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[chirp_users] Add radios
by Bob 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

Are you planning to support the TM-218/BJ-218 Chinese transceivers?

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[chirp_users] dumbest question - how to launch CHIRP?
by Dave Fitt 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

I downloaded current version for Windows and ran the installer. I see CHIRP folder on my desktop, but when I go in, I don't see any application or executable file (except Uninstall and w9xpopen, neither of which launch/start CHIRP). I'm not computer illiterate for heaven's sake but feel like an idiot not seeing what to click to start CHIRP. Thx folks for getting this noobie off the ground!

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[chirp_users] Kenwood TH-D72
by Angus Ainslie 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

Hi, Does anyone have a North American Kenwood TH-D72 that they could do a factory reset on and send me the pristine image file ? There is an image in the images directory but it is a partially modified version. Thanks Angus

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Re: [chirp_users] Chirp Update not replacing old version
by John Randle 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

Thanks for the quick response Jim. Yes Chirp was closed before I executed the install file. The installation confirms install location, and then proceeds to "churn & burn" for several minutes before giving me a successful message. I just repeated the process again to double check .. and this time I noticed that the default install location was not where my 20151126 version had been installed (go figure). Going to the default location I found the 2016 version. So, 1 issue has been resolved. I still have the other 2 issues that I reported last night (message 3 below) with the 2016 version (i.e. changing DTCS elements and the radio going into transmit after uploading to the radio). -- John 73's de K9RSQ On 3/15/2016 3:00 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Today's Topics: > > 1. Chirp Update not replacing old version (John Randle) > 2. Re: Chirp Update not replacing old version (Jim Unroe) > 3. BAOFENG UV-5Rs acting strange when programming with Chirp > (John Randle) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 23:30:18 -0400 > From: John Randle <john.randle(a)tds.net> > Subject: [chirp_users] Chirp Update not replacing old version > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: <56E781CA.1080207(a)tds.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > I have downloaded the daily build for Windows 10 (20160309), but when I > execute the install file my previous version of Chirp (20151126) is not > replaced. > Is it necessary to uninstall the previous version before executing the > new version's install file? > -- > John > 73's de K9RSQ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 23:34:16 -0400 > From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Chirp Update not replacing old version > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <CADnO8U6wd233F7S4VY5Aom70RsTLT-XTqfe2v4rJniGtL1L1AA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 11:30 PM, John Randle <john.randle(a)tds.net> wrote: >> I have downloaded the daily build for Windows 10 (20160309), but when I >> execute the install file my previous version of Chirp (20151126) is not >> replaced. >> Is it necessary to uninstall the previous version before executing the >> new version's install file? >> -- >> John >> 73's de K9RSQ > No need to delete it. CHIRP removes it as part of the install. Did you > have CHIRP closed? > > Jim KC9HI > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 23:50:17 -0400 > From: John Randle <john.randle(a)tds.net> > Subject: [chirp_users] BAOFENG UV-5Rs acting strange when programming > with Chirp > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: <56E78679.201(a)tds.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > I have been maintaining several UV5R's with Chirp for a couple of years > without any issues. > I am currently running Chirp Daily Build 20151126 on W10 to program > several UV5R's. I have recently experienced two strange programming > operation issues, with all the UV5R's, that I have not previously > encountered. > First problem: After downloading the current configuration of the > UV5R's, I then proceeded to add some new memory channels that use > Digital Coded Squelch settings. > When programming the DCS settings, I first set "DTCS", then I set the > individual T-DCS and R-DCS codes and then I set Cross to "Tone -> Tone" > (as this is what the existing DCS memory channels reflect), but as soon > as I set the offset direction, Chirp changes "DTCS" to "Cross" and > changes "Tone -> Tone" to "DTCS->". As these settings are not what is > required (or at least what is currently reflected in the older DCS > memory channels), I then have to go back and reset "DTCS->" to "Tone -> > Tone" and "Cross" to "DTCS". Is there any reason why my initial inputs > are being over-ridden? > Second problem: After successfully uploading a new configuration to the > UV5-R's, the UV5R's automatically go into transmit mode about 5 seconds > after they restart if the programming cable is left connected to the > radio. This seems to be a new issue that I had not previously experienced. > Any suggestions on either problem will be greatly appreciated. > -- > John > 73's de K9RSQ > >

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[chirp_users] Chirp Update not replacing old version
by John Randle 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

I have downloaded the daily build for Windows 10 (20160309), but when I execute the install file my previous version of Chirp (20151126) is not replaced. Is it necessary to uninstall the previous version before executing the new version's install file? -- John 73's de K9RSQ

