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[chirp_users] Exporting D72 memories never finishes
by Sander Pool 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Hi, I did some editing of my D72 memory, unplugged the radio and attempted to export the stations to csv so I can re-import into my D710. The problem is that the 'Preparing memory list' phase never ends. This is on an i7 based laptop so it shouldn't be a performance issue. I have perhaps 100 of the 1000 memories set, spread over the 10 banks. Any ideas? 73, Sander W1SOP

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[chirp_users] Help request: Chirp does not start
by Federico Martini 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Hi everyone. Just enrolled the list seeking for help. I tried to install Chirp on my old notebook running XP. Installation OK. When I launch the program I get the following error message: > ------------------ > C:\Program Files\CHIRP\chirpw.exe > This application has failed to start because che application > configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this > problem. > (OK) > ---------------- I tried to de-install, to install the older version, to install again without de-installing, etc.. but no avail. Maybe it is a simple issue, but by myself I cannot find the way to solve the problem. Many thanks in advance, --Federico, IK0ADR in Rome, Italy

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[chirp_users] Fwd: Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 31 May '12

31 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120531 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120531-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Fedora users who have upgraded to Fedora Core version 17 (fc17), Fedora Core version 17 RPMs for CHIRP and D-RATS may be found at: http://n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/17/ Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 31 May '12

31 May '12

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-20120531 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #86 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Extend upper UHF range to 512MHz The UV5R community claims the radio can (at least) receive this high without any trouble and so we should support it, as long as the radio can tune there. Fixes #192

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 30 May '12

30 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120530 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120530-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Fedora users: Fedora Core version 17 (fc17) was released yesterday. Fedora Core version 17 RPMs for CHIRP and D-RATS may be found at: http://n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/17/ Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 30 May '12

30 May '12

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-20120530 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #85 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] repeaterbook: Add Canadian provinces. #191 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] fips: Pennsylvania FIPS code was wrong. #117 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] Make UI hide the correct field if has_rx_dtcs needed to follow improvement from Feature #100 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] Make import logic behave correctly with new rx_dtcs field needed to follow improvement from Feature #100 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [wouxun] Fix previous patch's valid_characters Still somewhat related to #53 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [wouxun] Fix CHARSET to include - but not ' ' and valid_characters too Related to #53

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Re: [chirp_users] Can't write FT-2800M
by José Luis Artuch 29 May '12

29 May '12

I suspect not, this interface does not work well with ft-2800m ... I make the following connections: RJ-12 connector (FT-2800M) TS connector 3.5 mm (interface for FTH-2009, FTL-2011, VX-200, etc.) Pin 1 PTT/CLONE <------------> Tip Pin 3 GND <--------------------> Sleeve It worked well to read but not to write. Reading http://www.g4hfq.co.uk/links.html and http://www.g4hfq.co.uk/download/g4tic.pdf, I think the problem may be in the interface. Bas Helman (G4TIC) says "... So far I have tried three circuits one with no success another with partial success (it communicated in one direction only) and the one documented here with complete success. ...". Maybe I should build the interface G4TIC suggests to try again. Thank you Dan !! El mar, 29-05-2012 a las 12:00 -0700, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com escribió: > 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. RepeaterBook (Dave Marzetti) > 2. Re: RepeaterBook (Dan Smith) > 3. New Daily Build (Build System) > 4. Can't write FT-2800M (Jos? Luis Artuch) > 5. Re: Can't write FT-2800M (Dan Smith) > 6. Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now > available (Mike Heitmann) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 16:18:55 -0400 > From: "Dave Marzetti" <ve3slm(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: [chirp_users] RepeaterBook > To: <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <86C40D4EFACF43F8878FD58BB8B72267@davenewxpdt> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > When I try to use the Repeaterbook option, the list of states is limited to only US states whereas their web access also > includes Canada. Is this limitation in the access afforded external programs or is it something internal to CHIRP? > > If it is internal, could the access be changed to include the Canadian provinces as well, please? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 15:27:20 -0700 > From: Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] RepeaterBook > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: <4FC3FBC8.4030705(a)danplanet.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > If it is internal, could the access be changed to include the > > Canadian provinces as well, please? > > Please file the request in an issue on the website and then someone will > look at it. > > Thanks! > > -- > Dan Smith > www.danplanet.com > KK7DS > >

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 29 May '12

29 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120529 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120529-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Fedora users should be aware that Fedora Core version 17 (fc17) is about to be released. Fedora Core version 17 RPMs for CHIRP and D-RATS may be found at: http://n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/17/ Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] Can't write FT-2800M
by José Luis Artuch 29 May '12

29 May '12

Hello !! I use Debian 6 (squeeze) and I'm trying to program a Yaesu FT-2800M. I read it, but when I try to write it, this tells me "ERR 15". I have done several tests (including Windows XP). I use the same interface with which I program the handys FTH-2009 and VX-200. Can anyone help me ?. Thank you very much !! zenbaki LU6ENY

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 29 May '12

29 May '12

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-20120529 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #84 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Add DTCS code 645 and allow selecting extra codes in UI Fixes #189

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[chirp_users] RepeaterBook
by Dave Marzetti 28 May '12

28 May '12

When I try to use the Repeaterbook option, the list of states is limited to only US states whereas their web access also includes Canada. Is this limitation in the access afforded external programs or is it something internal to CHIRP? If it is internal, could the access be changed to include the Canadian provinces as well, please?

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 28 May '12

28 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120528 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120528-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Fedora users should be aware that Fedora Core version 17 (fc17) is about to be released. Fedora Core version 17 RPMs for CHIRP and D-RATS may be found at: http://n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/17/ Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] Chirp - Yaesu FT-987D
by D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 28 May '12

28 May '12

Hello, I tried Chirp both for Windows XP and for Linux / Ubuntu. Since the version in the PPA for ham radio in Ubuntu is not the latest, I installed from the compressed file on the chrip web downloads page. I also downloaded and installed the Windows exe and installed it on the same laptop - dual booting into Windows XP or Ubuntu Precise. I am using a G4ZIP dual usb interface - it does CAT and Sound Card modes. In Windows it uses COM4 and under Linux it uses /dev/ttyUSB1 although /dev/ttyUSB0 is also available but I think that's the external sound card in the G4ZIP interface. Both versions don't list the Yaesu FT-897 so I used the Yaesu FT-857 US Version instead. I tried the Linux version - no luck downloading - I got the error was expecting 4 something and received 0 error message. I noticed I could set to ;/dev/ttyUSB0 or USB1 but I could NOT set the baud rate which is 38,400. In Linux I looked at the devices: ls /dev/ttyUS? -l I saw they belonged the group dialout so I added my username to group dialout using sudo adduser username dialout and logged my user out and rebooted the system. No luck. I tried putting the FT897 into memory mode when starting, and I tried leaving it in VFO mode. Is there something I'm missing? 73 David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA <http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/> SOWP <http://www.sowp.org/>, VWOA <http://www.vwoa.org/>, OOTC<http://www.ootc.us/>, FISTS <http://www.fists.co.uk/>, CW-Ops <http://www.cwops.org/>, CFO<http://groups.google.com/group/Chicken-Fat-Operators-Club?hl=en>, A1-OP <http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op>, ex-FOC 1271 ARRL-LM<http://www.arrl.org/> Chat Skype: djringjr MSN: djringjr(a)msn.com AIM: N1EA icq: 27380609 Radio-Officers Google Group<http://groups.google.com/group/radio-officers?hl=en>-- Marine Morse Historic Recordings Page <http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/>

