", line 71, in <module> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split' At this stage I'm not sure if this is down to Chirp tripping up at the end of a successful download or whether there's something more subtle going on, but as I say the memories read back ok and look fine on the radio. If it's a real problem I'll open a bug report. Any thoughts gents? 73 John G4YTJ

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[chirp_users] Unsubscribe
by Richard Gillin 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Unsubscribe Rich Gillin AL4S Board Member - Anchorage ARC 907.884.1404 --- Original Message --- From: chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: August 6, 2013 5:11 PM To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 56, Issue 12 Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com You can reach the person managing the list at chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Programming Nightmares (M Schontz) 2. Re: Programming Nightmares (Daniel Nelson) 3. Re: Programming Nightmares (Jim Unroe) 4. Re: Programming Nightmares (John LaMartina) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 20:34:13 -0400 (EDT) From: M Schontz <k8fu(a)aol.com> Subject: [chirp_users] Programming Nightmares To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Message-ID: <8D0611CF954AE4E-EF8-4E83(a)webmail-d153.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Everyone........I purchased a BF UV-5re+ 3 weeks ago and I don't believe I'm any closer to getting the CHIRP pgm to run than the day I unboxed the radio. I thought I had downloaded everything I needed from Miklor.......Drivers 2 0 1 2.....For Win XP......The Win 32 bit software.... and the exe pgm..........When I enter the Programs file I first open CHIRP-Daily-20130802-Win32.zip.....then CHIRP-Daily-20130802-installer.exe........I then have a plank page appear with file..edit..radio in the top line task bar....I click on radio then download from radio...A radio page appears I fill the boxes with Port Com1..Vendor BaoFeng and model UV-5...I then click out of this page into a experimental driver warning page...I agree to that and then enter the cloning process page when that is clicked out of I'm in an error page with a msg of RADIO DID NOT RESPOND...........I find all this programming very disconcerting and confusing. I wish the instructions were step by step as in pro gramming in the manual mode. But I need to master this programming to be able to download more complex RACES and local EOC and disaster freqs. Jim can you help me again ???? M Schontz k8fu(a)aol.com

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[chirp_users] Programming Nightmares
by M Schontz 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hi Everyone........I purchased a BF UV-5re+ 3 weeks ago and I don't believe I'm any closer to getting the CHIRP pgm to run than the day I unboxed the radio. I thought I had downloaded everything I needed from Miklor.......Drivers 2 0 1 2.....For Win XP......The Win 32 bit software.... and the exe pgm..........When I enter the Programs file I first open CHIRP-Daily-20130802-Win32.zip.....then CHIRP-Daily-20130802-installer.exe........I then have a plank page appear with file..edit..radio in the top line task bar....I click on radio then download from radio...A radio page appears I fill the boxes with Port Com1..Vendor BaoFeng and model UV-5...I then click out of this page into a experimental driver warning page...I agree to that and then enter the cloning process page when that is clicked out of I'm in an error page with a msg of RADIO DID NOT RESPOND...........I find all this programming very disconcerting and confusing. I wish the instructions were step by step as in programming in the manual mode. But I need to master this programming to be able to download more complex RACES and local EOC and disaster freqs. Jim can you help me again ???? M Schontz k8fu(a)aol.com

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[chirp_users] UV5R roger beep/again.
by kf8sj＠aol.com 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

ok. get the pix, i think. the roger beep comes at the end of the transmission, (as i understand it). this is exactly what i want. this is a non ham part 20 application. i have 8 ht's (and more on the way) that because of location can only operate thru one repeater. basically this is a single channel operation, i don't need or want to access the second repeater, only monitor it to minimize interference. in additional, these are occasional type operators with low radio skills. the beep tone should enable them to turn over the transmission, with out saying over, come back etc. also, those on the other repeater should be aware that the transmissions are not for them thanks for the help. think i have hat i need. 73 jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] UV5R roger beep/durability
by kf8sj＠aol.com 05 Aug '13

05 Aug '13

will someone explain sequence of roger beep to me. where in transmission is it sent. have unusual situation with two repeaters in somewhat proximity to each other. common output frequency, but different input pl tones.. would like to identify that inout is on one of the two. klutzy me has dropped radio numerous times. on wood floor, concrete sidewalk, and in the grass. each time it came up working. on last sidewalk drop, clip on back flew apart, and battery popped off. put it back together, and it worked well. added small amount of jb weld to the spring, and pin ends, no more problems. have since fired up seven more units, all with the jb weld mod. this is one rugged little beast. love the rascal. wifey calls it my "TOY' cost a hella of a lot less than the last ht's i bought, can't see why she is cmplaining. maybe i shold not take it to bed with me? 73 jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive
by David Evans 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Hello, all; Recently I have been using a bootable CD of CHIRP to take with me to radio club (Voice of Idaho) activities to help newbies program their radios. Works great, but I thought that a thumb drive would be handier since I could store some data files on it. Now, I have a fair familiarity with Linux but this stumps me. I created the boot-able thumb-drive and copied the CHIRP data files to the documents folder on it. They went on with no error messages and opened in CHIRP. Everything seemed fine until I rebooted the system and found that those data files were gone. So, I am wondering why they were gone and what can I do to fix this. -- Thanks, David kd7uch(a)arrl.net

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[chirp_users] UV-5r
by KF6MXK 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

I have programed many other radios and there has been a menu setting to get into program mode. I have connected my UV-5r to the computer and selected the correct Comm Port, nothing. What do i have to do to program this radio? Phil KF6MXk -- Sent From My Mancave Above Cable MP 358 Tehachapi

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 56, Issue 3
by ima Ham 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