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[chirp_users] Baofeng woes
by Bobby Minchew 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Everything seemed to be great with my first programming attempt. Now I'm getting the dreaded NO SOUND while someone is transmitting. I found through a search that I could push the mono button down to hear. It worked. So I've obviously got a corrupted image or something. I'm new to this and it seems I've ruined this BF-F9V2. Any easy fixes? Thanks for any advice. Bobby Minchew Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

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-20160309 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #388 [Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) <co7wt(a)frcuba.co.cu>] [PATCH][TK-760G] Fix the driver in windows and CH with no TX, fixes #2999 The driver was not working on windows, I take a while to learn by the hard way that the timing on windows is different from linux & mac. Now it works, fixed also the offset = off when you set a channel. I have extended the edges of the bands when they are very close to the ham bands, that's the way we use this radios in Cuba, for example: The radios with the default sub-band segment 148-174 Mhz can be pulled down to 144 Mhz in the lower edge with no problem, this mod works also in UHF. [Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) <co7wt(a)frcuba.co.cu>] [TK-760] Extended sub-band edges to cover ham bands, fixes #3139 Extend the sub-band edges to cover ham bands in VHF/UHF This mod is extendend and tested here in Cuba (the factory software allow it) 73

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[chirp_users] Baofeng woes 2
by Bobby Minchew 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Disregard. I had rctcs set on something other than OFF. Turned it to off and it worked Bobby Minchew Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

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[chirp_users] app crashing with image upload (OSX)
by Ted Timmons 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

I only started using Chirp with the 3/1 build. I have a Prolific cable and a UV-5R (with the carrier squelch issue) on my OSX 10.10 box. I'm using the recommended KK7DS runtime. I installed the 1.6 kext from Prolific, then after discussion with Jim Unroe I grabbed the 2.0 driver from mac-usb-serial.com. When I upload the image that came off my radio, it works fine. When I try to use a "factory reset" image from Jim Unroe (that he personally supplied to me), I get a nasty crash. This is NOT the famous "error" reported by others on a factory reset. Here's the stacktrace from the crash- there's also a snippet of console log in there, which doesn't give anything as an ERROR. I can reproduce this with both the 1.6 and 2.0 drivers (thankfully, they bind to a different /dev location). https://gist.github.com/tedder/96c21d0a87c7c343ebdb What should I do next? The only reference to something similar that I've found was this, which went off on a different tangent: http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_devel/2015-August/003511.html and this, which is for d-rat: http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/drats_users/2010-February/002828.ht… Note I'm still working with Jim to try some images. That doesn't explain why Chirp is crashing on these. -ted

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[chirp_users] The Tale of two Baofengs
by Bob 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

Re cloning 2 Baofengs UV-5R one Yellow one Black. The issue has been resolved by updating Chirp to the latest daily build for Linux. Thank You all for your responses to my query. Thanks and 73, Bob, VK2BYF

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[chirp_users] Daily Build
by Jon G 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

I have a BF-F8HP handheld. I downloaded Chirp back last winter some time. The version I have works fine. Is there any good reason that I should update to the current version.....If it ain't broke don't fix it?? Thx -- *Dr. Jonathan Goodson*

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[chirp_users] The tale of two Baofengs
by Bob 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

2 Baofeng UV-5R one yellow one black. Tried to clone them by turning on the source (yellow one) while holding down the "mon" key. The black one is connected and on. Lights come on but black one stays in factory default. I can read the yellow one no problems Firmware BFS297 Black one, Firmware BFB297, same cable same chirp same USB port I get, "Radio refused to send block 0x0000" I have programmed dozens of these beasties with no problem. I have programmed Wouxuns, Yaesus, Icoms, no problem but this one's got be beat. I'm using Linux Mint 17.3 so no driver problems. Over to the Gurus, Thanks de VK2BYF Bob

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[chirp_users] Antomako/Anytone AT-5189
by Tim Schutte 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

Hi Guys, I was given the mobile rig I mentioned in the Subject line. Has anyone managed to get the latest version of chirp working with this radio. If not, how can I help make it work? Tnx, 73-- Tim KC8HR -- *Tim Schutte kc8hr(a)sbcglobal.net kc8hr(a)yahoo.com kc8hr(a)arrl.net tjschutte(a)gmail.com "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try." --Yoda*

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[chirp_users] Chirp won't work in XP with no service packs.
by Dan Jolley 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