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 28 May '12

28 May '12

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-20120528 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #83 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] Make test more smart on tone and dtcs usage needed to follow improvement from Feature #100 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [KG-UVD1P] Add support for DTCS->DTCS tone cross mode side effect of UI improvement from Feature #100 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Add Dtcs cross modes support and other tones related features last part of Feature #100 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] Add rx_dtcs and additional tone/dtcs modes support in UI needed for Feature #100 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [KG-UV6D/X] Add some radio settings feature #53 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [KG-UV6X] Correct frequency ranges feature #53 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [KG-UV6D/X] Initial support implements feature #53 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [wouxun] Add RadioSetting for Menu Available toggle Related to #53

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[chirp_users] FT-7900
by Scott Currie 27 May '12

27 May '12

Hi All, I have been assisting new Hams with programming their radios, and have had good success using Chirp, however today I ran into a problem with a FT-7900r, which I believe is supported. When attempt to download from radio, I select Yaesu, but there is no FT-7900 available in the model pull down. Am I missing something here? -Scott

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[chirp_users] Daily Build
by William Liporace - WC2L 24 May '12

24 May '12

I installed the stable version, then wanted to add the daily build. When I followed the instructions, "sudo apt-get update". I get the following messages: W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/dansmith/chirp-snapshots/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/ source/Sources 404 Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/dansmith/chirp-snapshots/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/ binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found What did I do wrong? Will WC2L

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[chirp_users] Bank control fro Yaesu radios
by Sonny Hughes 24 May '12

24 May '12

Hello, I currently have 3 radios an FT-2900 (which doesn't appear to be supported at all) a 7900 (which might work as a 7800 but haven't tried) and an FT-60R which works great except for bank assignments. Picking through the Chirp_devel and users sites it seems that Chirp supports bank operations for some radios but I haven't been able to tell which ones. Can someone point me to a list? Thanks! -- Ralph (Sonny) Hughes, CISSP, CSSLP, PMP Prattville, AL --------------------------------------------------------------- Oderint dum metuant -Lucius Accius

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 24 May '12

24 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120524 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120524-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 24 May '12

24 May '12

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-20120524 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #82 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Remove some debug added in patches for #178 and #183 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [thuv3r] Add skip support Related to #178

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[chirp_users] Invalid link in About dialog in Windows 7
by Boris Korzun 23 May '12

23 May '12

There's a link in the About CHIRP dialog - http://chirp.danplanet.com It doesn't work in the Windows 7. It's occuring the message: Could not show link / No application is registered as handling this file. But the Windows 7 opens http://chirp.danplanet.com (ex. via Run dialog) successful.

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 23 May '12

23 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120523 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120523-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 23 May '12

23 May '12

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-20120523 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #81 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [px777] Fix a few special name characters Related to #183 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] Consider lower bound frequency of each valid_band as valid Fix bug #181 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT8x7] Support for attenuator flag Demonstration for #165 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [tests] Add test image for TH-UV3R [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [thuv3r] Fix TYT TH-UV3R used/empty flag setting and expand memory channels out to the radio's limit of 128. Related to #178 [Jeremy McDermond <mcdermj(a)xenotropic.com>] Add support for Icom IC-746 Fixes #184

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 22 May '12

22 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120522 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120522-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 22 May '12

22 May '12

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-20120522 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #80 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] tmd700: allow 8-char names. Fixes #176 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add preliminary support for TYT TH-UV3R #178 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [bitwise] Actually make ul24 work and enable ul32 which is implemented, but not in the grammar. Related to #178 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [bitwise] Add ul24 data type Related to #178

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 17 May '12

17 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120517 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120517-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 17 May '12

17 May '12

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-20120517 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #79 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add stock config for NOAA channels Closes #173 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix the "blind deletion" problem, as well as properly direct copy/paste Fixes #172

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Re: [chirp_users] Yaesu VX6R
by Dan Smith 16 May '12

16 May '12

> Ummm, "image with some known bank information"? If I use another software > package I can see bank info columns. If I try to download the radio image > using chirp then it stops at the skip column. The other columns past that > are not showing up at all. What I need you (or someone with a vx6) to do is, on your radio, program some memories into banks and then download an image. Create an issue on the website, attach your image and tell me what memories are in which banks (i.e. memory 1 in bank 1 and 2, memory 2 in bank 3, etc.) -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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[chirp_users] Motorola Radius M214
by Walter Runck 15 May '12

15 May '12

I have a bunch of old Motorola mobiles I would like to repurpose for 2M ham and marine band use. Any chance Chirp can handle these radios? I can provide one if that helps. Thanks, Walter

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[chirp_users] Problem with upload to radio
by Gallizzi, Bruno A (Services) 15 May '12

15 May '12

when uploading to radio the box which has the comport ,maker of radio,model in the model box it says csv in gray out so it never loads into the radio any thing im doing wrong? any help appreciated

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 15 May '12

15 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120515 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120515-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 15 May '12

15 May '12

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-20120515 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #78 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Fixed cross tone usage with UI columns DTCS not tested in cross yet, will test when we'll have second dtcs column part of Feature #100

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[chirp_users] TS-2000
by Tom Wilson 14 May '12

14 May '12

Hi, all. I'm wondering if there's been any work on Chirp for the Kenwood TS-2000 radio. I picked one up recently, and due to the general lack of decent software, I had a hard time getting it programmed the way I like it. I finally resorted to writing a VB program to import a CSV file from the HMK format output by my TM-V71 programming software. Not long after I got this radio, I discovered Chirp, but I'm kind of surprised the TS-2000 isn't in Chirp's list of supported radios. On the bright side, my TM-V71 and my KG-UV3D are on the list, so if I can get the TS2K up and running, I could manage almost all of my radios from one program. (I also use an ICom IC-R6 receiver for t-hunting and general coverage monitoring.) Does anyone else using this software also use a TS-2000? I'm wondering how much interest there might be in adding a module to program my radio. While I'm an experienced programmer, I don't know Python at all. However, programming the TS2K is pretty similar to other Kenwood radios - and the TM-V71 is already in the list. If anyone can give me any tips on how to create a new data module based on the V71, I'd love to help expand the range of what Chirp can do. Thanks -Tom -- Tom Wilson wilsontp(a)gmail.com (619)940-6311 KI6ABZ

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[chirp_users] tone settings
by Toby Wintermute 14 May '12

14 May '12

Hi, I couldn't find documentation explaining how the "Cross tone" option works. I'm guessing it's to set TX CT and RX DCS, or TX CT and RX none, or other combinations, but I wasn't sure which way around it all goes. Could you point me to the info? Thanks, Toby -- Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart; the center cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 11 May '12

11 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120511 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120511-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 11 May '12