Understood, but they are the same release numbers, so that should not be an issue Further, how would you program the power up settings/ message, etc? It seems to be a great radio otherwise Robert KK4SEY On Aug 2, 2013 7:01 AM, <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote: > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Uv5r not being programmed with additional settings > (John LaMartina) > 2. Re: Uv5r not being programmed with additional settings (Jim Unroe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 09:53:57 -0400 > From: "John LaMartina" <JohnLa(a)usa.net> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Uv5r not being programmed with additional > settings > To: "'Discussion of CHIRP'" <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <002401ce8f87$bc926230$35b72690$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Robert, > > This is by design. It only occurs when the UV5R radios have different > firmware releases. > > The only parameters that will not transfer are those in the Settings / > Other Settings tab. > > Everything else should transfer properly. > > > > Due to the many firmware releases with the UV5R, this allows you to use > the same image file to update multiple radios without > requiring a separate .img file for each. > > The Settings / Other Settings tab mainly changes the Power On Messages > which normally remain constant. > > > > Hope this helps. > > John K3NXU > > > > http://www.miklor.com/uv5r > > > > > > > > From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto: > chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of ima Ham > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 9:24 AM > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Subject: [chirp_users] Uv5r not being programmed with additional settings > > > > When I program my uv5R, it transfers all frequencies and additional > settings. I have a second UV 5 R and when I upload everything to > that, it only transfers the frequencies, and not the additional settings. > I've researched the error and have still not been able to > correct it. > > Can someone explain if it is possible to correct this? > > Robert > KK4SEY > Miami > > On Aug 1, 2013 12:00 PM, <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > wrote: > > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (Jeff Melton) > 2. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (Tom Morris) > 3. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (David Evans) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:17:10 -0500 > From: Jeff Melton <W5JNM(a)ARRL.net> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: <51F99AF6.2000109(a)ARRL.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Sorry to chase this rabbit trail, but my search of the wiki > <http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home> for the procedure > you mention didn't return any results. Can someone kindly point this > n00b in the right direction? > > Jeff > W5JNM -at- ARRL > > On 7/30/13 11:14 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > > Message: 7 > > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:30:46 -0600 > > From: David Evans<kd7uch(a)gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > > To: Discussion of CHIRP<chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > > Message-ID: > > < > CAOFT+78F7iJBmt+eXtmAw_rk_Et79X+-iZ2gqENRWnRC5RT6UA(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto: > CAOFT%2B78F7iJBmt%2BeXtmAw_rk_Et79X%2B-iZ2gqENRWnRC5RT6UA(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Jim, > > That is the way I crested mine. It is the procedure described in the > wiki. > > > > Thanks, > > David > > > > kd7uch(a)arrl.net > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 13:15:30 -0400 > From: Tom Morris <blueneon(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > < > CAEZ7Lt151U3weyVA9B4p+aO5eSPCunHifxGPe-tmDOgsWVxaRg(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto: > CAEZ7Lt151U3weyVA9B4p%2BaO5eSPCunHifxGPe-tmDOgsWVxaRg(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > If a fake flash drive is a concern, use H2TestW as mentioned here. > > http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/h2testw-gold-standard-in-de… > > If the drive's good, it should work with no errors. If it's burned with a > fake capacity, it'll let you know what the real capacity was. > > Also, if the drive is not fake but has a defect, it'll catch that too. I > have had several Sandisk MicroSD cards go bad and H2TestW reminds me that > the corruption problems aren't my fault, it's the card's... zowie! > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Jeff Melton <W5JNM(a)arrl.net> wrote: > > > Sorry to chase this rabbit trail, but my search of the wiki > > <http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home> for the procedure > > you mention didn't return any results. Can someone kindly point this > > n00b in the right direction? > > > > Jeff > > W5JNM -at- ARRL > > > > On 7/30/13 11:14 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > > > Message: 7 > > > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:30:46 -0600 > > > From: David Evans<kd7uch(a)gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > > > To: Discussion of CHIRP<chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > > > Message-ID: > > > < > > CAOFT+78F7iJBmt+eXtmAw_rk_Et79X+-iZ2gqENRWnRC5RT6UA(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto: > CAOFT%2B78F7iJBmt%2BeXtmAw_rk_Et79X%2B-iZ2gqENRWnRC5RT6UA(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > Jim, > > > That is the way I crested mine. It is the procedure described in the > > wiki. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > David > > > > > > kd7uch(a)arrl.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > chirp_users mailing list > > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > > > > > -- > -- > Tom Morris, KG4CYX > Mad Scientist and Operations Manager, WDNA-FM 88.9 Miami - Serious Jazz! > Engineer, WRGP Radiate FM, Florida International University > 786-228-7087 > 151.820 Megacycles >

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Re: [chirp_users] Uv5r not being programmed with additional settings
by Jim Unroe 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 7:19 PM, ima Ham <kk4sey(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Understood, but they are the same release numbers, so that should not be > an issue > > Further, how would you program the power up settings/ message, etc? > > It seems to be a great radio otherwise > > Robert > KK4SEY > > Robert, As far as I know, all firmware versions above BFB297 report as being BFB297 during the [6] + Power-On message. Using CHIRP, look at the Firmware Message 1 on the Settings -> Other Settings menu to see the 'real' firmware version. I'm sure you will find that each radio has a different firmware version. It is only the items on this menu (Other Settings) that do not get transferred when there is a firmware version mismatch. This is also the menu that you would use to edit the 'power up' messages. Jim KC9HI

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[chirp_users] VX-3R Problems - FT-60R and VX-6R OK, Though
by Clint Bradford 03 Aug '13

03 Aug '13

Chirp on a Win XP netbook is working great for me on my FT-60R and VX-6R radios. But no matter what I try to do to upload a Chirp datafile to my VX-3R, it stops at memory number 11 - and uploads no further. The first 10 memories it does upload are perfect ... What do you think I may be doing incorrectly? I went ahead and performed a master reset on the VX-3R and re-read it - but that did not seem to help. Definitely NO a Chirp problem ... but a "Clint problem." Clint K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com

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[chirp_users] Uv5r not being programmed with additional settings
by ima Ham 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

When I program my uv5R, it transfers all frequencies and additional settings. I have a second UV 5 R and when I upload everything to that, it only transfers the frequencies, and not the additional settings. I've researched the error and have still not been able to correct it. Can someone explain if it is possible to correct this? Robert KK4SEY Miami On Aug 1, 2013 12:00 PM, <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote: > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (Jeff Melton) > 2. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (Tom Morris) > 3. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (David Evans) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:17:10 -0500 > From: Jeff Melton <W5JNM(a)ARRL.net> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: <51F99AF6.2000109(a)ARRL.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Sorry to chase this rabbit trail, but my search of the wiki > <http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home> for the procedure > you mention didn't return any results. Can someone kindly point this > n00b in the right direction? > > Jeff > W5JNM -at- ARRL > > On 7/30/13 11:14 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > > Message: 7 > > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:30:46 -0600 > > From: David Evans<kd7uch(a)gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > > To: Discussion of CHIRP<chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > > Message-ID: > > < > CAOFT+78F7iJBmt+eXtmAw_rk_Et79X+-iZ2gqENRWnRC5RT6UA(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Jim, > > That is the way I crested mine. It is the procedure described in the > wiki. > > > > Thanks, > > David > > > > kd7uch(a)arrl.net > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 13:15:30 -0400 > From: Tom Morris <blueneon(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > < > CAEZ7Lt151U3weyVA9B4p+aO5eSPCunHifxGPe-tmDOgsWVxaRg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > If a fake flash drive is a concern, use H2TestW as mentioned here. > > http://fightflashfraud.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/h2testw-gold-standard-in-de… > > If the drive's good, it should work with no errors. If it's burned with a > fake capacity, it'll let you know what the real capacity was. > > Also, if the drive is not fake but has a defect, it'll catch that too. I > have had several Sandisk MicroSD cards go bad and H2TestW reminds me that > the corruption problems aren't my fault, it's the card's... zowie! > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Jeff Melton <W5JNM(a)arrl.net> wrote: > > > Sorry to chase this rabbit trail, but my search of the wiki > > <http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home> for the procedure > > you mention didn't return any results. Can someone kindly point this > > n00b in the right direction? > > > > Jeff > > W5JNM -at- ARRL > > > > On 7/30/13 11:14 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > > > Message: 7 > > > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:30:46 -0600 > > > From: David Evans<kd7uch(a)gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > > > To: Discussion of CHIRP<chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > > > Message-ID: > > > < > > CAOFT+78F7iJBmt+eXtmAw_rk_Et79X+-iZ2gqENRWnRC5RT6UA(a)mail.gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > Jim, > > > That is the way I crested mine. It is the procedure described in the > > wiki. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > David > > > > > > kd7uch(a)arrl.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > chirp_users mailing list > > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > > > > > -- > -- > Tom Morris, KG4CYX > Mad Scientist and Operations Manager, WDNA-FM 88.9 Miami - Serious Jazz! > Engineer, WRGP Radiate FM, Florida International University > 786-228-7087 > 151.820 Megacycles >