I apologize if this is the wrong place for such a question, but I am restoring an old Windows XP laptop to program my radios in Chirp and the official BaoFeng programming software. The original laptop (2002 Toshiba Satellite) with XP came with no service packs installed. Do I need to install all 3 service packs for the Prolific programming cable (I'm using the XP driver for the prolific cable) to work with Chirp? I tried it with no service packs and Chirp didn't work, it kept telling me to reinstall Chirp but that didn't fix it. The BaoFeng official software seemed to work, I just read from the radio, but did not try writing back to the radio. Right now I have Service Pack 2 installed and I'm gonna give it a try. The laptop is so old that Windows XP Service Pack 3 really slows down the computer drastically. The laptop doesn't have much memory or a very big hard drive. XP with no service packs runs real fast, but slows down more and more as I install the service packs. I'm going to try it with service pack 2 installed. I do not have it connected to the internet so I'm not worried about automatic Windows Driver updates to mess up the Prolific cable. I'm just curious if anyone else has tried the same thing. I've got the FTDI cable on Win10 on my home computer but there's times I want to experiment using the laptop so I can free up my home computer. Thanks,Dan Jolley

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[chirp_users] UV5-RTP question
by Danny Richardson 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

Can anyone tell me if current version of CHIRP workswith the Baofeng UV5-RTP. Thanks & 73, Danny

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[chirp_users] Yaesu Ft-8800
by Todd Bloomingdale 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

Anyone having issues of getting the radio to download from the radio. I have a brand new FTDI program cord and a brand new 8800. I have followed the sequence of getting the radio into clone mode, but I can't get chirp to communicate with the radio. Using Windows 10 Home FTDI programming cord (Drivers up to date) on COM1 Todd Bloomingdale-KC9LOX Tomah, WI

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Re: [chirp_users] baofeng programming cable
by Lreiher 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

folks, thank you all for your input and education! actually, Jim KC9HI was one of the most helpful. i was able to resolve my problem by gg to the mikor site and following the directions to stop win 10 from auto updating the prolific driver; then dnlddg the 3.2.0.0 ver. and getting it installed through dev.mgr.. AMAZING ! ! ! all is good now w/ my clone prolific cable! now, i only have one issue w/ chirp. i have a UV-5R and got all 100 of my channels programmed into it. i saved it as an xx.img file. then, i need to send this same file to my UV-5RHP; but, when i open it and try to upload, i cant; the radio box is grayed out so i cant change to the BF-8 so it will not send it to my HP unit. how do i save/rename/whatever to get the file into my HP H/T ? thanks loads for getting me out of the box i was stuck in!! peace, larry KD9AVZ On 2/20/2016 3:00 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:

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[chirp_users] Offset not uploading
by Bobby Minchew 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

New CHIRP user. Got everything to work well on my MAC computer with latest Chirp build. Baofeng BF-F9V2+ but connecting with the recommended setting of BF-F8HP. Everythign is working perfectly except my offset settings won’t carry over when I upload the image to my radios. I have the DUPLEX set to either + or - and then type in the offset. Save image. Upload to radios. The radios stay on OFFSET 000.000. Any suggestions? Thanks. Bobby

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[chirp_users] IC92AD memories
by Wenlock Burton 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Hi, Doing some more tinkering I discovered the memories 800 to 849, being read by Chirp as bank A, are actually the band edge scan memory pairs. These are used by the IC-92AD to scan a band of frequencies by setting the upper and lower limits. Some scanners used the term "limit scan". This means they don't have _bank attributes yet Chirp is trying to read bank attributes for them, hence the error: AttributeError: Memory instance has no attribute '_bank So now we know what those extra memories are, Chirp wasn't reading too many, just including the band edge scan memories with bank A. Hopefully this makes it easy to to fix the bug. I did update the bug report with the new finding while I was at it. Running build 20160301 in Ubuntu 14.04 Wenlock VK3YWB

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[chirp_users] Displaying odd repeater splits
by gerard 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Hi, I'm am a long-time user of VHF radios starting with a VX-150 some 15 years ago and switching to Baofeng UV-5R when they were relatively new. I have been using Chirp to program my UV-5R since I first got the radio. One thing that I find annoying about how Chirp works with repeater splits is that it shows it as a + or a -. Most people I deal with in Canada give me frequency pairs. And I haven't found an easy way to get Chirp to show me the actual frequency (as opposed to the +/-.) When I enter a frequency as a "split", it immediately gets converted to "+/-" and there seems to be no way to get Chirp to show it as a "split". This makes it really hard to confirm that I have the correct frequency entered; I need to do frequency math in my head or paper which increases the likelihood of errors. It would be great if Chirp had a setting that allowed me to say "Always show splits using the format entered" or "Always show splits in: " and let me choose between +/- and "split". If there is a way to do this, please point me to the documentation (I couldn't find any); if there is not, is this already an open issue (I couldn't find one). And if neither is the case, should I go ahead and create a new issue? Thanks, Gerard