11 May '12

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-20120511 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #77 [David Griffith <dave(a)661.org>] Bug #155 fix: VX-7 1.25m power levels [David Griffith <dave(a)661.org>] New INSTALL and README files Fixes #122

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 10 May '12

10 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120510 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120510-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 10 May '12

10 May '12

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-20120510 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #75 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add memory detail editor This adds an "Edit" option to the right-click context menu for a memory, which opens a dialog window allowing somewhat easier atomic editing of a memory's values. I think this will provide an easier way to expose some more complicated and radio-specific features of the memory objects, such as split tones and perhaps even D-STAR attributes. Right now, it exposes any Memory.extra features after the default properties of a memory, which will cause the window to grow unbounded. This may be resolved with a ScrolledWindow, or my favorite: tabs. Also note that the Memory.extra object is expected to be a flat single-level RadioSettingGroup right now. Mostly addresses #165 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] The beginning of extra per-memory settings for FT-817 I used this because it's a good example of a radio with some of the other stuff already decoded, but unused. Demonstration for #165 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add per-memory extra settings These are exposed as a RadioSettingGroup, borrowing that from the radio-wide settings object model. If a memory has no extra settings, the default value is an empty list so that users can iterate that implictly. Related to #165 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Move special channels to the RadioFeatures object to match the current way of doing things (and more importantly, the previous patch). Related to #165 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Move ValidateMemory() to RadioFeatures, which is where it really belongs, but leave linkage in Radio. Related to #165 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add a non-rendered column to the end of the bank membership TreeView This absorbs any space left on the line, and effectively reverts r1606. Also, allow resizing the columns. Fixes #164 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Don't hide Tone column when TSQL is selected on non-has_ctone radios #93 Changes for Build #76 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [tests] Don't expect the radio to return the same cross_mode ...if tmode is not "Cross" #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix a bug in the recent IC9x special memory change Related to #165 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] thd72: only use hardware flow on OS X. Fixes #166

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[chirp_users] Help Again Please
by Barry Winters 09 May '12

09 May '12

I recently asked for help in getting CHIRP running on my MacBook with a Kenwood TH-D72, and received great assistance and made it work. Now I am trying to get the same radio to connect with a Windows 7 64bit installation, and I can't get squat. The system is connecting perfectly to the Kenwood software. I have tried the 2.2 install and I have tried copying the latest daily build to the CHIRP directory. In each case when I do download from radio, nothing happens. Screen stays empty inside the CHIRP window. I have to shut down CHIRP before I can try again. Please help this old nerd before he drowns himself in Dead Guy ale to escape the pain. 73 de K7BAW Barry Winters barry(a)k7baw.us

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[chirp_users] ctcss tones written wrong? (ft-817nd)
by ag6eb＠limpoc.com 09 May '12

09 May '12

Hi, I've just gotten a FT-817nd and started playing around with it using Chirp. Everything is looking great except one problem. It looks like if I create a memory entry with a CTCSS tone setting and it is written to a previously empty channel, when looking at that channel on the radio I will see a random 16 bit number (ie, 26654) instead of a formatted tone value (like "77.0"). (they don't appear to match; three channels all set to a 100.0hz tone will show three different random-looking numbers on the radio.) It does not transmit a correct CTCSS tone. There don't appear to be any other data errors. If I overwrite the value using the radio, it then works fine. If I clone the radio to Chirp and then write it back immediately, the values are all still good, but I don't know if this is because it already contains valid contents or because i'm now writing valid contents. Fwiw I am using debian linux and the daily build package from the apt repo, but the same thing appears to happen with the 0.2.2 tarball from the site. Further info: it is a recent-ish US model that's been MARS modded (no special channels) and thus I am using the "FT-817ND (Intl versions)" instead of the US version hardware type. Anyway, I'm happy to try any suggested experiments or provide any further info if it would help. I also have a paid copy of FTBasicMMO which does write tones correctly, for comparison, but i'd much prefer to keep using chirp. thanks for a fine piece of software! eric

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[chirp_users] VX-7r: odd memory group behavior
by David Griffith 08 May '12

08 May '12

I'm not sure if this is an oddity of the Yaesu VX-7r or of Chirp. Suppose I program my radio with Chirp to have a block of frequencies in MG1 and another block in MG2. When this is written to the radio, then I should be able to press MONF+9 to get to the Special Memory menu, turn the knob to "MR Group" and press PTT and select the block I want to monitor. Instead I get a double beep telling me I can't do that. However, if I assign some memory slot to a memory group from the radio's keypad, THEN I am able to select "MR Group" and monitor the group I want. Since this happens only after cloning from Chirp, I'm inclined to believe this is a bug in Chirp. I am currently working around this by leaving memory slot 1 unassigned. After I program the radio, I then manually assign slot 1 to memory group 1. Has anyone else with a VX-7r noticed this behavior? -- David Griffith dave(a)661.org

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 41, Issue 5
by Robin 08 May '12

08 May '12

Got it!!! Thank you Dan! Now I can take this HT and the laptop to the club meeting and ask how they are setting radios up. No one else had Ubuntu, or CHIRP running. Robin

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[chirp_users] Help Again Please
by Barry Winters 08 May '12

08 May '12

Yes, the software is seeing the comm port. When I click on the OK to download from the radio, the radio shows no activity on its screen. When I use the Kenwood software or the RT Systems software, the radio screen shows that the radio is sending data, and the radio's programming is loaded into the software. I have also updated the SI software to 6.5. It appears to be that the software and the radio are not communicating---like the radio doesn't see/hear the software. Any suggestions glady accepted and tried. 73 de K7BAW Barry Winters barry(a)k7baw.us

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[chirp_users] ascutney@gmail.com
by Kenneth Domey 07 May '12

07 May '12

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 41, Issue 4
by Robin 07 May '12

07 May '12

I am new to Ubuntu, CHIRP, and last fall got ticket to tech and general at first sitting. I have the Wouxun that is listed as supported. I am not sure how to run CHIRP. When I found the file that appears to open it all I get is a blank screen. I must be doing something wrong or missing a few steps. When Vista corrupted laptop I learned Ubuntu and recently upgraded it to Precise. Where should I begin? Thank you. Robin

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 07 May '12

07 May '12

All, Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don''t see it, open a terminal window and enter: yum update chirp-daily_20120507 Or: yum update chirp-daily_20120507-1.fc16 That should install the latest daily build. For those who don''t wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… Happy Testing, Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 07 May '12

07 May '12

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-20120507 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #74 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Fix displaying invalid characters According to #161, the UV-5R software will insert a 0xFF byte in the name if it doesn't like the character you inserted. The radio displays this as a space, and thus we need to do the same. Fixes #161. [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the bank membership editor choose a better column to be the expander than taking the default last one. Fixes: #162 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT817] Tone freq not set correctly Same as #88 for FT857, to avoid code duplication fix code have been moved from ft857 to its ancestor class Fix bug #163 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix remaining pylint *errors* in the chirp module Related to #159

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[chirp_users] FT8800R problem when overwriting previously stored out of band frequencies
by Ray Smoot 06 May '12

