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[chirp_users] Vertex/Yaesu VX-150
by Denis Dimick 19 Jul '14

19 Jul '14

I checked the supported radios list and didn't see the VX-150 listed. Has anyone been able to use Chirp with the VX-150 and if so, what settings did you use? Thanks, Denis - KC6AUP -------------------------------------- There is no future until we settle our past...

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[chirp_users] Error message trying to download a BaoFeng FF-F8+
by Dr. Whit Woodard 19 Jul '14

19 Jul '14

To Whom It May Concern: I purchased two BaoFeng BF-F8+ radios and the cable, but I am unable to download the radio with Chirp. I have several questions concerning it. Allow me to outline what I have done. I m attempting to program my radio with an iMac computer running Mavericks. 1. I downloaded the KK7DS Python Runtime R10.pkg (as instructed) 2. I downloaded the Chirp 0.4.0 software 3. I connected my BaoFeng BF-F8+ radio to the computer with the cable purchased with the radio as directed by chirp. (Manufactured by Pofung) 4. The first sign of a problem is the identification of the “serial port” that comes up in chirp. There are only two options. They are (1) “/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming -Port” and “dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem” Neither of them work for me. The second own produces an immediate error message that says “An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluegooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: ‘/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem’” The first option begins the cloning process (as expected, but showing NO progress) and then produces an error message that says: “An error has occurred Radio did not respond” I have tried this on both of the BaoFeng radios I purchased with identical results. Can anyone enlighten me about this problem? Many thanks, Whit Woodard K3WB

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[chirp_users] TTL2USB CT2 Yaesu 7800
by Andy EI3HG 19 Jul '14

19 Jul '14

Hi all, I have a TTL2USB CT2 programmer and am getting the following problem. I can copy the data from the radio to chirp, but it fails to upload, giving an error message , either a fail or a bad memory message. Anyone else experience with using the CT2 with Chirp? Best Regards, Andy EI3HG Sent from my iPhone

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 19 Jul '14

19 Jul '14

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-20140719 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #283 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-5R] Prevent image upload when "special block" doesn't match add code to compare the data image "special block" to the radio image "special block" and abort the upload if they don't match #1773

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[chirp_users] Kenwood TH-K2AT Only Reads first 50 Channels
by Jim 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Hi, I am new to Chrip, and am loving how easy it is to program using this great software. However I am having a problem when using it with my Kenwood TH-K2AT. (I am having great results when using it with The TH-K2 has 100 memory channels, or 50 if you use alpha tags. I don't use the alpha tags, and have almost all 100 memories full. Here is my problem: when reading from the radio, Chirp will only read the first 50 channels. Any attempt to change the values in the "Memories Memory Range" is immediately changed back to 50 channels. There doesn't seem to be any way to get Chirp to read all the channels. I apologize if this has already been addressed. I did a search on the Chirp web site, as well as searching Google, and didn't find anything. 73, Jim

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[chirp_users] Baofeng 997-S
by WD6AJR 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

First, a HUGE THANK YOU for all of the effort and support for CHIRP. Now for my question; will the Baofeng 997-S be supported in CHIRP any time soon? Tnx es 73, David WD6AJR Orange, CA SKCC #8252 NAQCC #5729 TALARC #100703138

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 15 FT897 Mike
by Steve Lenaghan 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

This was posted here in case it was something I did wrong in the Chirp program 73 Steve VE5RS

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[chirp_users] FT897D mike programming
by Steve Lenaghan 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

I use an MH-31 stock microphone and only the fast button seems to work. The UP and DWN seem to be not working. Have I changed an option somewhere by mistake? 73, Steve Lenaghan VE5SR/CIW406 SATERN Digital Canada

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

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-20140717 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #282 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [F8HP] Add Support for Baofeng F8HP with Custom Firmware Except for the firmware, this radio is nearly identical to the Intek KT-980HP Add BASETYPE and BASETYPE_LIST support Rework code so that KT-980HP settings are also used for BF-F8HP Update logic for powerlevels to use "==" intead of "!=" to be consistent with other similar settings Add code to DTMF Speed settings to prevent errors with out-of-range values Add subclass for Baofeng BF-F8HP #1765

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[chirp_users] Does chirp work with TYT9000 Mobile radio's ?
by ml41782 14 Jul '14

14 Jul '14

I recently purchased a radio and I haven't had time to do anything with it yet.