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[chirp_users] Newbe problem
by Danny Richardson 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

I'm new to using Chirp and have hit a stumbling block trying to program my UV5R. I am able to download a *.img file from my radio, ex[port to an Excel *.cvs file, make changes to the Excel file and then export as a *.chirp file, load the *.chirp file into program but am unable to up load the file to my radio. The original file downloaded from the radio is a *.img and I find no options in the Chrip program to export as a *.img file. Holding down the 3 key when turning on the radio displays BFB297. Any help would be appreciated. 73, Danny, K6MHE

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[chirp_users] Yaesu FT-8800 chirp file
by Todd Bloomingdale 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Anyone have and Yaesu FT-8800r chirp file they could send me so I can take a look at the programming. I have a new 8800 to be delivered Thursday and would like to take a look at the file. Thank you, Todd Bloomingdale-KC9LOX Tomah, WI

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

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-20160301 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #387 [Richard Cochran <ag6qr(a)sonic.net>] [FT2900] Add support for settings. Fix #2867 This submission adds support for settings to the ft-2900/ft-1900 driver. Special thanks to Chris Fosnight for getting a start at the settings code. He gave his code to me (Rich Cochran), and I finished implementing more settings, and tested both reading and writing of all the settings. Settings are grouped into categories according to the manual, pp 72-73. Issue #2867

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

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-20160229 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #386 [Richard Cochran <ag6qr(a)sonic.net>] [FT2900] Allow support of modded variant of FT-2900. Fix #3387 This adds a new registered radio class with appropriate IDBLOCK to support a modified variant of FT-2900/FT-1900 for upload/download. Bug #3387 [Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) <co7wt(a)frcuba.co.cu>] [PATCH][FD-268] Fix a annonying print on the debug space, Fix #2169 This erase a "print" left accidentaly, it's harmless but it bugs me a lot in the developer process.

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Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
by NP3AR 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Ok my friend will bring back his radio tomorrow and I will try it out. Thanks. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®4 -------- Original message -------- From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> Date:02/29/2016 10:25 PM (GMT-04:00) To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:11 PM, NP3AR <NP3AR(a)gmx.com> wrote: > > I am using today's updated version of chirp. Tried to write to a Baofeng > UV-5R get error firmware N5R3409BFP3. I can read from the radio but can't > write back to the radio. Need urgent assistance. Thanks. > Install the latest CHIRP daily build. Use the BF-F8HP as the model. Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to joe at np3ar(a)gmx.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
by NP3AR 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

I am using today's updated version of chirp. Tried to write to a Baofeng UV-5R get error firmware N5R3409BFP3. I can read from the radio but can't write back to the radio. Need urgent assistance. Thanks. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®4

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[chirp_users] offset precision
by Adk Lover 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Hi,I've just set up CHIRP and downloaded the memory channel list from my Baofeng UV-5RV2+. I notice that the offsets on my saved channels are not exactly what I expected to see. For the channels where I have set the offset to 000.600 in the radio, it's showing 0.601550 or 0.599890 in CHIRP. For the channels where I have set the offset to 005.000 in the radio, it's showing 5.001550 or 4.999890 in CHIRP. My question is, do I need to make any changes to these offset entries before writing the image back to the radio? Should I fix the entries to show the exact frequencies that I entered in the radio, or are the shifted frequencies correct? As a side note, I see that the default offset for channels that I have not set up are exactly 0.600000. I'm afraid to write an image back to the radio that could cause a problem so I thought it would be best to check first. Thanks.Ed

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Re: [chirp_users] offset precision
by Tom TA 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Corrected typo regarding version number. Should be: BFB297 Greetings, The error of 110 Hz doesn't seem very significant but the 1,550 Hz error could cause some operational problems. Do the two different error levels relate to different shift directions? I recently programmed some channels into a UV-5R+ manually and read the memory bank back with Chirp. There was no error in the offsets as read by Chirp. However I cannot use menu 26 to check the offsets in /Channel Mode/ as it always reports zero. I confirm the proper offset by using the reverse function which displays the shift but of course with 1 KHz limited resolution. My firmware version is BFB297. I wonder what firmware version you have? (Easy to determine by holding the #3 key pressed during power up.) I also wonder if there is a list of known problems with different firmware versions posted somewhere? 73 Tom VA7TA