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '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-20130802 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #219 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-B5] Enable Cross Mode Support The memory editor spreadsheet does not show the Cross Mode column for Baofeng UV-B5/UV-B6 #1037

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[chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive
by B Giff 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

I haven't been following the thread since the beginning so I'm not trying to insult your intelligence here, just trying to help. Are you following the wiki speciically for the ChripLiveCD? Scroll to the bottom of its page for instructions on writing it to a USB stick if you aren't. http://sourceforge.net/p/chirplivecd/wiki/Home/ Once you get it up and running, use the Chirp Updater script to update to the newest Chirp-daily. Bob

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Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive
by Jeff Melton 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Sorry to chase this rabbit trail, but my search of the wiki <http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home> for the procedure you mention didn't return any results. Can someone kindly point this n00b in the right direction? Jeff W5JNM -at- ARRL On 7/30/13 11:14 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:30:46 -0600 > From: David Evans<kd7uch(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > To: Discussion of CHIRP<chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <CAOFT+78F7iJBmt+eXtmAw_rk_Et79X+-iZ2gqENRWnRC5RT6UA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Jim, > That is the way I crested mine. It is the procedure described in the wiki. > > Thanks, > David > > kd7uch(a)arrl.net

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Re: [chirp_users] Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating
by Marty Braun 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Greetings: I don't have any ICOM experience, but I know that with my Yaseu I have to push the PTT switch to send the radio info to CHIRP. I then have to push the MONITOR switch to allow CHIRP to load back into the radio. This flumoxed me for a while, as my Baofeng just sits there and communicates directly from the CHIRP commands. Hope this is helpful. Good day, Marty Braun KC3AID > From: chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 55, Issue 36 > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:14:52 -0700 > > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Baofeng UV-5R (Benton) > 2. Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating (Vincent Burolla) > 3. Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (David Evans) > 4. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (Tom Hayward) > 5. Re: Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating (Robert Gendreau) > 6. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (Jim Unroe) > 7. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (David Evans) > 8. Re: Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive (amnon.zohar(a)gmail.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 23:07:51 -0700 > From: Benton <bcgh(a)aracnet.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <028c80bb25746ccefb228d07d29893bc(a)aracnet.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 2013-07-26 10:33, Marty Braun wrote: > > Glad you got it going. Another point specific to this radio, at least > > to mine is to be sure the plug is all the way in the radio. > > Ditto with my first attempt to cable up my Wouxun. Thought the cable > was fully seated but no soap. Then pushed just a little harder and > it snicked in another 1/16th inch. Et voila! > > Benton 25jul13 > -- > Benton Holzwarth > benton(a)siletzbay.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:12:55 -0400 > From: Vincent Burolla <vburoll1(a)rochester.rr.com> > Subject: [chirp_users] Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: <5467E5D1-3648-428A-8C62-7746F4A65EB2(a)rochester.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I tried uploading data from my Icom HT to my MacBook and I still get the "Failed to communicate with the radio: Unexpected response from radio." message. Previously, I thought that I had maybe a cable problem, so today I used a known good cable (works with my KX3), but still no luck. I'm running Mac OS 10.8.4 and installed Chirp 0.3.1 and KK7DS Python Runtime RIO. I tired with just turning the radio on, and then with the radio placed in the Clone mode, but it makes no difference. > > What am I missing? > > Vince > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:46:25 -0600 > From: David Evans <kd7uch(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [chirp_users] Bootable Chirp CD & Thumb-drive > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: > <CAOFT+7_uCHZcjRkzP4yUbHMy6pEshLyKY8rUohSKM2U84T6z_w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello, all; > > Recently I have been using a bootable CD of CHIRP to take with me to radio > club (Voice of Idaho) activities to help newbies program their radios. > Works great, but I thought that a thumb drive would be handier since I > could store some data files on it. Now, I have a fair familiarity with > Linux but this stumps me. I created the boot-able thumb-drive and copied > the CHIRP data files to the documents folder on it. They went on with no > error messages and opened in CHIRP. Everything seemed fine until I > rebooted the system and found that those data files were gone. > > So, I am wondering why they were gone and what can I do to fix this. > > -- > Thanks, > David > kd7uch(a)arrl.net >

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[chirp_users] Icom T70 to MacBook not communicating
by Vincent Burolla 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

I tried uploading data from my Icom HT to my MacBook and I still get the "Failed to communicate with the radio: Unexpected response from radio." message. Previously, I thought that I had maybe a cable problem, so today I used a known good cable (works with my KX3), but still no luck. I'm running Mac OS 10.8.4 and installed Chirp 0.3.1 and KK7DS Python Runtime RIO. I tired with just turning the radio on, and then with the radio placed in the Clone mode, but it makes no difference. What am I missing? Vince

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[chirp_users] Linux user permissions
by Ronny Julian 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Took me a bit as I have never run into a permissions issue. Would someone like to add the sudo command to the Linux Wiki? I did not see anything there. Using n0cl as an example username. sudo adduser n0cl dialout [sudo] password for user: Adding user n0cl to group dialout Done. << Restart done here to ensure new group picked up >> pax> id -Gn pax dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev bluetooth scanner REF this site http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9839988/dev-ttys0-does-not-open-in-ubunt… Still having issues writing to the FT-60 after a good read. I'll buy a USB cable soon and try this once more. Any steps I'm missing please let me know. The cable checks good on a meter and if it reads the radio it should write in theory. Doing the same thing now in Windows and Xubuntu. I will say the Linux version does not yell out an error it just does not work. Ronny K4RJJ

