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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 129, Issue 4
by whippet＠whippetracing.org 05 Sep '19

05 Sep '19

Thanks Tony, Not having the cable attached was the key. Didn't know that. Thanks. Didn't find that in the instructions. Didn't know that was not legal. Have to use them differently than I had envisioned. Puzzling that the FCC allowed them to be made that way. Gregg Message: 4 Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 22:28:47 +0000 From: Tony Fuller <GoldStar611(a)hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Working get my Baofeng UV5R To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <BN8PR15MB3459102CA6C1F92C9B03E1FAEDB90(a)BN8PR15MB3459.namprd15.prod.outlook. com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Legalities aside (those emails will come through soon enough) have you determined if you actually have the right ToneSql selected? Number 5 on the talkabout radio probably does not correspond to the 5th tone in the drop down box. Google is your friend here. Also, FRS is narrow band FM if I recall correctly. Tony Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

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[chirp_users] Problems with PMR446 frequencies
by Ulrich Heidenreich 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

At first many thanks for the good work the delevopers have done programming that chirp'y thing. It works fine till today. I just wanted to move a block of PMR446 fequencies, which I have sucessfully entered in my YAESU VX6 and then uploaded it from the radio to chirp. But chirp refuses to cut (that works) and paste (that doesn't work) these frequencies from one to another location: It says, this frequencies requires a 6,25 kHz step which is not supported by the radio. That's correct though, because the step really is 12,5 kHz and supported. But the first channel ist shifted by 6,25 kHz as if there seemes to be a 6,25 kHz frequency grid: 446,00625 MHz 446,01875 MHz 446,03125 MHz … and so on Obviously that plays a trick on chirp, so it won't write such frequencies. Do I have a chance other than program these 16 channels anew at another location in the radio and upload them again? As I'm german and my english isn't quite good, excuse my bad english and answer in simply english too, please. Regards, Ulrich

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[chirp_users] BF-F8HP_downloading to radio_help needed
by Audrey Davidson 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

I download the CHIRP freeware to my Mac and started entering repeater locations. I saved the file on my computer. I have the programming cord attached from my Mac to radio. However, I can't download to my radio because that option is not available (shaded). Is CHIRP available as a website, so I can download my lists from there to my radio? Thanks for your help. You can also tell me the month, year and thread that you answered this question before.

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[chirp_users] Working get my Baofeng UV5R
by whippet＠whippetracing.org 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Trying I'm trying to get my Baofeng UV5R to talk to my Motorola TalkAbout FRS radio. Initially trying on Channel 5 and security code 5, Frequency 462.6625 and CTCSS 79.7. The light on the Baofeng lights up indicating incoming signal when the Talkabout is keyed. The Talkabout gets a loud noise when the Baofeng is keyed. However, no talk is heard on either. Attached is a screen shot of the current CHIRP set up. Any suggestions? Thanks, Gregg Gammie Yo Quiero Libertad!! Whippet(a)WhippetRacing.org Viva el Insurgente! "The soldier above all people, prays for peace, for they must suffer and bear the deepesr wounds and scars of war." - Gen. Douglas MacArthur "There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns." -Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

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[chirp_users] "Settings" selection
by Leigh Rainey 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

I can not seem to get any response when I hit the “Settings” button. Everything else seems to be working OK, but I obviously cannot configure the set up of the rest of the system. Any thoughts??? --- L. I. Rainey --- Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[chirp_users] "offline programming"
by Michal Smialowski 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

When using CHIRP on a Yaesu VX-170, is it necessary to have the radio connected to the computer in order to modify the programming? I have a VX-170 that I field programmed. I downloaded the radio to CHIRP> I disconnected the radio then tried to modify the programming. Specifically, tried deleting a channel with the "move memory up" option. When I did that a message came up "searching for memory"... ( or something close to that). Then the program got hung up. Is this true for other radios as well ? Tnx Mike VE7SML

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[chirp_users] BAOFENG
by Colman Holliday 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

I have a UV-5RV2+ that I bought from Amazon about 6 months ago. I've tried to program it with no luck. I'm willing to give it away. It comes with a charger and program cable. Any takers? Colman

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[chirp_users] BAOFENG
by Colman Holliday 01 Sep '19

01 Sep '19

I have a UV-5RV2+ that I bought from Amazon about 6 months ago. I've tried to program it with no luck. I'm willing to give it away. It comes with a charger and program cable. Any takers? Colman

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[chirp_users] Yaesu FT-70D, NO BNK
by Donald Cutler 01 Sep '19

01 Sep '19

Downloaded current version of Chirp today, 8/31/2019. Made a few revisions and uploaded to radio. Memory channels uploaded okay but no longer have access to memory banks. Memory bank names still in radio but unable to access banks or assign a memory channel to a bank. Files saved earlier this year gave access to memory banks. Thanks, Don Cutler KI7IOM

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[chirp_users] MacOS only odd Issue with Wouxun KG-UV8D+ and KG-UV8E / KG-UV8T
by Mermaid 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

Throwing it out there to see if anyone have experienced something this strange, and specific before I submit an official bug report. Chirp will hang in MacOs upon successfully uploading its settings to these radios. The system will behave as if if the serial device (/dev/cu.serial) isn't being closed properly. Killing the Chirp task will yield zombie Python processes that cannot be killed. A hard reboot is required to restore functionality, and graceful shutdown is not possible. I’m pretty convinced it is an interaction between MacOS and the Wounux CHIRP drivers as I have throughly try to reproduce this issue with a number of different radios, and the hanging only happens with the KG-UV8* radios. I was able to reproduce this issue on two other MacOS system as well. One running High Sierra and the other Mojave. So that rule out it is a fluke of a single machine being quirky. Reinstalling KK7DS R10 runtime did not help Updating Prolific USB serial drives did not help Other platforms tested without issues: Windows 10 Windows 7 in a VM under MacOs High Sierra Raspbian on a Raspberry Pi 3B Radios tested without issues using the same systems listed above: Baofeng UV82HP BTech UV25X4 Yaesu FT-817 Since the Wouxun KG-UV8D+ and KG-UV8E / KG-UV8T, are based on the same parent driver codes, its likely that it is another bug Inherited. What I really haven’t figured out is why all of a sudden this had become an issue, as I didn’t have the hanging problem in the past. It almost seems like it’s something similar to a time counter related Y2K type bug. I’ve BCCed Mr Panye since he’s probably the most knowledgeable person on this driver. Regards, Lynda W5EGL

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