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Re: [chirp_users] offset precision
by Tom TA 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Greetings, The error of 110 Hz doesn't seem very significant but the 1,550 Hz error could cause some operational problems. Do the two different error levels relate to different shift directions? I recently programmed some channels into a UV-5R+ manually and read the memory bank back with Chirp. There was no error in the offsets as read by Chirp. However I cannot use menu 26 to check the offsets in /Channel Mode/ as it always reports zero. I confirm the proper offset by using the reverse function which displays the shift but of course with 1 KHz limited resolution. My firmware version is BFB927. I wonder what firmware version you have? (Easy to determine by holding the #3 key pressed during power up.) I also wonder if there is a list of known problems with different firmware versions posted somewhere? 73 Tom VA7TA On 16-02-28 12:00 PM, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Message: 16 > Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 19:12:05 +0000 (UTC) > From: Adk Lover<progrock01(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [chirp_users] offset precision > To:"chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com" > <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Message-ID: > <550474104.655095.1456686725490.JavaMail.yahoo(a)mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi,I've just set up CHIRP and downloaded the memory channel list from my Baofeng UV-5RV2+. > I notice that the offsets on my saved channels are not exactly what I expected to see. > > For the channels where I have set the offset to 000.600 in the radio, it's showing 0.601550 or 0.599890 in CHIRP. > For the channels where I have set the offset to 005.000 in the radio, it's showing 5.001550 or 4.999890 in CHIRP. > My question is, do I need to make any changes to these offset entries before writing the image back to the radio?? Should I fix the entries to show the exact frequencies that I entered in the radio, or are the shifted frequencies correct? > As a side note, I see that the default offset for channels that I have not set up are exactly 0.600000. > I'm afraid to write an image back to the radio that could cause a problem so I thought it would be best to check first. > > Thanks.Ed > > > >

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[chirp_users] Chirp won't read CSV files correctly
by Chris Nordstrom 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

I have a KG-UV8D. I can use Chirp to read from the radio, and save the image and create a CSV file. But if I modify the CSV file and then try to open it from Chirp, I get various errors. I was able to successfully import 15 memories (plus the default 0 channel the Chirp creates -- don't know what this is), but when Chirp encounters the next line (16th entry) in my CSV file if barfs and says "Mismatched column numbers line 17". I can delete the first 15 rows in my CSV file and create a new series of entries with the second half of my memory list, starting with Channel 16, and it works, until it gets to the 17th line, then issues the error "Mismatched column numbers line 17". Now, I'm certain that import/export has to be a very basic function so I must be doing something wrong any help out there? Chirp version (the only one I can find on the web site) : chirp-daily-20160224-installer.exe Windows 7 Microsoft Excel 2003 I also created an account on your the web site, but cannot login -- I get the message login info invalid-- do I have to wait for an email after creating an account? Chris Nordstrom

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[chirp_users] CHiRP Support for Low Cost MobileRadios
by Al Cohan 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Hello. I use CHiRP for all my radios and would like to ask if and when the low cost Chinese Radios will be supported? I know the Leixen vv-898 is supported, but are any others like the UV-2500, UV-5000, BTECH 8900 tri band mobiles supported? Thank You, Al KI6JXB

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[chirp_users] Problems uploading from Yaesu FT60
by Dave Capstick 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Hi All,my first post and a new user to Chirp. I would like to program my Yaesu FT60 with various local repeaters and the frequencies for some FM satellites. I am using Windows 8.1, the latest version of Chirp (updated today) and a cable from here Yaesu FT-60 USB Programming CableDownloading from my FT60 is fine. I then edit the file and try to upload. That's when I get the message 'Failed to communicate with radio: Radio did not respond' I have looked at some online documentation and I am aware that for Yaesu radios you need to follow the steps very carefully. These are the steps which i took: - connected my cable to laptop and radio (drivers were installed on first connection) - held MONI button in while switching radio on. Released MONI button.- used selector knob to move to f8 CLONE- Pushed f/w key. Screen blinks- in Chirp - I downloaded from the radio. I checked the correct COM ports in device manager. Download was successful- I edited downloaded file in Chirp- To upload I pressed MONI - RX appeared on the screen.- I attempted to upload to the radio but as soon as I tried this I got the error message - failed to communicate with radio Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on? Any help much appreciated. I've attached the .img file for reference Cheers Dave M0IKT | | | | | | | | | | | Yaesu FT-60 USB Programming CableYaesu FT-60 USB Programming Cable | | | | View on www.hamgoodies.c... | Preview by Yahoo | | | | |