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[chirp_users] Windows surface and Chrip
by Steve Urso 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Hello all: Old user,new list user. My question is can/ does anyone run Chrip on a windows surface tablet? It has a USB port and does all the stuff you want a computer to do so....What I am doing is traveling and wanted Chrip on my mobile device so I can upload to my HT on the fly. Oh when I try to install it on the device it says it can't and try a app. WTF, iTunes can install either, they should tell u before u buy it is limited on what u can install. Figures Microsoft. Sent from my iPad

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[chirp_users] UV-5re +
by M Schontz 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

Many tnx for your response Jim........I'm still struggling to get CHIP running so I can program my radio. I've managed to program a couple freqs manually into the memories but I can't find instructions in the manual as to how to manually switch between memories or how to scan the memory channels. I'm pretty sure I have down loaded CHIRP but I can't get it to run so I can program the radio. I have downloaded the latest drivers and checked the cable as well. Since I have little IT experience this has been a tough go. I would appreciate any help assistance you could render........... M Schontz k8fu(a)aol.com

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Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues
by rider4jc2001＠yahoo.com 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

I got mine working finally. I had to go back to http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/ and install the other driver. The cable that came with my UV-5R has the wrong driver. Once I got that done, Chirp works just fine. KD0WEH Sent from Windows Mail From: amnon.zohar(a)gmail.com Sent: ‎July‎ ‎26‎, ‎2013 ‎10‎:‎00‎ ‎AM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues I am one step behind! mine works with vip but on chirp all i got was a message window that closes when clicking ok both on xp and win8 both on stable and beta chirp versions! ??? Sent from Windows Mail From: Jim Unroe Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎July‎ ‎26‎, ‎2013 ‎5‎:‎52‎ ‎PM To: Discussion of CHIRP On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:30 AM, rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com <rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Sorry for asking this if it has been asked and answered... I have recently gotten my Technician License and Call Sign (KD0WEH) and have now purchased a cheap (inexpensive) handheld to get started with. I purchased the software and programming cable as well and have not bee able to get it read my radio. So, now I’m trying Chirp and am having the same problem. I’ve tried changing from Com3 to Com4 but that didn’t help. I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing. That didn’t help. Ideas of where to turn for help figuring this out? I could take it to someone and have them program it but then I wouldn’t learn how to do it myself... Thanks in advance. KD0WEH Hi Duane, Welcome to the hobby. I assume that you are using Windows. Since you have a problem with both software packages, I would expect the programming cable/driver to be the problem (it usually is). You shouldn't be guessing at the COM port. You be able to determine it from Device Manager. I would recommend that you visit the Miklor.com website and, in particular, look at the Drivers & USB Cables page. It will help you determine if you have correct driver, provide a link for one if you don't and then guide you through the installation process. Jim KC9HI

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '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-20130728 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #218 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-B5] Fix for "Unsupported Model" error when downloading or uploading When certain settings of the UV-B5 or UV-B6 are changed, one or both of the following can happen - the 'ident' of the radio changes - the 'ack' check value changes This patch attempts to address both of these issues #947 and others

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5re Plus
by M Schontz 27 Jul '13

27 Jul '13

I have downloaded CHIRP in an attempt to program my 5re +. Can someone tell me how to accomplish this ?? Are there any instructions for programming in the download. Many thanks ..... Froggy..........K8FU M Schontz k8fu(a)aol.com

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Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
by Marty Braun 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

Glad you got it going. Another point specific to this radio, at least to mine is to be sure the plug is all the way in the radio. I know that sounds obvious, but I worked on mine for hours without getting it going. Turns out that I was not connecting the cable completely into the radio. I thought I was, but even after it felt secure I had to push a little bit more to get a good connection. This radio has an extra stiff terminal in it. There is a very distinct "SNAP" once the cable is properly seated. As soon as I made that little extra effort every thing worked just fine. Regards, KC3AID > From: chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 55, Issue 27 > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:42:28 -0700 > > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Baofeng UV-5R Issues ( rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com ) > 2. Re: Baofeng UV-5R Issues (Fred Erickson) > 3. Re: Baofeng UV-5R Issues (Jim Unroe) > 4. Re: Baofeng UV-5R Issues (John LaMartina ?) > 5. Re: Baofeng UV-5R Issues ( rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com ) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:46:37 +0000 > From: " rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com " <rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <200002.28353.bm(a)smtp206.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I may have a different version of Chirp. It does not give me the option to ?Export?... > > > Sent from Windows Mail > > > From: Jan ?hberg > Sent: ?July? ?26?, ?2013 ?9?:?40? ?AM > To: Discussion of CHIRP > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues > > > > > > 1:s EXPORT from your radio to your COMPUTER > > 2:nd Make your changes to the database now on your computer' > > 3: IMPORT the database to ypur radio > > > You MUST export your radio to the computer. If not, it will NOT WORK. Of course your RS232 cable to your computer must work before > > > > Regards Jan SM7VVG > > > Fr > om: rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com > > > > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 4:30 PM > > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > Subject: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues > > > > > Sorry for asking this if it has been asked and answered... > > I have recently gotten my Technician License and Call Sign (KD0WEH) and have now purchased a cheap (inexpensive) handheld to get started with. > > I purchased the software and programming cable as well and have not bee able to get it read my radio. So, now I?m trying Chirp and am having the same problem. I?ve tried changing from Com3 to Com4 but that didn?t help. I?ve tried uninstalling and re-installing. That didn?t help. Ideas of where to turn for help figuring this out? I could take it to someone and have them program it but then I wouldn?t learn how to do it myself... > > Thanks in advance. > > KD0WEH > > > Sent from Windows Mail > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >

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Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues
by rider4jc2001＠yahoo.com 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

That did it. I had to run through the Driver process 4 times but finally got it. Thank you. KD0WEH Sent from Windows Mail From: John LaMartina ☀ Sent: ‎July‎ ‎26‎, ‎2013 ‎9‎:‎46‎ ‎AM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues Stay with it and enjoy the learning process. If neither software works, let's go back to the drivers. Review http://www.miklor.com UV5R Drivers section. Windows should not use any Prolific Driver newer than 3.2.0.0 Let us know if this helps. John K3NXU Http://www.miklor.com On Jul 26, 2013, at 10:30 AM, "rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com" <rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Sorry for asking this if it has been asked and answered... I have recently gotten my Technician License and Call Sign (KD0WEH) and have now purchased a cheap (inexpensive) handheld to get started with. I purchased the software and programming cable as well and have not bee able to get it read my radio. So, now I’m trying Chirp and am having the same problem. I’ve tried changing from Com3 to Com4 but that didn’t help. I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing. That didn’t help. Ideas of where to turn for help figuring this out? I could take it to someone and have them program it but then I wouldn’t learn how to do it myself... Thanks in advance. KD0WEH Sent from Windows Mail _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues
by rider4jc2001＠yahoo.com 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