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 14 Jul '14

14 Jul '14

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-20140714 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #280 [Dan Drogichen <chirp.cordless(a)xoxy.net>] [developer] Add diffs-only mode to file diff utility - #1699 Adds an alternate display mode to the developer tools whole-file hex dump/diff utility in which only lines which are different are printed. Ranges of one or more lines that do not differ are replaced with a single blank line. This mode is invoked by setting the first memory location in the "Diff Radios" popup to -2. The existing functionality invoked by -1 is not affected. #1699 Changes for Build #281 [Dan Drogichen <chirp.cordless(a)xoxy.net>] [developer] Add info re: hex dump modes to "Diff Radios" dialog - #1753 When the developer tools are enabled and more than one image is loaded in chirp, selecting View -> Developer -> Diff tabs will open a dialog window that allows specification of two image/memory# pairs to be bitwise compared. Within this window, as special cases, selecting -1 as either memory number will invoke a full-file hex dump with diffs between the two files highlighted, and -2 as the first invokes a similar dump but with only the highlighted diffs shown. This feature is not obvious from the dialog appearance or usual semantics for memory number. This change adds two lines of text to this dialog window declaring that this feature exists. #1753

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[chirp_users] TYT TH-UVF1 dual Band Handheld-Expanded Frequency Access
by W David Seay 12 Jul '14

12 Jul '14

I have a TYT TH-UVF1 dual band handheld and it is supposed to be able to have access to expanded frequencies 136-174 and 400-480. I would like to be able to use for the GMRS which I also have a license for. I was told that the CHIRP software will allow to program these frequencies and it has done so but the radio still will not transmit outside of the amateur bands and I do not receive on the public safety frequencies which I would like to monitor since I am a firefighter and paramedic. If anyone has some advice, it would be appreciated. David

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[chirp_users] FT-60 cable question
by John Barker 11 Jul '14

11 Jul '14

Hi Dan, When I talked to you at Seaside, OR you said to drop you a line and you could tell me what cable to purchase to work on CHIRP, thanks John Barker

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[chirp_users] Re 1739
by Steve Lenaghan 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

I downloaded the latest build but the 60 meter error is still there 73 Steve VE6VS

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

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-20140708 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #278 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [Stock Config] 60 Meter Channel Wrong Channel 2 in the "US 60 meter channels(Dial)" Stock Config is incorrect related to #1739 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [IC2100H] add setting to enable display of alphanumeric channel names import RadioSettings from chirp.settings add "anm" (alphanumeric) parameter to structures add mem.extra code to "def get_memory(self, number):" add "Alphanumeric Name" setting add code to enable "anm" when a memory with a "name is edited add mem.extra code to "def set_memory(self, mem):" related to issue #1733 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Updated italian translation from Fabio Related to #46 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ft8x7] Hide power column in the spreadsheet As Yaesu FT8x7 family radios does not support per memory power set we have to hide power column in the spreadsheet, that's a feature of UI I discovered right now Fix #1741 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-82] UV-82X 220MHz Problem the "rf.valid_bands" override in the "class" for the UV-82 was breaking the vhf/220 functionality of the uv5r.py driver for this model. support for varying band ranges by model was reworked to be similar to how it is done in the th8102.py driver. related to bug #1695 [Dan Drogichen <chirp.cordless(a)xoxy.net>] [developer] Control fontsize of file browser display - #1697 Add user specification of the font size to use for the developer tools file browser display, without affecting any other Chirp displays. This is done with a new chirp.config integer property browser_fontsize in the [developer] section. The default size is unchanged at 10. Values between 4 and 144 are accepted; others result in the default. Add documentation of browser_fontsize to the README.developers file. #1697 Changes for Build #279

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[chirp_users] Power settings for FT897D
by Steve Lenaghan 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

What are the power settings column for? Steve VE6VS

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[chirp_users] UV8D
by David Singleton 06 Jul '14

06 Jul '14

Just wondering what the status is of Chirp being able to support the new Wouxun KG-UV8D? Thank you Sent with MailTrack <https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=ramboton@gma…>