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

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-20160224 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #385 [Richard Cochran <ag6qr(a)sonic.net>] [FT2900] Add msg for attempt to upload to locked radio. Fixes #3055 A user may "lock" an FT-2900/FT-1900, preventing configuration changes. An upload will fail if this is the case. This patch adds some text to the upload dialog box to help the user avoid attempting to upload to a locked radio. It also adds some text to the error message that appears on upload failure, to suggest the user check to make sure his radio is not locked. [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-5R] Remove "Special Block" Check This patch removes the "special block" check. It is no longer needed now that an upload will not be permitted unless the firmware version of the image and the firmware version of the radio exactly match. Bug #3371 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-5R] "Wipe" Channel Name Add code to also wipe memory name when memory channel is deleted. Bug #3369 [K. Arvanitis <kosta(a)alumni.uvic.ca>] [FT-60] Added support for DTMF autodial memories. Issue #3343

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[chirp_users] TK-790 users, developer need help from you...
by Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Hi, I'm Pavel Milanes one of the Chirp developers, I'm developing the driver for the Kenwood TK-790 radio, and found that this radio has a two front versions, one simple with a front speakers and other complex with a lot of buttons and no front speaker. I need help from users with the complex front head, the need is for testing the alpha code of the driver to get an image of this radios to compare if the complex head is identical to the simplex one, if not then to make the pertinent mods to the driver to get support to the two versions. 73

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[chirp_users] No Text
by Elliott Yancey 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

I have been using Chirp for a few years now. Everything was working fine until I downloaded the newest build and driver for my new cable. Please see attached photo. I’m running the latest version Mac OS X with all the lasted updates. I’m trying to program some new Baofeng BF-888S i just received but that doesn’t seem to matter. I have a Baofeng BF-F8 and a Wouxun KG-UV8D. I get this result from all my radios and when I open old saved files. It appears the information is there but the text is missing. Frustrating!! Thanks, Elliott

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[chirp_users] baofeng cable
by Lreiher 22 Feb '16

22 Feb '16

Tom VA7TA, you also seem to have 'solved' the prolific cable issue. i truly appreciate your help. as i noted, i will report back after i get a chance to implement your and jim's input. i am so glad that i tried this blog! peace, larry KD9AVZ

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[chirp_users] baofeng cable
by Lreiher 22 Feb '16

22 Feb '16

jim, KC9HI it sounds like you have the heart of my problem diagnosed! YES, i do have the 'prolific' cable - as identified by the DEV MGR in both my win 10 and by his win 7 PC - prolific serial - com ! i got headed down the FTDI road by reading about their abuse of drivers in win 10 on this blog. i will definitely take your advice and try to dnld the driver you suggest. i will be certain to report back after i have had the chance to follow your directions. thank you very much for sharing your expertise!! peace, larry KD9AVZ

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Re: [chirp_users] baofeng cable
by Tom TA 21 Feb '16

21 Feb '16

Greetings, Thanks Jim! Had I noticed the Miklor procedure I probably would have given it a spin. The Miklor procedure offers the advantage of providing a view of all the installed relevant drivers available on the system for a given device. However I do find blazing my own trail sometimes helps me gain a better understanding. This has been a learning process for me as I didn't know until now that there may be multiple driver versions stored on the system for a given USB device. I had the wrong impression that the installation of a new driver overwrote and deleted any older versions. It is nice to know that one can roll back to an older version should a new release have issues. But the deletion of the unwanted drivers offers the convenience of ensuring the desired driver is loaded automatically circumventing the need to make a driver selection on each occasion. It will be interesting to see if the automatic selection of the 3.2.0.0 driver will stick on my system. Having the most recent Prolific driver installed along with the older counterfeit chip friendly version also seems like a good compromise. Presumably the most recent version drivers offer performance advantages thus should be used with genuine Prolific chip devices. It is nice that the port properties driver roll-back feature is easy to access to get back to the 3.2.0.0 driver when needed. I suspect in time with Windows Updates the most recent version will again automatically re-appear on my system. 73 Tom VA7TA --------------------------------------------------------------- You are making this way harder than it needs to be. You don't need to uninstall any drivers. It is better to leave the latest driver installed. If it stays installed, there in no need for Windows to download it. What you do is download, install and then choose the v3.2.0.0 driver. The miklor.com website has a guide for doing this. See steps 6 though 11. http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php As you can see from the attached picture, I have 4 Prolific device drivers installed. I can switch between any of them at will by using Device Manager. By choosing the v3.2.0.0 driver I can use every Prolific based programming cable that I have (genuine chip or not). By choosing any of the newer drivers, I can determine if the Prolific chip is genuine or not (if it stops working, it isn't genuine). Jim KC9HI

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R not working
by Lone Wolf 21 Feb '16

21 Feb '16

I have a programmed my uv-5r but for some reason I'm not receiving anything. I have tried several times to program it but it don't seem to pick up any calls from anything. I get all my info for the radio from radio reference and the frequencies. When I get toned out and fire radio goes off my uv-5r just sits there and does nothing. Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?