Sorry for asking this if it has been asked and answered... I have recently gotten my Technician License and Call Sign (KD0WEH) and have now purchased a cheap (inexpensive) handheld to get started with. I purchased the software and programming cable as well and have not bee able to get it read my radio. So, now I’m trying Chirp and am having the same problem. I’ve tried changing from Com3 to Com4 but that didn’t help. I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing. That didn’t help. Ideas of where to turn for help figuring this out? I could take it to someone and have them program it but then I wouldn’t learn how to do it myself... Thanks in advance. KD0WEH Sent from Windows Mail

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Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues
by rider4jc2001＠yahoo.com 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

I may have a different version of Chirp. It does not give me the option to “Export”... Sent from Windows Mail From: Jan Öhberg Sent: ‎July‎ ‎26‎, ‎2013 ‎9‎:‎40‎ ‎AM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues 1:s EXPORT from your radio to your COMPUTER 2:nd Make your changes to the database now on your computer' 3: IMPORT the database to ypur radio You MUST export your radio to the computer. If not, it will NOT WORK. Of course your RS232 cable to your computer must work before Regards Jan SM7VVG Fr om: rider4jc2001(a)yahoo.com Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 4:30 PM To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Issues Sorry for asking this if it has been asked and answered... I have recently gotten my Technician License and Call Sign (KD0WEH) and have now purchased a cheap (inexpensive) handheld to get started with. I purchased the software and programming cable as well and have not bee able to get it read my radio. So, now I’m trying Chirp and am having the same problem. I’ve tried changing from Com3 to Com4 but that didn’t help. I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing. That didn’t help. Ideas of where to turn for help figuring this out? I could take it to someone and have them program it but then I wouldn’t learn how to do it myself... Thanks in advance. KD0WEH Sent from Windows Mail _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

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[chirp_users] Band Width for UV-5R
by Jim Tills 25 Jul '13

25 Jul '13

Is there a way to change the "Wide" bandwidth to "Narrow" with the CHIRP software. I don't see it on the spreadsheet. Thanks Jim W7JWT

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 25 Jul '13

25 Jul '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-20130725 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #217 [Jens Jensen <kd4tjx(a)yahoo.com>] [th-g71] some fixes to tuning steps and removed mode selections #693 [Jens Jensen <kd4tjx(a)yahoo.com>] [th-g71] initial support for Kenwood TH-G71A #693 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-B5] Add Broadcast FM Radio Presets for Baofeng UV-B5/B6 #995

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Re: [chirp_users] Band Width for UV-5R
by Kc6iih＠aol.com 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

As leader of a VE team I keep up with rules and changes. The narrow banding only applies to business radio, amateur radio is not. Jock KC6IIH In a message dated 7/24/2013 2:55:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jtills(a)abbnebraska.com writes: Thanks Jim. That answered the question. Jim W7JWT ----- Original Message ----- From: _Jim Unroe_ (mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com) To: _Discussion of CHIRP_ (mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com) Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Band Width for UV-5R On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Jim Tills <_jtills(a)abbnebraska.com_ (mailto:jtills@abbnebraska.com) > wrote: Is there a way to change the "Wide" bandwidth to "Narrow" with the CHIRP software. I don't see it on the spreadsheet. Thanks Jim W7JWT Actually I did find the section on settings where you could input Narrow. However, I downloaded the data to the UV-5R HT, but all memory channels still show Wide. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks Jim W7JWT _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list _chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com_ (mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com) http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users Jim, It doesn't sound like you are changing the right thing. It is the Mode column on the main spreadsheet. FM=WIDE NFM=NARROW The upper status display of the UV-5R will show an "N" indicator for every channel that is programmed to NARROW. Having no "N" in the upper status display indicates the channel is set to WIDE. Jim KC9HI ____________________________________ _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

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[chirp_users] Band Width for UV-5R
by Jim Tills 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

Is there a way to change the "Wide" bandwidth to "Narrow" with the CHIRP software. I don't see it on the spreadsheet. Thanks Jim W7JWT Actually I did find the section on settings where you could input Narrow. However, I downloaded the data to the UV-5R HT, but all memory channels still show Wide. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks Jim W7JWT

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[chirp_users] Read FT-60R Fine, Won't Upload to VX-3R
by Clint Bradford 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

New CHIRP-er, using Windows XP. Chirp sure read the 90 memories on my FT-60R marvelously. I saved that datafile, and tried to upload it to a VX-3R. It went through its routine ... took time enough to upload everything ... but only uploaded first 10 frequencies/memories into the VX-3R. Any idea what I am doing incorrectly? Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com ---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 55, Issue 20
by David Loest 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

L. On Jul 22, 2013 12:00 PM, <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote: > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. New Daily Build (Build System) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Build System <donotreply(a)danplanet.com> > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Cc: > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 00:06:18 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [chirp_users] New Daily Build > 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-20130722 > > > A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) > follows: > > Changes for Build #216 > [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [uv-b5] Missing character in CHARSET > Missing "/" character > CHARSET = "0123456789- ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_+*" > Corrected > CHARSET = "0123456789- ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/_+*" > #1009 > > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > >

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '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-20130722 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #216 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [uv-b5] Missing character in CHARSET Missing "/" character CHARSET = "0123456789- ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_+*" Corrected CHARSET = "0123456789- ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/_+*" #1009

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[chirp_users] uv5replus-vfo/mr disable?
by N4AOF 20 Jul '13

20 Jul '13

It is hard to make ANY radio "goof proof" Since you already have the UV-5RE+ model I won't point out that there are better choices for that particular characteristic. While you can't disable the VFO/MR button, you can disable the VFO by setting the lower frequency limit higher than the upper frequency limit. By the way, you would generally have more luck asking BaoFeng radio questions on a mail list for the radio instead of a list for the Chirp software. Try the UV-5R group on Yahoo at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baofeng_uv5r -----Original Message----- From: kf8sj(a)aol.com trying to make it goof proof. is there any way to disable the vfo/mr button. have figured out how to disable menu--which helps. have 6 on hand, and programming as 2 channel radios. thanks 73 jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] My friends 5R+
by kb4oif＠cox.net 20 Jul '13

20 Jul '13

My friend found the problem and has his fix and the chirp software is working good. He deleted the original download of chirp and did the daily thing. No go. Then he deleted the download for the cable drivers and went to the prolific site and down loaded them again and it worked. so this one was a driver problem. thanks everyone. -- John KB4OIF Proud Vietnam Vet Freedom is not free, someone paid!!! There would be no freedom without the military........ In GOD, we trust.