06 May '12

I recently obtained a used Yaesu FT-8800R that had been used by a Ham that was involved in CERT and other public services. He was also a police officer and had lots of local municipal frequencies stored. I read the radio, then overwrote any out of band entries with local 2M or 440 MHz repeaters. Any changed entries previously in those ham bands worked fine (except for the skip feature being ignored). All of the entries in the 138 MHz range, that I overwrote with repeater frequencies, did not receive properly. The display showed the correct info but the receive was garbled. If I entered the same info manually, that memory location then received properly. I was wondering if CHIRP fails to change some mode setting such as AM? N4KJA

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[chirp_users] Total Confusion
by Geoffrey K. Phillips 04 May '12

04 May '12

I have just started using Chirp with my brand new Baufeng radio. I am using a TYT usb cable with a suitable adapter routine, which sets up COM4. Communication with the radio seems fine. I can upload and download. However, I am having a terrible time trying to get a list input to Chirp. I have tried importing .tpe files, and get errors relating to difficulty with some floating point numbers. I have tried with .csv files made with excel and get errors saying there are no channels. I have even made changes to the data in an .img file (XML), and get told it's an invalid format. Also I am not sure that I really understand what all the columns are in the main display. Please what am I doing wrong? I would love to know. And is there any documentation available? I sure can't find any. Thank you for your help. Geoffrey. Geofrey K. Phillips gphillips13(a)centurylink.net WD4LYO

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[chirp_users] Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build now available
by Mike Heitmann 04 May '12

04 May '12

> All, > Fedora Linux RPMs for the latest chirp-daily build are now available in the KK7DS Ham-Apps yum repository. To add the repository as a software source, please follow these instructions: > http://www.d-rats.com/component/content/article/30-d-rats-yum-repository/ > > I know it says d-rats, the chirp files are in the same repository. > > After setting up the repository, open the "Add/Remove Software" tool and go to "software sources" under the system menu. Make sure the "KK7DS Ham Apps Beta Software" line is checked (enabled). > > For some reason, the Fedora package manager likes the beta versions better that the daily builds, so you may not see the daily release in the list the first time you update. If you don't see it, open a terminal window and enter: > yum update chirp-daily_20120504 > Or: > yum update chirp-daily_20120504-1.fc16 > > That should install the latest daily build. > > For those who don't wish to use the repository but still want the RPM (binary or source), please look here: > http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/noarch/chirp-daily_201… > http://ham.n0so.net/fileadmin/ham/apps/rpm/fedora/16/SRPMS/chirp-daily_2012… > > Happy Testing, > > Mike, N0SO

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 04 May '12

04 May '12

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-20120504 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #73 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [vxa700] Increase the read timeout during download Related to #120

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-3R: What do you think?
by rob.rosengard＠rosengardfamily.com 03 May '12

03 May '12

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 03 May '12

03 May '12

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-20120503 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #71 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [VX7] Add support for available cross tones feature #158 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [VX7] Init correctly valid flag fix Bug #157 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] A first round of fixes to make pylint happy These are confined to the chirp/ module, excluding bitwise. #159 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add a pylintrc file #93 Changes for Build #72 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT817] Support for PMS special memories to avoid code duplication PMS memories functions have been moved from ft857 to its ancestor class Feature #154 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Don't complain during get memory if current txtone is out of range part of Feature #100 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Support for cross tones part of Feature #100 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT817-857] reduce pylint to silence In support of #159 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix a bug introduced in the first pylint patch Related to #159

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 40, Issue 30
by Charles Cassidy 29 Apr '12

29 Apr '12

Hi Dan, My apologies for the lack of detail. 1. Windows XP 2. Tried "Device Manager" to make sure I had the correct com port selected. A couple of times, it would show "Com 3" for example when it really was on Com 4 according to device manager. Just making sure I didn't have a Com Port selection problem. 3. First, I installed the driver from the Chinese USB cable supplier, which says it is a "Prolific"2303 All-In-One" Then tried Woxun's "Windows "USB Driver for XP" with the same result, and finally Woxun's "When All Else Fails" driver. 5. Not sure where to find the debug log. Excuse my ignorance. Chuck Same error message each time. On 4/28/2012 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. Baofeng UV-5R Com Problem (Charles Cassidy) > 2. Re: Baofeng UV-5R Com Problem (Dan Smith) > 3. New Daily Build (Build System) > 4. Re: New Daily Build (Mike Heitmann) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:01:25 -0700 > From: Charles Cassidy<cactusch(a)earthlink.net> > Subject: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Com Problem > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID:<4F9B1735.90809(a)earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I have Chirp installed, and a USB-Baofeng cable from China (where > else?). In spite of trying several drivers and com ports, I always > receive a "Radio did not ACK first command" (or similar) from the > software. Help, please! I've looked through the FAQ's, etc. and find > nothing. > > Chuck > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:17:08 -0700 > From: Dan Smith<dsmith(a)danplanet.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Com Problem > To: Discussion of CHIRP<chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID:<4F9B1AE4.6080309(a)danplanet.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> I have Chirp installed, and a USB-Baofeng cable from China (where >> else?). In spite of trying several drivers and com ports, I always >> receive a "Radio did not ACK first command" (or similar) from the >> software. Help, please! I've looked through the FAQ's, etc. and find >> nothing. > We'll need more detail about: > > 1. Which drivers > 2. What you mean by "several ... com ports" > 3. What OS you're on > 4. What version of chirp you're running > 5. Your debug log > > ...basically everything that is mentioned in the "how to report issues" > page on the website. >

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 28 Apr '12

28 Apr '12

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-20120428 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #70 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Fix VFO special memories regression Fixes bug #152

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R Com Problem
by Charles Cassidy 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

I have Chirp installed, and a USB-Baofeng cable from China (where else?). In spite of trying several drivers and com ports, I always receive a "Radio did not ACK first command" (or similar) from the software. Help, please! I've looked through the FAQ's, etc. and find nothing. Chuck

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

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-20120427 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #69 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [vxa700] Fix showing memory tag, transmitting, etc This decodes few more bits of the channel, namely the one that controls showing the alpha tag and something related to making the channel transmit. Related to #120

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[chirp_users] Thank You KD7LXL
by Barry Winters 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

Thank you Tom KD7LXL, the daily build app and the specific selection of the Th-72 worked perfectly. I appreciate the fast response, and now one more thing I can do on Lion without Parallels and Windows. 73 de K7BAW Barry Winters barry(a)k7baw.us

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[chirp_users] Question of radio support - Yaesu VX-1 and FT-1900
by joel d 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

Just found your excellent software and have it working fine with my Baofeng UV-5R and Yaesu FT-60. I am thinking I need to try programming these via my Linux box as the cables require different versions of Windows Proxima USB/COM drivers. My questions are: Is there a plan to add/support Yaesu VX-1 HT? Is there a plan to add/support Yaesu FT-1900 mobile? Has anyone tried the VX-3 and FT-2800 CHIRP setups with the VX-1 and FT-1900 respectively? Thank you again for a great piece of open source code! Joel N1KRL

