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[chirp_users] Kenwood Image
by K0LNY_Glenn 09 Aug '22

09 Aug '22

Hi Folks, I looked on the Chirp repository for an image for my Kenwood TH-F6A and didn't find that model. Does anyone have a stock image you can send my way? My radio does not import, but it opens my CSV files, but those don't upload or save live to the radio. I don't know if another stock image will get absorbed into it either, but I'm just trying different things. Thanks. Glenn

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[chirp_users] programming a Kenwood TH F6A
by K0LNY_Glenn 09 Aug '22

09 Aug '22

Hi, So I just fixed up a file for the Kenwood TH F6A, and I do remember from programming it a year or so back, that it operates in Chirp in "live mode", which means it puts stuff in right away. So I wasn't able to import a CSV file, the import does not want to work. I downloaded from the radio okay, and since I couldn't import, I tried the "open" and it seemed to bring the fields. But it won't allow me to upload. Do we not upload? Or if it won't upload and it should, what might be the cause? Thanks. Glenn

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

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-20220808 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #694 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Merge branch 'master' of github.com:kk7ds/chirp [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [GMRS-20V2] Support fully customizable GMRS channels. This patch adds support to allow programming up to 200 TX/RX capable GMRS channels in the BTECH GMRS-20V2. fixes #9966 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [GMRS-20V2] Add additional MCU Versions This patch adds the VW2112 and VWG728 MCU Versions found in recently shipping BTECH GMRS-20V2 radios. fixes #9963 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [WP-9900] Update choices for 'Display' setting This patch corrects the 'Display' choices for the mini waterproof radios. Incorrect: A, B, C & D Correct: A, B & C fixes #9974 [Ran Katz <rankatz(a)gmail.com>] [tg_uv2p] Add support for vfo mode setting Fixes third issue in #9939 VFO mode setting controls whether the user can use vfo or only memory channels [Ran Katz <rankatz(a)gmail.com>] [tg_uv2p] Add support for end tone elimination setting Fixes second issue in #9939 [Ran Katz <rankatz(a)gmail.com>] [tguv2] Add support for un-initialized step setting Fixes first issue in #9939 Un-initialized vfo step setting has a value of 0xff which was not supported, and now added. [Oleksandr Kravchuk <sashko(a)users.noreply.github.com>] Add missing Ukrainian language option (#27) For some reason, Ukrainian language option was missing. The translation itself is, unfortunately, incomplete, but it should be awailable nevertheless.

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[chirp_users] IMG File Request
by K0LNY_Glenn 07 Aug '22

07 Aug '22

Hi, I have a bTech UV5X3 and it seems all messed up, that is why I acquired it. I can punch in simplex channels, but I cannot input duplex channels by hand. Chirp will not read from the radio, and even though it is a tri-band, the band button only toggles between 2M and 70Cm. I was able to punch in a 1.5 M frequency and it worked on simplex. But no matter what I do, Chirp says error reading from radio. The cable works with the Baofengs I have. Since the radio isn't toggling to the third band, I'm wondering if someone flashed it with a UV5R image. I'm not sure if it would work to upload to the radio with the proper image if I can't download from it first. Anyway, if someone has a backed original image of a UV5X3, I would much appreciate a copy of it if you would. Glenn

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[chirp_users] Old Baofeng Button
by K0LNY_Glenn 07 Aug '22

07 Aug '22

Hi, I just picked up a couple Baofeng UV5Rs to program for a friend and his wife, since they don't have a programming cable. One of them is missing the button above the PTT button, it is the one used to toggle in and out of commercial FM. Does anyone have an old broken UV5R from which you can send me the button? Thanks. Glenn

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[chirp_users] Not Accessible In Chirp
by K0LNY_Glenn 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

Hi All, So I've made progress on my RaspberryPi 4. Bull'seye. In LXDE desktop, Chirp did not show up after I installed it in the CLI, and LXDE was challenging with the screenreader Orca anyway. I installed mate and Orca works much better, and Chirp was in accessories, as it is in Ubuntu. So here's the new rub. I launch Chirp, and it does not speak with Orca the screenreader. I did alt D and heard the bleeps when I was at the top and bottom of the port list, so I am pretty sure it's working, just not with a screenreader. I did the snap chirp install. I may try it with another TTS in Orca, but I don't think that will make a difference. Glenn

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[chirp_users] A "Feature" When Programming Btech's GMRS-V2 Handheld
by Lisa & Sam Thurman 31 Jul '22

31 Jul '22

Dear Chirp Team: I’m a newcomer to Chirp, having found it following an interest in getting a repeater-capable handheld, that led me to Btech’s GMRS-V2 as a starter radio. While Chrip presently has a beta-version interface to the GMRS-V2, I found it to work well and I’ve been able to program about 20 frequencies into the radio with regional repeater stations, and a mixture of VHF and UHF frequencies for local fire, police, businesses, etc. Chirp makes this relatively easy (provided you enter all of the data correctly, of course) and is more user-friendly than the CPS software from Baofeng, which is really meant for their UV-82 series on which the GMRS-V2 is based. One thing I’ve noticed is that while Chirp uploads to the radio and gets CTCSS and DCS codes and other settings correct, after programming the radio is showing the “+-“ symbol for a frequency offset on all of the channels that I put in with no offset. I checked the image file I’d saved and see that the column labeled “Duplex” does show as “off” in all cases. The radio works OK, though, so I describe this as more of a feature and less of a bug... Does anyone have an idea of something I might be doing incorrectly in the use of Chirp? Or is this a feature of the current Chirp version when writing to firmware in the GMRS-V2? Sincerely Yours, Sam Thurman Valencia, CA

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[chirp_users] RaspberryPI
by K0LNY_Glenn 31 Jul '22

31 Jul '22

Hi, Can Chirp be installed on a RaspberryPI, and if so, is there a script available for installing the dependencies? Thanks. Glenn

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[chirp_users] Squelch On Specific Channels
by K0LNY_Glenn 28 Jul '22

28 Jul '22

Hi All, I was just out trying to bounce off the ISS repeater with the 5 downlink frequencies programmed into my Baofeng BF9, which I think has the same basic settings as the UV5R except some power levels. I need to keep the squelch open when I'm listening, but I don't think it works to hold the squelch open and PTT at the same time. Is there a squelch level per channel, in Chirp, or is this only in the menus for all the channels? I didn't see it in the column headings, but I thought I'd make sure here. Thanks. Glenn

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[chirp_users] Linux CHIRP, ICOM 7100, "unicode strings" error
by Michael Nadler KI7QIB 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

ICOM 7100 connected to Linux system via the mini-USB port. FLRIG can control the radio through that interface. Running CHIRP 0.3.0dev, when I try to download from the radio via /dev/ttyUSB0, I get a pop-up error message: unicode strings are not supported, please encode to bytes: <<gibberish characters>>>". Are there specific settings I need to have set on the ICOM? Is CHIRP able to interact with the ICOM-7100 via the mini-USB port? Do I have to use the RT-Systems FTDI cable into the audio port? P.S. I also tried running Windows CHIRP daily-20220408. Download from radio gets "error" in every entry. -- Michael Nadler KI7QIB

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