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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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