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

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-20120426 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #68 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Fix PMS memories used/filled bits indexing Fixes second part of #131 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix RadioReference and RFinder feature flags This makes import able to do its job properly, as well as make the UI properly display the necessary columns. Fixes #148 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Allow editing name and comment in import dialog. Feature #150 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Allow choosing range in RFinder query Fixes #146 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix importing from sources with less than 50 memories Fixes #149

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[chirp_users] Kenwood DH-72 & Mac OS X
by Barry Winters 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Just wondering if anyone has been successful in getting the DH-72 to connect to CHIRP running on a MAC OS X Lion? Got software installed, Silicon Express drivers for the Mac also installed, BUT when I try to download from radio it comes back with message "No response from radio". Any suggestions or guidance gratefully accepted. 73 de K7BAW Barry Winters barry(a)k7baw.us

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Re: [chirp_users] RadioReference.com import in Chirp
by Ken Kwasniewski 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Hi Tom, I get the following - Server raised fault: 'Invalid County ID' - when attempting download info from RR.com. Yes, I am a premium subscriber. The particular zip code I am using is 60185. Any ideas? Thanks, Ken

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

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-20120424 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #67 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [vxa700] Finish decoding the (printable) character set Fixes #147 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Add stock config for EU LPD and PMR channels. Feature #143 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Fix Mac .app so paths with spaces work. Fixes Bug #145

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 40, Issue 25
by Harold Martin 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Tom, I just had the app in the main Applications folder. I did download the newest build from 4/20/12 and I had to rename the app itself as there was a space in the file name (chirp-0.2.2 2). I got the app to open but now I'm having issues with my radio being recognized. It's a Yaesu FT-60R so I know I have to have the Clone mode on but for some reason the Macbook isn't recognizing anything plugged in to the USB cable. Not sure what to do about that one. Any ideas? Thanks again. -Harold N0HEM Did you happen to put the .app in a directory containing spaces? If > so, you might be experiencing this known issue: > http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/145 I just fixed it, so try > tomorrow's daily build and let me know if your issue persists. > > Tom KD7LXL >

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[chirp_users] Fwd: FT-450D
by David 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: FT-450D Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:57:08 +1000 From: David <djmunn(a)bigpond.com> To: chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Hi Dan...is there any possibility of the FT-450D being included in your excellent software.. I received a week ago a new FT-450D rig which is very nice to operate on digi modes..while there is cat control software available for it on Linux there is none for memory programming on Linux only Windows 73 David VK4BDJ

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[chirp_users] do my HT radios have support?
by Douglas S. Basberg 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

I see that my Baofeng UV-5R is covered in current beta software, but I did not find any support for my Quansheng TG-UV2. Am I correct that the UV-5R is currently being added and the TG-UV2 is not yet supported? I would be interested in knowing what the status for each is. BTW, my shack radio is the Yaesu FT-857d, so I am very interested in the CHIRP project. My best wishes to all developers! The CHIRP software does something that benefits a lot of radio amateurs like myself. A program that attempts to support so many radios in one program is an excellent idea and a valuable tool. I will be glad to donate for such an effort! 73, Doug, N8VY

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[chirp_users] rfinder range from central point
by Michael Walker 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Is there anyway to expand the range of repeaters when requesting them from Rfinder (as in a great radius)? Also, I guess it isn't being supported any more. I emailed the author regarding some changes and I have yet to hear back from him. Mike va3mw

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[chirp_users] Mac OSX Issues
by Harold Martin 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

So I decided to try CHIRP on my Macbook. Running OSX 10.6. I installed the KK7DS Python runtime but if I try to open CHIRP the icon appears on my dock for a second then disappears and nothing ever opens. Any attempts to open it after that first attempt result in nothing not even a dock icon bouncing. Any ideas? Thanks. -Harold (N0HEM)

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[chirp_users] Chirp 2.2 won't launch of folder name contains a space
by Anthony Compton 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

OK I hope this does not end up being a duplicate post. I figured out that CHIRP won't open if the app is located in a folder that has spaces in the name. Re-named my folder to Amateur and it's working again. Anthony AE7HS On Apr 20, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Anthony Compton wrote: > Since upgrading to CHIRP 2.2 I am seeing strange behavior launching the app on my MacBook Pro. I have an Amateur Radio folder under my Applications folder and I have been running CHIRP and other Ham apps from there for some time. When I upgraded to CHIRP 2.2 the app failed to launch. I took the usual steps Permissions Repair, different users profile, etc. CHIRP and DRats will not open if they are located in my Amateur Radio folder. > > I found that I can open CHIRP if it's located on my Desktop, Downloads, or Applications Folder but If I move it to the Amateur Radio subfolder it won't open. Permissions appear to be the same on all folders in my Applications Folder. Also, I have a MacBook Air with the same folder layout and CHIRP works fine there. > > I am stumped for the moment. Any suggestions? > > Anthony > AE7HS Anthony AE7HS

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[chirp_users] OS X 10.7.3 Can't launch from sub-folder
by Anthony Compton 21 Apr '12

21 Apr '12

Since upgrading to CHIRP 2.2 I am seeing strange behavior launching the app on my MacBook Pro. I have an Amateur Radio folder under my Applications folder and I have been running CHIRP and other Ham apps from there for some time. When I upgraded to CHIRP 2.2 the app failed to launch. I took the usual steps Permissions Repair, different users profile, etc. CHIRP and DRats will not open if they are located in my Amateur Radio folder. I found that I can open CHIRP if it's located on my Desktop, Downloads, or Applications Folder but If I move it to the Amateur Radio subfolder it won't open. Permissions appear to be the same on all folders in my Applications Folder. Also, I have a MacBook Air with the same folder layout and CHIRP works fine there. I am stumped for the moment. Any suggestions? Anthony AE7HS

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[chirp_users] Chirp and IC92
by Michael Walker 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Hi David Let me thank you for all the hard work on this. I appreciated your dedication to this project. I work for a large company in their software part of the world, and I do appreciate that software does have bugs. So, I have found a few that might have been discussed, previously, but I thought I would mention them. I do own the following radios that I can test with: - vx7r - vx8r - ic92 - uv5r - id-800 - ft857 - ft897 (I need to sell some radios :) ) I was playing with the ic92 on the daily build from 2 days ago (04162012). I am using a non-chinese usb/rs232 adapter on my RS92 connected to the IC92 on W7 64. Chirp 'seem's to read all the IC92 data in live mode. What took me down this path, was that I had some repeater offsets programmed as 0.0000. When I tried to change them to 5.000, it would not take and the update was not transmitted to the radio. Previously to this, I was cleaning out the radios memories by highlighting all the SW Broadcast and deleting them with a Shift up. I believe that completed for the most part (not all memories were deleted). I then manually edited the offset in the radio, but it is not being read by the software (this is in band B 000). Thoughts? Is there a log I can share with you? Again, many thanks. Mike va3mw

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[chirp_users] CHIRP Website Maintenance
by Dan Smith 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Hi all, This afternoon (pacific time) I will have to take the CHIRP website down for a few hours to do some very necessary maintenance. I'm planning to redirect the name to another host with a very basic page with links to the download in case anyone needs it at that time. If everything goes smoothly it should come back up after a couple hours of work. Thanks! -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

