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[chirp_users] CT2 Yaesu 7800 with TTL2USB CT2 lead
by Andy Green 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

Hi all, I have a TTL2USB CT2 programmer and leads for the 7800, 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 lock message. Anyone else experience with using the CT2 with Chirp? Best Regards, Andy EI3HG

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Re: [chirp_users] VX-7R Issues
by John W. 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

It is neither designed, nor legal to use that radio on said frequencies

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 24 Jul '14

24 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-20140724 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #284 [Dan Drogichen <chirp.cordless(a)xoxy.net>] Allow specification of the hexdump address format Further edits to patch from Dan Smith # Fri Jul 18 07:58:00 2014 -0700 Change default addrfmt to %(addr)03i as discussed. Catch several exceptions resulting from format string errors observed in testing, and use the default format, as discussed. Revised the README.developers entry for hexdump_addrfmt as discussed. Alphabetized the README.developers directive descriptions, and made a few other minor edits as per the related #1767 patch submitted # Tue Jul 15 11:40:21 2014 -0700 [Dan Smith <dsmith(a)danplanet.com>] Allow specification of the hexdump address format This allows developers to override the address format used during whole-diff (and potentially other) hexdump operations. Idea and much of the implementation borrowed from Dan Drogichen Related to #1767 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [FT7800] Fix TSQL-R tone mode support Fix #221 Changes for Build #285 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UV-5R] Update Firmware Version Detection Fix firmware version block length (14 characters instead of 16). The firmware version check was failing on characters outside of the firmware version block. Swap the check order for BFB and BFS in the firmware version string so the first occurance will always be selected. The previous method was allowing different firmware versions to be detected as being the same. Related to bug #1751 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [UI] Update default for "Hide Unused Fields" - 2nd attempt Set "Hide Unused Fields" to be enabled by default #1779 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [VX170] Fix last patch My last patch to FT7800 broke this radio because they all depend on FTx800Radio Broken fixing #221

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[chirp_users] VX-7R Issues
by Tom Balaban 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Hello, First, I am a lurker who reads almost every posts and who appreciates Chirp in the infrequent times that I need to reprogram my HTs. Thanks to all for your hard work, My current issue is I am reprogramming a friend's radios (1 Yaesu VX-7R and 2 Baofeng UV-5Rs). My template was an .img file for my Baofeng UV-5Rs. I have an identical one for my Yaesu VX-6Rs. Reprogramming the Baofengs went perfectly but the VX-7R is driving me nuts. As a bit of background, we are bicycle race officials and work off of MURS channels. We like to have a full set of FRS/GMRS on our radios in reserve. So what has happened is on my VX-6R I see the MODE is set for NFM. Chirp will not accept this setting for the VX-7R so I changed it to FM before uploading it. Now on those frequencies set as ###.####, The VX-7R transmits a constant noise that sounds like an old telephone ring with a muffled ringer. It is unusable. However if I manually program the frequency in VFO mode it works great. I have attached all three .img files in hopes that someone will point me in the right direction. BTW, while trying to figure this out myself, I tried using AUTO in the MODE dropdown. The FM would flash then stay but at the very bottom of the input matrix a new LOC 1 would appear with AUTO but that line is greyed out. I saved the image and reloaded it and then Loc 1 showed AUTO but was still greyed out. The old Loc 1 was gone. This does not seem to be normal behavior. BTW, I am using Chirp Daily-20140719 on a Xubuntu netbook. had the same result using 0.4.0 on the netbook. I just tried it on a Win 8 box and it looks good (line with AUTO is not greyed out) but I'm not going to take the time to install the correct driver on a machine that will never travel with me to a bike race. The Win 8 version is Chirp 0.4.0. Thanks for taking the time to read this, Best Wishes, Tom

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[chirp_users] Settings
by Dr. Whit Woodard 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

There seem to be several settings for the BaoFeng F8+ radio that are of not particular consequence. One that has been confusing me is the “Tone Mode” Doesn’t seem to work on “Tone.” Should I be doing “TSQL” instead? or what? Is there somewhere I can get an explanation of the various settings needed to program the radio. The template is quite different from the sample I have from a friend with another model. Any ideas? Thanks, Whit k3wb

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[chirp_users] Tone, Tone Squelch, Pl, DPL, DCS
by Kenny Witt 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Wow, lots of antidotal information. How about a simple explanation of the science. When a radio transmits, it emits a signal that can be received by another radio. In most radio receivers there is a circuit called "squelch". This circuit works by requiring a small amount of electrical energy to be present, before the receiving radio's speaker will be turned on. This keeps unwanted static from being heard all the time. Thus, squelch off.....static....squelch on....no static. If a signal is weak, open the squelch and listen to the weak signal. If the signal is strong, increase squelch and this will limit any signals ability to open the receiving radio's speaker....even to the point that it cannot be opened at all. Now..."Tone and Tone Squelch", add a circuit to the receiving radio that expects a certain sub-audible or digital signal riding along the transmitted radio signal before it will open up the speaker at all. This is what CTSS, PL, DPL, TONE SQUELCH and some other digital signaling circuits do. They set a requirement for that extra signal to be present, before the receiver will open up the speaker. Now, with that understood, you should not have too much trouble understanding how the transmitter radio works within any variant of this system. The transmitter must be set to emit the required tone, sub-audible tone, or digital signal that a receiver is expecting to hear, in order to enable the receiver's speaker. So, if I want to transmit using a repeater (which is a receiver coupled to a simultaneously transmitting transmitter) and that repeater's receiver is expecting to hear a particular sub-audible, or digital tone before it will open up it's receiver, then I must set my radio to transmit that tone in order to enable the repeater to hear my signal. Also, most repeaters transmit tones as well, so I can set my radio to require a particular signal before it will open up and allow me to hear the audio across my radio from the other radio, or repeater. This is good when some repeaters (or any transmitters) are close enough to each other that they occasionally (and un-wantedly) hear each other's transmissions. This type of tone encoding and decoding, using several, and sometimes multiple different methods gives the user many methods of controlling what they hear on the receiving radio. Of note, for clarity,I used the word "speaker" above, when in actuality, the limiting circuit can be in many different places within the receiving radio's audio circuit. Also, please note, there are as many different ways to use these methods as you can imagine......and I have not even touched 'DTMF' Hope this helps. Kenny KC4OJS Sent from my iPad