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[chirp_users] baofeng clip/coming apart
by kf8sj＠aol.com 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

have twice had the big clip on back come apart. first time, hit wooden floor, secomd time landed on concrete, and battery flew off- call me clumsy. also dropped (accidently!) several other times! on the second drop-the spring, and clip landed in some grass, but was able to find them. this is one rugged little beast! this on a uv5r but believe clip same on most models ANYWAY---after second explosion-got out the jb weld (epoxy)-put a dab on each end of the pin going thru the spring, and a dab on the spring in the rear. NO MORE SEPARATION PROBLEMS. presently firing up 6 uv5re plus units-they have all been epoxied! love this little beastie! word to the wise. get out the epoxy now! 73 jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] uv5replus-vfo/mr disable?
by kf8sj＠aol.com 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

trying to make it goof proof. is there any way to disable the vfo/mr button. have figured out how to disable menu--which helps. have 6 on hand, and programming as 2 channel radios. thanks 73 jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] UV-5R+
by kb4oif＠cox.net 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

Thanks Jim. My friend is still working with it and is trying different things. He is coming over to the house on so we can both look at it. I have 2 cables. One for the wouxon 2ud and the one that was purchased AS A BAOFENG cable from Amazon thru etekcity. On the box it says it is for a Wouxun radio. I called them and they said it was the same cable. We will try to get him up and running. He has been able to program a few MANUALLY and they are working for him. I believe he got a BUM cable. -- John KB4OIF Proud Vietnam Vet Freedom is not free, someone paid!!! There would be no freedom without the military........ In GOD, we trust.

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[chirp_users] Friends uv-r+
by kb4oif＠cox.net 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Trying to help a friend. Will not give him the upload to radio. It's grayed out. Any suggestions?? KB4OIF John -- John KB4OIF Proud Vietnam Vet Freedom is not free, someone paid!!! There would be no freedom without the military........ In GOD, we trust.

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Re: [chirp_users] Friends uv-r+
by John LaMartina 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Question... What exactly is Grayed Out? The model, Com Port... What error message is he getting. http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-ErrorMess.php Are you running the latest Daily Build? So many questions, so little time :- ) John K3NXU http://www.miklor.com -----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of John Gorena Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 9:31 AM To: 'Discussion of CHIRP' Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Friends uv-r+ 1) Make sure that the cable COM port is correct in the program. Verify the COM port in Device Manager... 2) Download from the radio first. Then you should be able to upload to the radio. -- John , KD5JUN -----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of kb4oif(a)cox.net Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 7:03 AM To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: [chirp_users] Friends uv-r+ Trying to help a friend. Will not give him the upload to radio. It's grayed out. Any suggestions?? KB4OIF John -- John KB4OIF Proud Vietnam Vet Freedom is not free, someone paid!!! There would be no freedom without the military........ In GOD, we trust. _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3204/6501 - Release Date: 07/18/13

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[chirp_users] Install Problems
by HHoffman 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Hello, I have installed the Chirp Interface Cable Drivers but I cannot get the Chirp SW to install. I downloaded the July 17, 2013 version but it will not install, how do I get over that hurdle, thanks. HHoffman

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 55, Issue 15
by Davecenturytel 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

Providing a debug.log as Tom suggest would help. I can not find a deb file anywhere, Help ----- Original Message ----- From: <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> To: <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2:00 PM Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 55, Issue 15 > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Help (Davecenturytel) > 2. Re: Help (Tom Hayward) > 3. Re: Help (Jim Unroe) > 4. New Daily Build (Build System) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:55:27 -0500 > From: "Davecenturytel" <DWB2808(a)centurytel.net> > Subject: [chirp_users] Help > To: <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <371E50D9532441EDB3CB12A09395745F@david> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have been working with a friend to help him us CHIRP. > > On his computer (windows7) when I click Radio at the top of the screen > opens the pull down window but it does not do anything if I try to click > download. I can not download a file from the radio. > > If I open a file and have on the screen it will not let me upload to the > radio. There is no error message or any indication at all on the screen. > What can I do. > Dave >

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '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-20130717 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #215 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] [px777] Fix tests failing on blank name. Related to #364 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] [px777] add - and space characters. Fixes #364 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [uv5r] Add support for disabling the F-11's VFO/MR button #973

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[chirp_users] Help
by Davecenturytel 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

I have been working with a friend to help him us CHIRP. On his computer (windows7) when I click Radio at the top of the screen opens the pull down window but it does not do anything if I try to click download. I can not download a file from the radio. If I open a file and have on the screen it will not let me upload to the radio. There is no error message or any indication at all on the screen. What can I do. Dave

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[chirp_users] Basic CSV help
by Chris Kantarjiev 13 Jul '13

13 Jul '13

I must be doing something fundamentally wrong. I'm trying for the first time to use make my channel definitions in a CSV file, rather than just using a radio-specific file. I think I have the right format, but CHIRP always tells me "no channels found". I've attached a sample with one channel definition. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! VY 73 de chris K6DBG

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 11 Jul '13

11 Jul '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-20130711 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #214 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-82] Add support for Baofeng UV-82 VHF/UHF transceiver #961 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft8x7] Detect when non-us driver are used to clone us radio Implement feature #957

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[chirp_users] CHIRP - support for ICOM IC-2300H
by Jim MacKenzie 09 Jul '13

09 Jul '13

Hi, I've really been enjoying CHIRP - I started using it a few weeks before I got my callsign in April. It's made programming my HTs and one of my mobile rigs a real pleasure. I've now acquired a couple of mobile rigs - one, an ICOM IC-2100H which CHIRP supports well, and the other, the IC-2300H which it doesn't seem to support at all. What's the process to register interest in getting a radio supported? Obviously since I own it, as well as three other radios that CHIRP does support, I'd be willing to help out in the process if I can. Thanks, Jim / VE5EIS

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[chirp_users] Baofeng BF-777 (480/666/777/888 Series) For Development
by Tom Morris 08 Jul '13

08 Jul '13

Hello everyone. I have a Baofeng 777 single band UHF that I'd like to loan to a developer so Chirp support can be added. Who can I send this along to for CHIRP development? I have the radio, antenna, and charger. The mic on the radio is slightly damaged and distorts TX audio because I kinda bashed it while repairing a loose battery contact inside the unit, but you get clean audio if you plug in a headset (useful for determining if you're properly sending wide or narrowband FM, I guess). Same data cable is used on these that is used on other Baofeng and probably Kenwood HTs. FYI, these are now available shipped with a headset and charger for $17.80 EACH if you order them in a batch of 5 on Amazon. Now I'm really excited to contribute to CHIRP development on them.... that's pretty amazing. :) -- -- Tom Morris, KG4CYX Mad Scientist For Hire Chairman, South Florida Tropical Hamboree / Miami Hamfest Engineer, WRGP Radiate FM, Florida International University 786-228-7087 151.820 Megacycles

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[chirp_users] O/T Cheap clone cable for FT-60 and similar.
by Ronny Julian 07 Jul '13

07 Jul '13

Got this on eBay thinking if it did not work as a clone cable it would be a good pair of packet cables. It DOES work as a clone cable. Nice Yaesu red too! http://www.ebay.com/itm/251210818140