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-04202012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #66 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [thf6] Fix valid name length Was 7, should be 8 Fixes #132 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [tests] Fix column alignment with recent long-named vendor #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix up BruteForce test to be gracious about Baofeng shortcomings #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix 12.5kHz split tx frequencies on VX3,5,7,8 Fixes #139 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix FT-8900 narrow bit setting Before this patch, we would never clear the narrow bit on a channel, only set it. So, once you marked something as narrow, we could never unmark it back to wide, without deleting/wiping it. Fixes #140 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT8x7] Index error on fm only band check Affect whole ft8x7 family fix Bug #137 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft8x7] React correctly on deletion of special memories fix Bug #136 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Protected a debugging print by CHIRP_DEBUG environment variable Fix Bug #134 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT857] Fix PMS memories editing Fixes #131 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add the ability to exclude a test from the set Misc fixes #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [ic9x] Fix offset field The recent move to using bitwise on the ic9x left the offset field one BCD digit shorter than it should be. Fixes #132 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft8x7] Stupid typo that prevent vfob memories to be modified. Affect whole ft8x7 family Bug #133 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [tests] Add a corner case test for split duplex with a 12.5kHz TX frequency, since this is stored in a funky way on some yaesu radios. Tests #125

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

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-04192012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #65 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [ftxx00] Fix setting split frequencies that use 12.5kHz step Fixes #125 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Finally fix MacOS application menu It should show "CHIRP" and not "Python" and "Quit" should actually quit instead of hang. The latter was fairly straightforward, but the former requires some serious ugliness in the way we launch it. But, MacOS is ugly, so we fit right in. Fixes #130 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix reading Kenwood TH-F6A odd splits Hopefully the final nail in the coffin for #101 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] Fix FT817 60M channel editing Fixes #127 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix 60m channel editing in stable tree Marco's fix for bug #83 didn't get propagated to the separate 60m channel structure definition in the stable tree, causing us not to be able to edit those channels. It's not a problem in unstable because we've moved to unified structure definitions. Part of the fix for #128 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the UI not attempt to correct the tuning step on nostep_tuning radios Part of the fix for #128 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft857/897] Change the Vhf band limit which is different than ft817 one Fix bug #121 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Only update import progress bar on non-empty and mod 50. Fixes #119. [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Added tag release_0_2_2 for changeset 30eeb96b77fb [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the Edit->Copy operation package up the source radio's feature set and pass it to Edit->Paste, which can use it to do an import_mem() operation on the resulting memory object before pushing it into the destination radio. This makes a Copy-Paste operation behave exactly like a File->Import operation. It also fixes the case where you get silly warning/errors if you Copy-Paste between dissimilar radios. Fixes bug #113 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Change import_logic.import_mem to take just the feature set of the source radio, which is all that is really necessary and avoids needing a reference to the whole radio to do an import. Bug #113

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[chirp_users] UV-5r
by lockworks07＠aol.com 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Hi, I cannot get this to work on my iMac. I have followed the directions but the model and usb port does not show up. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jeff

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[chirp_users] Chirp VX-6 Clone Download Hangs?
by Carter, Steve 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

Just installed Chirp 0.2.2 and python runtime on a Mac OSX 10.6 machine per standard instructions. Installed drivers for USB-Serial cable. When I turn on my Yaesu VX-6 in Clone mode, start Chirp, then initiate the clone transmission on the radio, it appears to start, but hang immediately. Radio gives an error and Chirp waits until cancelled. Have full debug log, but the following appears to be the pertinent part. Something obvious to any of you? Thanks, Steve ------------ <snip> Registered Yaesu_VX-6 = VX6Radio <snip> Enabled OSX menubar integration /Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/chirp/chirpw:124: PangoWarning: error opening config file '../Resources/etc/pango/pangorc': No such file or directory a.show() User selected Yaesu VX-6 on port /dev/cu.usbserial Clone thread started 000: 41 48 30 32 31 00 e0 01 AH021... 008: 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ -- Exception: -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirpui/clone.py", line 222, in run self.__radio.sync_in() File "/Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirp/yaesu_clone.py", line 177, in sync_in self._mmap = clone_in(self) File "/Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirp/yaesu_clone.py", line 67, in clone_in data += chunk_read(pipe, block, radio.status_fn) File "/Applications/chirp-0.2.2.app/Contents/Resources/chirp/chirp/yaesu_clone.py", line 42, in chunk_read data += pipe.read(block) File "/opt/kk7ds/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 442, in read ready,_,_ = select.select([self.fd],[],[], self._timeout) error: (9, 'Bad file descriptor') ------ Clone failed: (9, 'Bad file descriptor') Clone thread ended

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[chirp_users] FT-857D M-603 modification for new 60 Meter allocation
by Hugh Wardlaw 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

I successfully downloaded the settings from my FT-857D. When I attempted to enter the 5.3585 value for the 5.368 I get an Invalid Value Entered message. It would have been nice for it to have worked. If you can come up with a solution I would appreciate an update. I loaded the CHIRP daily-04162012 version on my Windows 7 netbook. I would like to pass the information along to my fellow club members if this will work. There are several of us with 897's and 857's. 73, de Hugh, WB4SLI

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

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-04182012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #64 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix FT857 60M channel editing Fixes #127 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Allow querying network sources directly (Feature #126) This change puts the "Import from..." network source menu items inside a generic "Import from data source" menu item and adds another called "Query data source". It is populated with similar items for each of the network data sources currently supported. When the user selects one of these, the usual query process happens, but in the end, we open the result in a read-only tab so that they can browse, copy, and paste selections into another tab. [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Allow querying the readonly-ness of an editorset Related to #126 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make memedit expose its readonly-ness and use the new scheme for determining unique model IDs directly. Related to #126 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make RFinderRadio not declare to have bank support and also inherit from NetworkSourceRadio. Related to #126 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the RadioReferenceRadio not claim to have bank support Related to: #126 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add support for Vertex Standard VXA-700 Feature #120

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

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-04162012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #63 [Filippi Marco <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft857/897] Change the Vhf band limit which is different than ft817 one Fix bug #121

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Re: [chirp_users] CSV imports
by Jim Piper 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

Got it Dan, thanks! Somehow missed the merge/overwrite of the radio image and the csv import. Just tried it and it works. Going to solve my laptop/W2k prob by trying to upgrade the OS to XP. That'll solve a number of probs, including being able to easily use your later releases of CHIRP. Using your latest build on my desktop machine and all is well with it. Thanks for the response to the CHIRP user's email. Thought I had asked the question on the mailing list, i.e., "chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com." I much prefer asking the question there to find whether other uses have had the same problem or can offer a solution than bugging the guys doing the coding. Best regards -- Jim On 4/15/2012 7:29 PM, Dan Smith wrote: >> I've re-read the newbie instructions numerous times but suspect I am >> doing something wrong. > You can't upload a CSV file to a radio directly, you can only upload an > image. So, grab an image from the radio, *import* the contents of the > CSV file, and then upload back to the radio. > > There have been a lot of CSV fixes since 0.1.12, so I recommend the > following procedure: > > 1. Download from the alinco with your older version, save to > myalinco.img > 2. Copy myalinco.img to the newer machine > 3. In the current version of chirp, open your myalinco.img > 4. File->Import, choose the CSV file > 5. File->Save the changes back to myalinco.img > 6. Copy the myalinco.img back to your older computer > 7. File->Open it with the older chirp and then Radio->Upload to push it > back into the radio. > > It's more complicated than it should need to be since you have the other > issue of not being able to run the current chirp on the older machine. > > In the future, asking questions like this on the mailing list would be > preferred so everyone can help/contribute/benefit from the discussion. > > Thanks! >