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[chirp_users] UV82 lapel/speaker mic query
by Dave Whitehead 05 Jul '14

05 Jul '14

Hi I have several Baofeng radios, most recently added a UV82 (which has a dual PTT button on the radio) On the others when the lapel/speaker mic is connected and the mic PTT is keyed the radio transmits on the currently selected channel either top or bottom. On the UV82 (lapel/speaker mic is not a dual PTT) it *always* seems to transmit on the bottom channel. I've trawled the menus and settings but cant see anything that might control this behaviour. If anyone knows how to change this I'd be very grateful. Thankyou Dave ----------------------------------------- Please print responsibly Marwell Wildlife is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales under number 1355272. VAT No. 631 9661 30. The company is a registered charity, number 275433 Registered office: Marwell Wildlife, Colden Common, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1JH. Opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual, not the company unless specifically indicated to that effect. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient we apologise for any inconvenience. Please return to the sender. Any use or copying is strictly prohibited.

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[chirp_users] Issue with UV-5rv2+ programming
by Rick Myers 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

Trying to use chirp to program new HTs. Reads radio ok, but error message of radio won't respond to write to radio. Happens on both radios. If I use the VIP software (talk about convoluted!) it will write to the radio. I just did 1 local repeater channel thru VIP so see if it would work. Any thoughts or ideas I can try? Thanx RIck -- Rick Myers KD0THD SAR Manager, Planner, K9 Handler, Instructor, and Ground Pounder Member, Board of Directors, Canine Search and Recovery, Inc. Founder and Lead Trainer, Three Rivers Area Search and Rescue Council Instructor, Illinois SAR Council Member, National Search Dog Alliance

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[chirp_users] Baofeng Radios
by Michael West 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

OK, I’m officially PO’d. I have 4 UV-5R radios. I bought 2 and used chirp to program them. Although I had some difficulty I was able to do it using a ‘kenwood’ cable that a friend had. Now that I’ve bought 2 more I absolutely, positively cannot get them to connect. Sometimes they upload to the program but I cannot download the new set of frequencies. I get so frustrated and mad when I try to do this. It’s so arbitrary and is NOT reliable. Does anyone have any suggestions that might work for me? I’ve made sure the cables are connected properly (otherwise they shouldn’t upload in the first place) but why can’t I get the frets downloaded? If you have a logical and reasonable answer I’m willing to try it. ___ reply direct to: michaeljwest(a)centurytel.net

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[chirp_users] Resource site. mostly for Canadian, Nova Scotia users
by Galen Thurber 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

I've set up a site that I hope is of use http://flightsimhq.org/radio/ select 1st-page.html I have packs (BF888,UV5R) for specific usages such as: Nova Scotia services (police legacy, GSAR, GMRS, busses, weather, marine) legal GMRS (plus scanning) Nova Scotia HAM users (plus other scanning) plus information not found elsewhere VE1GAT -- I've been on-line since late 1992 My computer recommendations: Puppy Linux operating system, passwordsafe, truecrypt (private storage for hard drive/flash sticks), Pidgin Internet Messenger, tor anonymous browsing bundle. My information recommendations: antiwar.com therealnews.com alternet.org quackwatch.com Please join my boycott of: Eastlink, Facebook,Yahoo!, Microsoft

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[chirp_users] Yeasu FT-60R Issue
by John D. Gremard 03 Jul '14

03 Jul '14

Pardon me if this has already been asked and answered. Last night I cloned my FT-60 with the repeaters in St. Louis from Repeaterbook.com with CHIRP. The frequencies that we're programmed manually work fine. When I try to key the mike on the new frequencies, all I get is "error". Any suggestions? In the interest of full disclosure, the radio and I are new to the hobby. Thanks in advance, '73 John Gremard KE0ARY

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[chirp_users] CHIRP and the Baofengs
by Dave Reiner 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

Hi, I am having problems programming frequencies into my Baofeng UV-5R. It will take some of the higher ones, but won't upload the low ones. They appear on the CHIRP program, but when they upload, they change to random higher freq. Is it a setting I hope? Thanks, FD

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Re: [chirp_users] Fwd: Re: Linux My CHIRP Protests
by D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