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[chirp_users] FT-60 help please
by Ronny Julian 07 Jul '13

07 Jul '13

I have done quite a bit of reading and trying but it all comes down to Chirp not reading my radio to start. I have it in the Clone mode and I tried pressing PTT to initiate TX also per the manual. I know the cable is good and my COM1 port is available. Does anyone have an FT-60 file I can try uploading to see if it is working there? BTW this is on Windows 7. I tried it on Debian and that seems to have simlar issues. That is a different machine. Thanks! Ronny K4RJJ

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[chirp_users] re earlier a/b question posting
by kf8sj＠aol.com 07 Jul '13

07 Jul '13

thanks a bunch. thought i was misreading something. can't be done my way. 73 jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] uv5r a/b programming.
by kf8sj＠aol.com 07 Jul '13

07 Jul '13

trying to program a/b such that each will be a single different frequency. regadless if i have switch in either position, when i download to radio it programs a//b with same info. what am i missing? 73 jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 06 Jul '13

06 Jul '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-20130706 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #212 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [uv-5r]Add Support for the Baofeng UV-5RAX This radio is 2 meter 220 dual band variation of the UV-5R #767 Changes for Build #213 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix typo in previous commit :( #767 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix UV-5R band selection when no data is loaded Related to #767 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [th-uv3r] Extend Range on TYT TH-UV3R extended range to 136.000 - 520.000 MHz based on ranges shown in user manual #953

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[chirp_users] Modify TYT TH-UV3R Freq Range
by Phil - w2lie 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

Hi, I used the TYT default program to modify the range of my TYT TH-UV3R from the stock config. It was 400 - 470, but I've extended it to 512Mhz. I can now monitor my local UHF-T Fire Departments. I can read and write to the new upper limit using the TYT software, but I would like to use Chirp instead. Is there anyway to tell chirp that the upper limit of the frequency range is now 512Mhz instead of 470Mhz? I looked for an .ini file that would have the radio definitions in there, but I was unable to see one. I'm hoping it is an easy hack within chirp to allow me to write the 'out of band' frequencies into the radio. Thanks 73 Phil / w2lie

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[chirp_users] programming Kenwood TH-F6A
by rolan.clark＠comcast.net 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

Dear all, OBSERVATIONS If the TH–F6A ( and probably others) CHIRP program is working properly, when you click on >Radio>Download from Radio and then OK , I think, you should see a status bar at the bottom of the data screen, right half, with the memories being loaded scrolling by and it will take about 30 seconds to do the 400 memory locations (0 –399) on the TH-F6A. First of all, when the CHIRP download radio data screen comes up be sure there is at least one line of memory displayed by going to row numbers located at the top of what would be memory data, the memory range inputs, and be sure that at least one memory line is there by, say start at 0 and end at 1 then click GO , that should give one line of data with zeros if the radio has no memories stored. At least I think that is what was the case with the TH-F6A I was playing with. I hope the below info on what I have learned by helping a friend to get his Kenwood TH-F6A programming to work will benefit someone in some way. My friend has XP on his computer and thanks to KC9HI , Jim Unroe, and his patience we got it going by loading the driver from the URL. http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Drivers.html Without this driver when running CHIRP and doing the download process the CHIRP data screen would come up but no memories were shown scrolling on the status bar at the bottom right half of the data screen. Just nothing happened, not even an error message. My Dell laptop with Win7 driver worked ok and I believe it’s a Prolific driver. GENERAL COMMENTS Some comments on what I assume the following would be the case with all computers when working properly: I could not export a file unless there was data entered into at least one of the memory locations. My friends TH-F6A had no memories and I thought perhaps if I exported a blank CHIRP data sheet I would have a file to make my own entries then import and it would go to the radio. When I say I could not export a file , I could click on export, give it a name with either the .csv or .chirp file extension, then go through the next steps and all looked ok but a file was not saved. As soon as I entered data in one memory location then the export process worked as one would expect.. I like the ‘live’ memory storage that works like this: click on a memory location and get a blue line and click on edit, then after you enter all the info you want into the window that pops up and click on ok, the info entry window disappears and almost at the same time the screen will ‘flicker’ and the memory info appears on the CHIRP memory data screen and is also sent to the radio and if you disconnect the data programming cable and hit MR for memory recall it will be there ! The fact that you program the radio ‘live’ without having to save and upload to the radio had me confused. In fact I think its true you CAN’T upload as such. If you >file>export the data you have entered then go and call that data up with an editing program , for instance on Xcel if its saves as a .csv file, and make changes to the data and save that file and then go back to the CHIRP program >file>import and click on the same file and when it appears on the CHIRP data screen it also ‘uploads’ changes and all to the radio at the same time. Part of the ‘live’ programming concept I guess. I hope this helps somewhat. I was really confused for a while how the process worked and what the windows message meant on the >Radio>Download from Radio when the process started. The CHIRP program really seems to work nice and to me all programs are confusing until you are familiar with them or write them. I have written intermod programs for tubes and transistors and other applications and programs to test space batteries, controlling all the charge, discharge routines, taking data and displaying data and trying to write instructions that are ‘all emcompassing’ is very difficult, especially with all the different computer motherboard hierarchy out there. Again thanks to Jim for his help, let me know if you find any errors and questions welcome. I hope I explained all good enough to get my ideas across. Your individual experiences can also help others. 73 de rolan w3fdk

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[chirp_users] Anytime 5888 uv
by Jim Pace 04 Jul '13

04 Jul '13

Will CHIRP program this mobile?

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Re: [chirp_users] hello from a new list member
by Marshall 04 Jul '13