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[chirp_users] "comment" column in support matrix
by David Griffith 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

I'm wondering what the "comment" column in http://chirp.danplanet.com/download/0.2.2/Model_Support.html refers to. Does this mean on the Yaesu VX-7R I cannot label memories as is described on page 48 (50 in the PDF) in the radio's manual through CHIRP? -- David Griffith dave(a)661.org

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[chirp_users] Windoze 2k and CHIRP 0.2.2
by Jim Piper 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

Hoping for some help running CHIRP on a W2k machine. Used the CHIRP installer package to install. Ran without changes. Now, whenever I attempt to load and run CHIRP, the load halts and directs me to the "chirpw.exe" notepad file with these contents: Traceback (most recent call last): File "chirpw", line 25, in <module> File "gtk\__init__.pyo", line 40, in <module> File "gtk\_gtk.pyo", line 12, in <module> File "gtk\_gtk.pyo", line 10, in __load ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found. However the same installer/ and run works great on my Windoze XP machine. Any ideas anyone? The W2k machine is my radio s/w laptop that I drag out to my vehicle to program my radios. Many thanks -- Jim / N6MED

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

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-04142012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #62 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Only update import progress bar on non-empty and mod 50. Fixes #119. [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make RadioReference push status during the fetch Since we're walking a bunch of data, this helps the user not wonder if things are actually happening behind the scenes. Bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [RFC] Declare a network source radio type and make editorset run do_fetch() before starting the import. This gives us time to show status for sources that need it and give it to us (such as RadioReference). Bug #93 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Spell my name correctly. #93

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

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-04132012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #61 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Add Travel Plus (.tpe) import support. #118 I've only tested this with a single small .tpe file, so this may be missing a lot of special cases. If you have access to Travel Plus, please test for me!

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[chirp_users] Thanks for the help and fast response , I can now read and write to the 857d
by rob 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

*Thanks Dan for the help and fast response , I can now read and write to the 857d* *Rob N8RT* > I can not get CHIRP to read or write? Are you following the yaesu-specific instructions here? http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide After you click OK on CHIRP's download box, you need to push a button on the radio to make it transmit the memory image to the computer. It needs to already be in clone mode first. -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS -- Rob N8RT/B 10 Meter Beacon 28.245MHz Grid EM74xx North Georgia Web Site is: N8RT.COM "No Man is a Failure, who has Friends" From: It's a Wonderful Life

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

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-04122012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #60 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [RFC] After the fix of the bug we can now use structures of only one element Both driver has to be changed at once. #93 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [RFC] Convert the FT-857/897 driver to use named struct definitions This is an example usage of the previous patch which makes the definition of the FT-857/897 memory format significantly simpler. The diff doesn't do it justice, so look at the before and after files to see the difference. #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Convert the FT-817 driver to use named struct definitions #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add ability to define structure types in bitwise This adds the ability to define structure types in bitwise formats and then use them in multiple places. Right now, we have a few places where this is needed and it's badly faked like this: struct_format = "struct { u8 foo; u8 bar; }" mem_format = struct_format + "struct1;" + struct_format + "struct2;" This new change to bitwise will allow us to behave more like C and do: mem_format = """ struct mytype { u8 foo; u8 bar; }; struct mytype struct1; struct mytype struct2; """ The bitwise grammar changed a little, but it's still compatible with the existing definitions and all of the tests still pass. #93

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[chirp_users] CHIRP 0.2.2 Released
by Dan Smith 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hi all, I've just posted the next maintenance release for the 0.2.x series on the website. If you're currently running 0.2.1, then you should upgrade. Users of the daily versions have all of these fixes and more. The (minimal) changes are documented on the website: http://chirp.danplanet.com/news/4 Thanks to Tom and Marco for bugfix contributions to this release! -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

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-04112012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #59 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Add import from RadioReference.com. Feature #114 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix a long-standing bug in bitwise that prevented declaring structs in arrays of length less than 2 (including standalone structs). Lumping into Bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the Edit->Copy operation package up the source radio's feature set and pass it to Edit->Paste, which can use it to do an import_mem() operation on the resulting memory object before pushing it into the destination radio. This makes a Copy-Paste operation behave exactly like a File->Import operation. It also fixes the case where you get silly warning/errors if you Copy-Paste between dissimilar radios. Fixes bug #113 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Change import_logic.import_mem to take just the feature set of the source radio, which is all that is really necessary and avoids needing a reference to the whole radio to do an import. Bug #113 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Rename chirp/xml.py to chirp/generic_xml.py so it doesn't conflict with the xml module. Required for Feature #114 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Okay, for real this time. Fix the FT-857 test image. #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add the FT-857 image back in that mercurial seemed to have lost... Related to #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Rename test images to be in line with the previous patch Minor changes: #93 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft8x7] Changed names of radios with a better name schema and renamed test images accordingly Minor changes: #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Fix a bug in the previous 7-character names patch Fixed #115

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[chirp_users] Learning perl
by Alvin Koffman 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

*I think I read Chirp is written in Perl....I'm wanting to learn but I'm not a good self study. Any ideas? Friendly forums? **Alvin Koffman **When thou goest ... altogether on a smoke.. Let the heavens be glad Exodus 4:21;19:18; 1 Chr 16;31 KJV*

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[chirp_users] RadioReference.com import in Chirp
by Tom Hayward 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

I have written basic support for RadioReference.com import for Chirp. Currently I can enter my zip code and import all the frequencies for my county that are in the RadioReference database. With a bit more work, I could improve this interface so that any group of frequencies could be imported, not just by zipcode. Would anyone use this? It requires a Premium Subscription to RadioReference. Most of their data are outside the ham bands, so this will be most useful for those of you with wide-band receivers supported by Chirp. If no one is interested, I won't bother putting any more time into this feature. Tom KD7LXL

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[chirp_users] New user of Chirp
by rob 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

I download latest version of Chirp 0.2.1 using win XP pro, set Com1 computer to 9600, and Yaesu 857d to same. My com1 works OK, using Ham radio deluxe. I can not get CHIRP to read or write? When trying to read I have about 4-5 memories programmed into the 857d and when I try to Upload them, , a widow pops up says CLONING, and than after awhile, am ERROR pops up.unab;e to read block, 00 expected 4 got 0.!!! when I try to write Click on a previously stored CVS file with 4 memories listed, , click on upload to radio, radio window comes up ,com1 Yaesu, CSV, click OK, nothing happens. Bottom right of Chrip screen , shows 0 completed getting memory 1000 Any help would be appreciated, . I could not find a User manual anywhere, or info on the mailing list. thanks rob n8rt -- Rob N8RT/B 10 Meter Beacon 28.245MHz Grid EM74xx North Georgia Web Site is: N8RT.COM "No Man is a Failure, who has Friends" From: It's a Wonderful Life