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Re: [chirp_users] baofeng cable
by Tom TA 21 Feb '16

21 Feb '16

Greetings All, I wish to thank all those that have been contributing to this thread - I have found it quite helpful! I happen to own two programming cables, one from Baofeng with the Prolific counterfeit chip and one after market cable with a genuine Prolific chip. I have computers running both Windows 10 and Linux Mint 17 with a Chirp installation on both. At the onset I found the Baofeng cable would run OK under Linux but not under Win 10. My low cost after market cable with the genuine Prolific chip worked with both computers. Under Windows 10 I tested the cable by watching Device Manager for the Prolific port error, which was always error 10. Using Device Manager I found the Win 10 driver to be recent version 3.6.787.35x. I found I needed to take the following steps to get the Baofeng cable to work under Windows 10: 1 - Using Device Manager I uninstalled the 3.6.787.x driver and did the recommended 3.2.0.0 install. 2 - I re-tested and discovered the Baofeng cable still did not work with the same error message reported in Device Manager. 3 - I found the driver version being used was still the recent 3.6.787.35x driver which I presumed must have automatically re-loaded from the Internet. 4 - I disabled the Internet and again uninstalled the driver. 5 - I re-tested and discovered the Baofeng cable still did not work with the same error message reported in Device Manager and found that it was now using a slightly older 3.6.x.x driver which I subsequently uninstalled. 6 - I repeated the step 5 test and uninstall procedure several times whilst noting the driver version was becoming older and older. 7 - Finally I got down to version 3.2.0.0 and found the Baofeng cable now worked. 8 - I re-enabled the Internet and did another test and found it still worked. I presume I had a stack of older Prolific drivers stored on disk which remained after routine updates during the previous years of running Windows 7. Apparently the upgrade to Windows 10 did not delete the older drivers (which is probably wise). It appears Windows 10 selects and loads the most recent driver as it took several cycles of deleting before I got down to 3.2.0.0. I noticed once I got there the Roll Back button became greyed out which I guess indicates there are no drivers older than 3.2.0.0 stored on my computer. The moral of the story is to check the version number of the driver under Device Manager>Prolific Port>Properties>Driver and make sure your using version 3.2.0.0 and if not do what ever is necessary to get there. And there is more to this story - when I re-started my computer it reverted the driver back to version 3.6.787.357. I found I had to go to Device Manager and roll back the driver to get back to 3.2.0.0. After doing that once it seemed to stick as it re-loaded 3.2.0.0 the next time I re-started. It remains to be seen how long it will stick. Unless the driver update is blocked by a roll back flag it may again become updated with Windows Update in the future. If so I will need to roll back to 3.2.0.0 again, which I now find is quite easy to do now that I know how. I hope this information is helpful! The driver update and selection features of Windows 10 may be adding confusion to this Baofeng cable, counterfeit Prolific chip driver issue. 73 Tom VA7TA

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Re: [chirp_users] baofeng cable
by Lreiher 20 Feb '16

20 Feb '16

folks, thank you all for your efforts to help me out. the reality is that BENTON seems to have it correct. the cable i purchased was directly from baofeng. i believe that the source was china b/c when i wrote them they told me i bought it 14 mo.s ago and that it was listed as 'works w/ win vista, win7, win 8' and was never listed as for win 10. i pointed out that win 10 did not exist when i bought the cable! clearly, they have used a CLONE of the ftdi chip and, as benton noted, the drivers which FTDI loaded into my PC w/o my knowledge or permission was designed to send TRASH to my cable and render it inoperable! i proved that by using a friend's cable and it worked fine w/ my UV-5RTP; but, my cable on HIS pc is useless. the device mgr sees the cable but does NOT get thru it to see the radio. i asked baofeng if tthey would write code to FIX the cable since it is their shared fault for using a clone in the first place. they didnt respond to that message. now, i have reviewed about 15 programming cables; all - EXCEPT one - are less than $6; oNE is $20 and it is marked 'genuine FTDI cable'. so, i kknow that i could resolve this for 20 bucks. but i am pissed that FTDI trashed something i purchasedd in good faith FROM the manufacturer!! so, i was hoping someone had the expertise to write code to send to my cable to make it functional again. thanks again to you all for your input; however, i'm afraid that i'm still out in left field............. peace, larry KD9AVZ

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[chirp_users] ft-857d clone errors
by GIBBS JON 20 Feb '16

20 Feb '16

I am trying to read from my Yaesu 857d but after a few seconds it just says error. I have tried it on 2 different PCs but could it be the cable?