I reinstalled chirp and pygtk. I still get this error. David On Jun 24, 2014 1:34 PM, "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <djringjr(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I have pygtk installed. > > Is there some way I can force chirp to see it? > > > David > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Jens J." <kd4tjx(a)yahoo.com> > Date: Jun 24, 2014 9:16 AM > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Linux My CHIRP Protests > To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > > Looks like it cant find pygtk > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea(a)arrl.net> > *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:14 AM > *Subject:* [chirp_users] Linux My CHIRP Protests > > Honest, I had this working and I uninstalled it because somehow CHIRP got > registered as a file browser program and NOW it protests: > > chirpw > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/chirpw", line 25, in <module> > import gtk > ImportError: No module named gtk > > > All the dependencies that I know about are installed. > > I am running ARCH Linux. > > 73 > David N1EA > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > >

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[chirp_users] blank screen
by Hubert Peery 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

Thanks guys I had been trying to use the stand alone and it would come up and count down and then blank screen but after reading these last group I downloaded the install one and downloaded the old Prolific driver and it works great. Thanks for answering my problem and you didn't even know it. Hub W5GYX

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[chirp_users] Can't connect to CHIRP
by Robert Brostoff 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

I just purchased a new UV-5R. I have downloaded the latest version of CHIRP. The first time I plugged in my cable from the UV-5R to the usb port on my PC, running Win 7,the computer downloaded a serial driver for the cable and indicated that the driver was installed and is now available. I turned on the radio while holding down the "3" key,I received a message that the firmware release is BFB297. I turned the radio off. I plugged in the cable. Then I selected "Radio" in CHIRP. Then I selected the Baofeng UV-5R and com 3. After a few moments I get an error message "Radio did not respond". I tried again, using com 5 with the same result. What do I do now? I'm trying to clone the radio so that I can find the firmware release number. Bob

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Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng Radios
by Tony 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

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Re: [chirp_users] Thanks Jim
by Tony 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

To program my radios, I had to find the right COM PORT on my computer. Once I got it right, it all worked fine. -----Original Message----- >From: Christian Peeples <chris_peeples(a)yahoo.com> >Sent: Jun 29, 2014 9:43 PM >To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >Subject: [chirp_users] Thanks Jim > >Jim: > > Thanks. You were right, I am using Windows XP and got CHIRP to open. I had checked cherpw, but did not recognize what popped up. I am now trying to get my computer to recognize my Baofeng, but I think that is a hardware problem. I'll work on it some more if I have time during the week. > >-- Chris Peeples --KE6MQW -- > > >Chris, > >You didn't mention which CHIRP download you downloaded or which operating >system you are trying to run CHIRP under. I am going to guess that your OS >is some version of Microsoft Windows. > >If you downloaded the Windows Installer version (this is the version that I >would recommend that most Windows users install and use), double clicking >it would install CHIRP under the appropriate "Program Files" folder and >create a CHIRP shortcut in the Start Menu. You would then just browse to >this shortcut in the Start Menu, click it, and CHIRP would launch. > >If you downloaded the Windows Standalone version (my guess is this is what >you have), you will unZIP the file in a suitable location that you yourself >choose. The file that launches CHIRP is the same one referenced in the >CHIRP shortcut mentioned above, "chirpw.exe". However, if your Folder >Options has "Hide extensions for known file types" enabled (the default >setting), then the file will only show up as "chirpw" in Windows Explorer. > >Browsing to the CHIRP folder of either installation and double-clicking the >"chirpw" executable file will launch CHIRP. > >Jim KC9HI > >_______________________________________________ >chirp_users mailing list >chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

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Re: [chirp_users] Dumb Newbie Question -- How To Start CHIRP
by Tony 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

WOW that is weird. CHIRP will unzip its files in one directory along with its sub directories. This is one program CHIPRW that is the executable program. I think it also created the start on the main screen. Have you tried pressing on the CHIRPW file? -----Original Message----- >From: Christian Peeples <chris_peeples(a)yahoo.com> >Sent: Jun 28, 2014 9:06 PM >To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >Subject: [chirp_users] Dumb Newbie Question -- How To Start CHIRP > >Dear All: > > CHIRP downloaded and unzipped 55 files to my computer. None of them are CHIRP.exe or anything that is obvious. I clicked on a number of them and CHIRP did not start. How does one start CHIRP? > >-- Chris Peeples -- KE6MQW -- >_______________________________________________ >chirp_users mailing list >chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com >http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