04 Jul '13

How fo I get my email unsubscribed? Please take me off the list. Thanks Marshall Bearor N5NQU From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network. -------- Original message -------- From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea(a)arrl.net> Date: 07/03/2013 11:22 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] hello from a new list member By using Vinux, CHIRP is accessible using ORCA screen reader. ORCA has the gtk accessibility module installed in Vinux. CHIRP is not accessible in Windows or Mac, but it is accessible in Linux if the gtk api is installed as it is in Vinux. There are a few bugs with Vinux 4.0 when run from CD, but these do not affect usb or hard drive install. Tony Sales likes Vinux 4.0. 73 David N1EA On Jul 4, 2013 12:12 AM, "eric oyen" <eric.oyen(a)gmail.com> wrote: That still doesn't help with the overall problem (or perhaps it might). The issue I have right now is that I would like to use chirp and can't. Its not the fault of either NVDA (screen reader for windows) or Voiceover (OS X screen reader). It appears to be a problem with the selected interface. I just tried chirp for win32 and all I got was a blank dialog and no access to any drop down menus (especially those that should work with the alt key in windows). OS X was a little better as I was able to at least access the main menus but couldn't select anything in the program itself. This makes chirp a not very useful tool for me (or the thousands of other blind hams in the US). what I would like to do is be able to program any supported radio without visual assistance from anyone else. Since I cannot currently do that, it makes me a bit less useful as a HAM on public service events. This also means that I am forced to wait until I can find a volunteer to help me with some tasks involving my radios. This I don't like at all. anyway, enough of my rant. I do issue this challenge however. I challenge the Author to improve his product. make it accessible for the blind (that is easy to do from a certain point of view). It might be a lot harder for windows than for OS X. I will give Vinux a try (again). ever since their primary developer left, it hasn't quite been the same (and some things got a bit more broken). -eric n7zzt On Jul 3, 2013, at 8:52 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: Eric, Download Vinux which is Linux for the Visually impaired from www.vinuxproject.org It will boot from DVD or installed on USB stick or installed alongside windows on hard drive. I use it all the time, or about 90% of the time, Windows about 10%. Linux does everything and much easier than Windows. 73 David N1EA On Jul 3, 2013 11:41 AM, "Dan Smith" <dsmith(a)danplanet.com> wrote: > the first one is solvable by adding some accessibility features > (python has some and apple published the API for voiceover). I am not > a coder, so I can't tell how difficult this will be. The detail you're probably not aware of is that CHIRP uses a cross-platform UI toolkit called GTK. This makes it invisible to screen readers on both Windows and MacOS, which only support reading for their native widgets. It works just fine on Linux, of course, but that doesn't help you. Unfortunately, there is not much we can do for you here. It's not feasible to have a volunteer-run application project that supports all three platforms' UI toolkits natively, and especially one that moves at the speed that CHIRP does. -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

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[chirp_users] hello from a new list member
by eric oyen 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

hello there. I am Eric and I am a blind ham. I ran across the software while trying to reprogram my PX-777. I found 2 issues with the program: 1. its only partially accessible under voiceover (Mac OS X) 2. it doesn't seem to work with my PX-777. the first one is solvable by adding some accessibility features (python has some and apple published the API for voiceover). I am not a coder, so I can't tell how difficult this will be. The second issue (which is actually the more important of the 2) is getting it to work with my Puxing px-777. So far as I know, that radio is not yet supported. Also, since I am on a limited income, sending my radio out just for Development work is more costly than I can afford. If the radio gets bricked, I am out the cost of the radio (and shipping). If it gets lost, same thing plus time arguing with the delivery agent. Still, I would like this radio to be supported in such a way as to make it easy for me to program. any ideas? -eric n7zzt

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[chirp_users] programming a kenwood thf6a
by LeonardKeepers 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

hello group i had a ham friend come over to my house today to try and program my thf6a hand held. he used his laptop computer with wndows 7. when he tried to read from the radio the following appeared ( the kenwood thf6 operates in live mode.this means that any changes made are immediately sent to the radio.because of this you cannot peform the save or uplaod operations. if you want to edit the contents off line please export to a csv file using the file menu). my friend and i could not figure out what this means. i could not get this to appear on my windows xp machine using chirp.i am still uisng the wouxum usb programming cable. would anyone know what this is saying about the thf6 radio. thank you Leonard

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[chirp_users] "Could not open port COM5 (Error 2)”
by Pete Hubbard 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

New Chirp user: I have a Baofeng UV-5r+Plus; Build # BFB293 While attempting to load the new driver, I got a msg that “… Microsoft determined that the current driver is up-to-date.” While trying to "Download from radio", I get an error pop-up that says "Could not open port COM5 (Error 2)”. My Device Manger says the cable is in COM 5. Any suggestions where I should investigate? Pete

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 30 Jun '13

30 Jun '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-20130630 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #211 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Disable KG-818 file detection (for now) Right now, CHIRP can't tell the difference between a KG-816 and a KG-818, which means it detects both types of files as the same. This patch makes the 818 not detectable to make it consistent (at least) until the problem can really be resolved properly. Fallout from #356

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[chirp_users] CHIRP Download to Baofeng Radio
by Bill Kearney 29 Jun '13

29 Jun '13

I have a CHIRP download from my Wouxun KG UVD1P radio. I want to upload that data to a Baofeng UV-B5 radio so that I do not have to manually enter information about approximately 100 sites. Can an upload be done to my radio and, if so, how? Thanks.

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '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-20130627 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #210 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft8x7] pad labels with blanks the bug seems to be limited to a few production lot of ft857d but padding is safe for all radios in ft8x7 family and it can avoid future problems Fix #937

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[chirp_users] Reading!
by Jim Beattie 26 Jun '13

26 Jun '13

I wish respondents would read and head the header on each list email where it states, *quote*: When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: chirp_users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 18 KF5HRF Jim

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 26 Jun '13

26 Jun '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-20130626 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #209 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [kg-uvd1p] support new production radio (units purchased after 2/1/13) implement #935

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[chirp_users] Thanks; 857D fixed
by Timothy Buchanan 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

Thanks for the prompt responses from Marco and Robert. They are correct; I didn't scroll down far enough initially for the US model (stupid me). I was able to recover my freqs however, by converting the file to cvs, downloading the blank list from the radio, importing the freqs from cvs and, after a bit of tweaking, uploaded them back to the radio. Alles gut. Timothy Buchanan (Buck) Money is not wealth. Money may be exchanged for wealth, or money may be exchanged for capital, which produces wealth. But money, itself, is not wealth.

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[chirp_users] Help requested for Yaesu 857D
by Timothy Buchanan 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

Following the wiki procedure, I put my 857D in clone mode, set Chirp to download from radio, then pressed the send button on the 857D. It showed sending and the Chirp window populated. The 857D then showed error. I shut it down, then repowered, and all seemed ok. I made a few edits to the .img file in Chirp. Then, again following the wiki, I put the 857D into clone receive and hit upload on Chirp. The clone window completed, then the 857D immediately, without intervention, went into clone sending mode and froze there. Eventually I shut down and repowered, to find that all memories had vanished, along with all other settings (mike select, etc). In short, a hard reset back to factory defaults. Not what I wanted at all. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a fix? Thanks for any help. Timothy Buchanan (Buck) "Time is our only resource, humor our only defense."

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 18
by KG4RUL 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

I don't see why this is a problem. I make it a practice to always read from any radio I am going to program. It assures me that the programming interface is functional. On 6/24/2013 3:00 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. TH-6 vs Baofeng (Mike Morrow) > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

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[chirp_users] TH-6 vs Baofeng
by Mike Morrow 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Beofeng is an .img (image) type radio. It is completely unclear in the documentation for new users that you MUST do a download first. The authors claim it is clear except that they don't tell you what radios need it and what to do to create it. Oh, well, clear to some I guess. The TH-F6 is a live radio. You let it populate and then make changes. Menu #9 is the one to change the function of the speaker/mic sockets. It has 3 choices. All obvious. I have both and they operate completely different with the same program. Nice program! Mike/W6XXX

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