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by ea8ee 20 Feb '16

20 Feb '16

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Re: [chirp_users] PL Send and receive
by James Pratt Jr. 20 Feb '16

20 Feb '16

Thanks Jim I did the research and found out what I needed to do but I always appreciate help from a fellow ham Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com> Date: 02/20/2016 06:24 (GMT-07:00) To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] PL Send and receive On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 9:20 PM, James Pratt <no8rf(a)cox.net> wrote: > How do I set up PL’s in my radio for both send and receive, I what the same > PL for send and receive on simplex freq 465.xxxx I can do this in my > Motorola JT1000 why not in your chrip or am I missing something. > > > > James Hi James, The first thing that you should do is to click View and make sure that "Hide unused fields" is enabled (it should be the default). Now for all channels where you want the same TX and RX CTCSS tone do this... Tone Mode = TSQL ToneSql = {the CTCSS tone frequency} If you want to learn what the CHIRP columns are and how they affect one another, take a look at the guides linked to in section 6 of the CHIRP page on the miklor.com website. http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php#guides Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to James at no8rf(a)cox.net To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe(a)intrepid.danplanet.com

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[chirp_users] PL Send and receive
by James Pratt 20 Feb '16

20 Feb '16

How do I set up PL's in my radio for both send and receive, I what the same PL for send and receive on simplex freq 465.xxxx I can do this in my Motorola JT1000 why not in your chrip or am I missing something. James --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[chirp_users] baofeng cable
by Lreiher 19 Feb '16

19 Feb '16

is there any chance that someone is able to write the s/w necessary to [in WIN 10] DELETE the FTDI driver which renders the baofeng cable inoperative AND write the s/w which would REenable the baofeng cable after FTDI has trashed it so we can use it w/ CHIRP and WIN 10? tnx, larry KD9AVZ

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[chirp_users] Chirp and Icom IC-7200
by Bill 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Ok so I am wanting to use chirp to upload memories to my Icom IC-7200 Amateur Radio. Now the IC-7200 has a USB and a CIV connection. My understanding is that the USB should work, But I cannot seem to get it to work. I do not have a CIV cable. So does anyone have any experience with the IC-7200? Can I use the USB connection to upload memories? Or am I going to need a CIV cable? Thanks Bill

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[chirp_users] BaoFeng UV-5RTP Firmware Version BFP3-25
by Dan Jolley 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

I just recently purchased a Baofeng UV-5RTP with Firmware Version BFP3-25. If I understand the instructions correctly on the danplanet website, then I should select the Baofeng BF-F8HP model in Chirp to program the UV-5RTP. Am I correct? According to the Chirp website, the Baofeng UV-5RTP is listed under the Baofeng BF-F8HP for programming compatibility. The following is copied from the danplanet Chirp website: BF-F8HP (in daily builds) Also includes the BF-A58 Also includes the BF-F9V2+ Also includes the GT-3TP Also includes the UV-5RTP Also includes the UV-5R7W Any help or information will be greatly appreciated! Thank you, Dan Jolley

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

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-20160215 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #384 [Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) <co7wt(a)frcuba.co.cu>] [PATCH][TK-270] Fix a missing txenable flag, Fixes #3279 A flag for txenable on set_channel was missing and was causing the TX freqs of all channels edited by chirp to get not on the freq you programmed. Sorry for the inconvenience. [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-5R] Leave Immutable Elements Alone Some immutable (set_mutable(False)) elements that were expected to be unchangeable by the user were being changed by CHIRP when filtered and then they were being updated by the "def set_settings(self, settings):" procedure. This patch updates this procedure so it does not reset immutable elements. related to bug #3305

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[chirp_users] UV5R2 7 watt
by Chris Petry 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Good evening all, Having some trouble using a UV5R with the software. It keeps saying I am choosing the wrong model. Forgive me if this has been gone over before, I did not see it in my review of emails. Chris KM4PUR

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