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[chirp_users] Thanks Jim
by Christian Peeples 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

Jim: Thanks. You were right, I am using Windows XP and got CHIRP to open. I had checked cherpw, but did not recognize what popped up. I am now trying to get my computer to recognize my Baofeng, but I think that is a hardware problem. I'll work on it some more if I have time during the week. -- Chris Peeples --KE6MQW -- Chris, You didn't mention which CHIRP download you downloaded or which operating system you are trying to run CHIRP under. I am going to guess that your OS is some version of Microsoft Windows. If you downloaded the Windows Installer version (this is the version that I would recommend that most Windows users install and use), double clicking it would install CHIRP under the appropriate "Program Files" folder and create a CHIRP shortcut in the Start Menu. You would then just browse to this shortcut in the Start Menu, click it, and CHIRP would launch. If you downloaded the Windows Standalone version (my guess is this is what you have), you will unZIP the file in a suitable location that you yourself choose. The file that launches CHIRP is the same one referenced in the CHIRP shortcut mentioned above, "chirpw.exe". However, if your Folder Options has "Hide extensions for known file types" enabled (the default setting), then the file will only show up as "chirpw" in Windows Explorer. Browsing to the CHIRP folder of either installation and double-clicking the "chirpw" executable file will launch CHIRP. Jim KC9HI

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[chirp_users] Dumb Newbie Question -- How To Start CHIRP
by Christian Peeples 29 Jun '14

29 Jun '14

Dear All: CHIRP downloaded and unzipped 55 files to my computer. None of them are CHIRP.exe or anything that is obvious. I clicked on a number of them and CHIRP did not start. How does one start CHIRP? -- Chris Peeples -- KE6MQW --

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[chirp_users] blank in xp
by Hubert Peery 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

I have made 3 disks and they all work on the win 7 machine. The xp machine doesn't have a usb boot just reads them. Have tried to use plop but doesn't boot either. Did find that after leaving the xp on all night it had booted to the chirp program but hadn't done so after 3 hours so don't know how long it took or why so long. Thanks Hub W5GYX

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[chirp_users] Blank Screen
by Hubert Peery 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

Sorry Jim but that didn't fix it. Still just a blinking ( - ) in the upper left corner and nothing else after 30 minutes of waiting. After the live boot. Thanks for trying. Hub W5GYX

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[chirp_users] Applying a patch
by Sean Wohltman 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

I'd like to help test the TYT-TH9000 patch, can I apply it to a daily build? Or is there a build with it built in? Thanks, Sean

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[chirp_users] Blank screen with win xp
by Hubert Peery 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

I don't know if that was Paul answering me or not as I can't get a screen to download anything. When the live cd boots all I get is a blinking ( -) in the upper left corner and I have left it there for over an hour and nothing. Everything just stops. This is on an old laptop I would like to take with me if a radio needs to be programed. The live cd boots up just fine on my win 7 and programs and saves just fine but sure would like to use the laptop. Hub

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[chirp_users] VX-7R Settings?
by Richard Mogford 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

I just started using CHIRP to program my Yaesu VX-7R. I used CHIRP recently with a Baofeng UV5R and noticed that there was tab to change the radio settings. I don't see this tab for the VX-7R. Am i missing something, or is this capability just not in CHIRP for the VX-7R? Richard AE6XO

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[chirp_users] How can I help add support for more radios?
by Dave Nathanson 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

I'm wondering if I am qualified to help add CHIRP support for additional radios. What would I need to know, and what tools would I need, to assist in this regard? Best, Dave Nathanson KG6ZJO

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[chirp_users] Linux My CHIRP Protests
by D.J.J. Ring, Jr. 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

Honest, I had this working and I uninstalled it because somehow CHIRP got registered as a file browser program and NOW it protests: chirpw Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/chirpw", line 25, in <module> import gtk ImportError: No module named gtk All the dependencies that I know about are installed. I am running ARCH Linux. 73 David N1EA

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[chirp_users] Using CHIRP Without the Mouse
by Catherine Getchell 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