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

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-04102012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #58 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add a user iterface for adjusting the settings knobs, if the radio provides them Related to Feature #112 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [thd7] Settings implementation Related to Feature #112 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Settings implementation Related to Feature #112 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Introduce a generic radio settings infrastructure This provides a mechanism for a driver to declare a set of setting knobs to the UI via get_settings() and set new values via set_settings() Feature #112 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Enable 7-character memory names Fixes Bug #107

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 08 Apr '12

08 Apr '12

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-04082012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #57 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Catch a failure to do an mmap radio save and be sure to unlock the rthread before allowing it to propagate to the GUI. Otherwise, we leave the rthread locked and nothing else can proceed until it is closed. Fixes Bug #109 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Fix setting split frequency memories Fixes bug #108 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Handle the error case where we're asked to insert a row at the end of a radio's memory and no holes are found before we reach the limit. Fixes Bug #110

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 07 Apr '12

07 Apr '12

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-04072012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #55 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Another tweak to TH-F6A split memory storage Related to Bug #101 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Fix inverted power level selection Should fix #106 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Coerce values when setting in bitwise. This will help avoid silly things like exceptions when value can be coerced to an int, but isn't and thus can't be used for bitwise-ops. Catch-all bug: #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Mark the development branch's version number accordingly Bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add a match_model() to the XML driver, since it is now being asked to detect itself. Fallout from #102 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Add example .hmk file to test images. #102 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Add import support for Kenwood *.hmk files. Feature #102 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Make CSVRadio::__grow() accessible from inherited classes, such as HMKRadio. #102 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Make CSVRadio::match_model() more generic so it works with HMKRadio. #102 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add a new FileBackedRadio subclass between CloneModeRadio and Radio This helps to distinguish between purely file-based drivers (such as CSV and XML) and a file-backed radio that can be uploaded (such as all the current clone-type radios). This also changes the logic in chirpui/clone.py that filters out drivers that can't be connected to an actual device. Related to Bug #102 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Add US FRS and GMRS Channels to stock_configs. #93 Changes for Build #56 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix more fallout from #102 in the XML driver

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 06 Apr '12

06 Apr '12

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-04062012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #54 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Increase the serial timeout to give the radio more time to respond. Might help #105 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Consider 0xFFFF to be "no tone" as well as 0x0000 Related to #84 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix chirp.py for recent dynamic registration changes #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add US MURS and Marine VHF channels to stock_configs (thanks to Tom) Catch-all: #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add support for split tx frequencies to the older kenwoods that store them as separate sub-channels. This is tested on the D7/D700, but speculative on the TH-F6A. Hopefully fixes #101 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv5r] Fix UHF limits to be 400-480Mhz Related to Bug #84 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] Support masked memories (affect whole ft8x7 family) Related to Feature #94 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix UV-5R setting of new (previously empty) channels Related to #84

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 06 Apr '12

06 Apr '12

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-04052012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #53 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add initial support for the Baofeng UV-5R Fixes #84 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make the rest of the VX-* radios support masked memories Bug #94 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add CSVRadio::match_model() Related to previous changes, lumped into #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable #00 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Change rfinder driver to match the current behavior of the service, which suddenly returns 0.00 for no-tone machines instead of just 0. Fixes #103 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix directory to handle non-existent (i.e. Untitled.csv) files after recent change to model matching. Related to #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable Bug #00 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Prevent the user from pasting more rows than are currently visible into the memory editor. Addresses Bug #99 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add tools/check_for_bug.sh, which is intended to be used as a pretxncommit hook to enforce having a bug for each commit. This one will go against the catch-all bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix test ANSI output for long radio names and sorted by vendor/model #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Prevent the user from pasting more rows than are currently visible into the memory editor. Addresses Bug #99 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Alinco clone Bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Wouxun Clone Bug: #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Yaesu clone fixes Bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make icf-based radios throw proper errors on failed clone Bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Clone Tests Bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Change match_model() to receive the filename of the image in question and move detection of file-extension-based types to their respective classes. The exception here is regular ICF files, which need to be driverized and then they can be done this way as well. Catch-all bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Further fixes to Baofeng cross tone support Fixes #65

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[chirp_users] daily build
by David Singleton 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Tried today's build with my UV5R, I get a cannot connect to radio error, even though the baofeng software works fine, tried this both in Ubuntu and in Windows. Thank you

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

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-04042012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #51 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix reporting server errors in the latest iteration of the RFinder protocol. Fixes Bug #98 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Make chirp automatically check for updates Bug #97 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv3r] Fix driver to expose the ctone field, now that it's supported Bug #65 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Correct previous changeset that left the template driver enabled by default. Bug #93 Changes for Build #52

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

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-04032012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #50 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge with stable [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Report repeaterbook errors so we can collect and send upstream Bug #92: Misc changes for 0.2.2 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix reporting RepeaterBook usage and avoid double counting RFinder [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add a template driver to assist with development of new drivers Lumping into the 0.3.0 catch-all bug #93 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] [uv3r] Support for Cross Tone modes Bug #65

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

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-04022012 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #49 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Add cross tone support for the wouxun driver. This allows you to use different tones for transmit and receive, as well as do things like Tone on transmit and DTCS on receive. It does not allow using different DTCS codes for transmit and receive. Mostly addresses Bug #65 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Update FT857 driver to handle the changed Cross Modes definitions Bug #65 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] The BruteForce test for Cross tone modes should not expect the driver to know the difference between TSQL and Tone->Tone if the tones are identical. Related to Bug #65 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Fix the terminology in the Cross Modes definition so that it's more consistent. It was added to support Kenwood radios, which use DCS instead of DTCS and CTCSS instead of TSQL. This changes it to just "Tone" or "DTCS" for the transmit and receive modes. Related to Bug #65

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Re: [chirp_users] Yaesu VX6R
by Dan Smith 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

> Dan, I think I did not come across correctly. The memory settings are > working fine, it is the rest of the columns that are not being imported, > etc... For example, here are the headers and one memory. If this helps > explain what I am talking about. No, I understand what you're saying. In order to support the Yaesu bank model I had to change the UI, so there is no longer a column in the memory editor for the bank. The VX-6 driver does not have bank support yet, which is why I need you to create an image for me to study in order to add it. > Tag,RX Freq,Name,Mode,Skip,Step,Masked,RPT Sh,ShiftFrq,TS/DCS,Tone,DCS,TX > Pwr,TX Dev,Clk Sh, BANK 1, BANK 2, BANK 3, BANK 4, BANK 5, BANK 6, BANK > 7,BANK 8,BANK > 9,BANK10,BANK11,BANK12,BANK13,BANK14,BANK15,BANK16,BANK17,BANK18,BANK19,BANK > 20,BANK21,BANK22,BANK23,BANK24 This looks like it was from some program other than CHIRP. -- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS

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