Hi everyone, I'm new to the list. I downloaded CHIRP to use with my BaoFeng UV5 because programming it is a beast using the radio itself. I am totally blind and use a screen reader called JAWS that verbalizes what's on the screen. I use the keyboard, not the mouse, for all computer operations because the mouse is totally a visual interface. When I tried to use CHIRP, I discovered that there seems to be no way to access any of the menus or menu commands via keyboard. Does anyone have any suggestions, tips, etc for how to do this? It may not be possible, but before I abandon it totally, I thought I'd send a query to see what's out there. Thanks. Catherine KE4LAM

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[chirp_users] Win XP
by Hubert Peery 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

I am new to Chirp and am trying to get the bootable disk I made to load but all I get is a blank screen. I saw in in the question list this same thing and said it was in the letters but I just started and don't know where to go to find this information. I made a clean install of XP on my laptop and going to use it just for programming radios. It is an old machine. Hub

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[chirp_users] Kg uv920p-with chirp.
by Mike Leighty 22 Jun '14

22 Jun '14

Is the wouxun mobile kg uv920p going to work with chirp anytime soon? Chirp is awsome software I love it. I could possibly provide the radio if someone would like to get it working with chirp. If I am emailing the wrong person please let me know who I should be asking?

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[chirp_users] Icom ID-880H not able to set "my call"
by mobius 22 Jun '14

22 Jun '14

Guys, I can program frequencies fine, but it's not accepting my call under Dstar settings. I enter it, save the file, close and reopen and it's gone. I also imported a config from a friends' 880, changed his call to mine, saved, and uploaded. Still has his call in it. So I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong, or if this is a known issue? I've searched the archives but haven't found anything yet. If anyone has an idea I'm all ears. Thanks, Mobi

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[chirp_users] Need help programming my new Baofeng UV-5R using my Mac.
by Mike & Kara 21 Jun '14

21 Jun '14

I am a new Technician class HAM licensee (KM4BED) and just bought a Baofeng UV-5R from Amazon as my first radio. A friend told me about CHIRP to program the local repeaters into the radio. I bought a programming cable from Amazon at the same time. I downloaded the Mac version of CHIRP from the CHIRP website and installed it with the driver it recommended for the Mac. I cannot seem to get the computer and the radio to talk. Can anyone help? I had the same friend help me checkout the cable and the radio using his computer (he has 5 of these radios) to see if the problem was the cable or the radio. He could program my radio using my cable with his Windows based computer and CHIRP. Based on this I am assuming my radio and cable are fine and there is something wrong with my computer configuration. My computer is a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5 (this is the latest version this hardware will support). The version of CHIRP I am running is CHIRP 0.4.0 (GTK 2.24.10, PyGTK 2.22.0, Python 2.7.2). This is what I am doing: I start CHIRP; I plug the cable into a USB port on the computer; Then I plug the cable into the radio; Then I turn on the radio. This is what happens: The LED Indicator comes on RED and stays on for several minutes; Then it starts blinking Off and Red for a few minutes; Then it goes off. At that point I figure it is ready to start talking to the computer. On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; Instantly I get "An error has occurred could not open port /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem: [Errno 16] Resource busy: '/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem'"; I press the OK button. Then I try the other port: On the computer I select Radio > Download From Radio; I select Port = /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync; Vendor = Baofeng; Model = UV-5R; I press the OK button; I get a box that says Cloning for a few seconds; Then I get "An error has occurred Radio did not respond"; I press the OK button. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Mike KM4BED

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[chirp_users] uv5r
by fwvanwijk 21 Jun '14

21 Jun '14

Connrct rhe cables. Start as latest your computer. 73, Frans, PA3BVD

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[chirp_users] No Channel
by a c 19 Jun '14

19 Jun '14

New user - IC - T70 Successfully made an image of my radio, exported to CSV. After pasting in some memories I attempted to import from the CSV. small "No Channel" window pops up any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Alton W7ACX

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[chirp_users] Chirp on BeagleBone Black
by Michael Dodds 19 Jun '14

19 Jun '14

My new Rev C BeagleBone Black arrived today and I decided to see if it would run Chirp successfully. Short answer: yes it does :) The Rev C version comes with 4 GB of onboard flash and comes preinstalled with Debian 7.4 with an LXDE desktop. The older versions came with Angstrom Linux and only had 2 GB onboard storage. You could use one of those by loading Debian or Ubuntu on a 4GB or larger micro SD card and booting from there. The default user is debian and will sudo with no password, so it's not the most secure setup, but that is easily changed if you like. Here is how I did it: Open up LXterm from the Accessories menu and type: sudo usermod -a -G dialout debian This adds the debian user to the dialout group so you have access to the USB ports. Then I cheated a bit: While in LXterm I did this: sudo apt-get install chirp. This installs a truly ancient version of Chirp, but takes care of all the dependencies for you. When it completes, type: apt-get remove chirp. That removes the old version of chirp but leaves the dependencies. Then download the latest version of Chirp (the tar.gz Linux source version) From LXterm, type: cd /home/debian/Downloads and hit enter. Then type: tar -zxvf chirp* (no sudo needed here) This will extract the tar.gz file into a directory under Downloads, chirp-0.4.0 in my case. Then from the file manager in the GUI, navigate to that directory and double click on chirpw and click on execute in the dialog that pops up. I'm not sure if there is a practical use for running it in the BeagleBone, but it works every bit as well as my "real" Linux box does and reads/writes just fine to all my radios, it's fun, and Linux has no issues with the counterfeit Prolific USB programming cables. I'm sure you could get fancy and actually install it, but it works just fine without it. 73, Mike -- *Michael Dodds* *1390 Excalibur Dr.* *Macon, GA 31220* *478-314-4119* *mike(a)doddstech.com* “*Never worry about theory * *as long as the machinery does* *what it's supposed to do.” - Robert Heinlein*

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

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-20140618 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #277 [Dan Drogichen <chirp.cordless(a)xoxy.net>] [developer] Control fontsize of hex diff/dump display - #1681 Add user specification of the font size to use for the hex diff/dump display, without affecting any other Chirp displays. This is done with a new chirp.config integer property diff_fontsize in a new [developer] section. The default is unchanged at 11. Values between 4 and 144 are accepted; others result in the default. Add a new file README.developers at the top level of the repository to document chirp.config [developer] section properties. #1681

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[chirp_users] Chirp and UV-82
by Steve McKaskey 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

I am new to amateur radio and have a new Beofeng UV-82. I have gone through all the usual cable problems and managed to make communication with the radio. My problem is that when I make changes to Chirp it will not save them either to the radio or to file. I reverts to some default setting changing all new entries except the freq. I am editing the entries by selecting the line then right clicking to enter the edit mode This is very aggravating! Help!

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[chirp_users] Download
by Skip 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

I thought I would download the latest daily build for CHIRP and got the following message. Comments? Skip KF5ZXQ Warning: Unsafe Website Blocked! dl2.v47installer.com This website has been blocked temporarily because of the following reason(s): a.. Malware: Site may contain content that is harmful, illegal, or malicious to your computer Go back to safety (Recommended) This website has been reported as unsafe by various users and we do NOT recommend you to continue browsing. Disregard this warning and continue (Not Recommended)

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[chirp_users] CHIRP cannot see serial interface on Apple 10.9.3 Maverics even though the Mac does see it
by Ashley Grayson 15 Jun '14

15 Jun '14

Can anyone offer any advice? I'm trying to use CHIRP to program a TYT UV-F! with a MacBook Air running Mavericks. I did use a Windows machine (once) to program the UV-F! so I know the Prolific cable works with the radio and one model of PC. CHIRP 0.4.0 only shows four cu.drivers in the "Download from Radio" menu and none of them are reasonable; two are bluetooth and two wireless. The CHIRP menu does offer TYT and UV-F1 as choices so that looks good. Mavericks directory /dev listing shows the four cu.driver files and lots of other file names but nothing like "ftdi" or "serial" even after disabling the Apple ftdi.kext and installing the recommended FTDI serial driver with no errors. The Apple system info shows the cable present: USB-Serial Controller: Product ID: 0x2303 Vendor ID: 0x067b (Prolific Technology, Inc.) Version: 3.00 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc. Location ID: 0x04100000 / 3 Current Available (mA): 500 This could be as simple as me not knowing to hold down some button on the radio when starting the CHIRP program or missing some file in some directory. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'd like to use CHIRP to manage several radios but I can't even make one work at this point. Ashley Grayson

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