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[chirp_users] Another question
by Dr. Whit Woodard 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

I saved my template after uploading it to the radio and I need to make some changes, but I can’t seem to access the template when I open it. Is is not possible to amend the settings from the saved copy and then upload it to the radio?? Thanks, Whit k3wb

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Re: [chirp_users] Wouxun '8D
by Clint Bradford 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

>> ... Just took look on the powerwerx site. I dont see any differences other then the extended battery on their 8D ... Geeze, give 'em a little time. They just announced this new, improved unit at the ARRL Convention ... where pre-orders were being taken by HRO - and will likely ship this or next week. Clint K6LCS

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[chirp_users] Anyone have a VX170 image?
by Dan Smith 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Hi all, We don't have a blank Yaesu VX170 image for out automated testing. Is there anyone out there that has a blank(ish) one they could send to me for inclusion? It doesn't really have to be blank, although it'd be preferred. Thanks! --Dan

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 16
by WD6AJR 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Thank you to all who replied to my post. I got it programmed. However, at the end of the upload, I got an error message. In case the image doesn't come through in the post, the text is: ======================================================== An error has occurred Upload finished but the 'Other Settings' could not be sent because the firmware version of the image BFB307 BFB297) does not match that of the radio BFS311 BFB297 ). Can the firmware of the UV5R be flashed or, does the difference in versions not really matter? ========================================================= Tnx es 73, David WD6AJR Orange, CA SKCC #8252 NAQCC #5729 TALARC #100703138 On Friday, July 18, 2014 12:00 PM, "chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com" <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. Re: chirp_users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 15 FT897 Mike (Steve Lenaghan) 2. Baofeng 997-S (WD6AJR) 3. Re: Baofeng 997-S (Jim Unroe) 4. Re: Baofeng 997-S (John LaMartina) 5. Kenwood TH-K2AT Only Reads first 50 Channels (Jim) 6. Re: Kenwood TH-K2AT Only Reads first 50 Channels (Dan Smith) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:05:33 -0600 From: Steve Lenaghan <steve.lenaghan(a)live.ca> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 67, Issue 15 FT897 Mike To: <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <BLU170-DS2830075B8527B744C9985799F40(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original This was posted here in case it was something I did wrong in the Chirp program 73 Steve VE5RS ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:22:36 -0700 From: WD6AJR <wd6ajr(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [chirp_users] Baofeng 997-S To: "chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com" <chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> Message-ID: <1405650156.69325.YahooMailNeo(a)web161504.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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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[chirp_users] Wouxun '8D
by Clint Bradford 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

There are a few "variants" of the Wouxun UV-8D already out there - and now Powerwerx has received a new FCC ID number for a model with even newer features/firmware. This might be a case of "What works for some units may not work for others." This occurred with a Puxing model of two last year: You use the "newest software" and brick a radio ... Whatever model of '8D you submit to the CHIPR development team, it should be noted the precide version/date of its firmware - to attempt to eliminate problems down the line. Clint Bradford K6LCS

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[chirp_users] UV-5R transmitting on 150 to 160 MHZ
by Joe Creel 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Hi; I know its out of the ham frequency bands, but I am allowed to use these bands. My problem is that the UV-5R will key up the transmitter but no audio will be sent. I use chirp to program the radio, in simplex mode? No tone, freq offsets 0.0 and the frequencys are correct. Any idea what I am doing wrong? It works (xmit and receive) with ham frequencies

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[chirp_users] Show stopper on application startup [windows 7 64 bit]
by Eric Oyen 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

ok, I had no choice but to try windows and jaws (again) to see if I could program my radios. so, I started with the latest daily build and installed it. then I tried to run it only to get a blank opening window. None of the alt keys for the various commonly used pulldown menu items would work. It sat there being as blank as a sheet of unused paper and was unresponsive to any command (including the enter key). Now, I use jaws and windows 7 here (like I have any choice) and because my computer has no display screen, there wasn't any visual help to get around this. So, I ask (again), how can the blind ham use this program in windows with jaws. Before anyone asks, I don't have any of my other machines here. Both were subjected to a massive power surge after one of the recent monsoon storms (direct hit to the power lines outside has a tendency to do that). what information I was able to find (via google) with regard to using this program on windows is, at best, lacking. Unfortunately, the software provided by the various chinese radio manufacturers is just as unusable. so, I ask (again) that the developer look at this as a much needed feature request and to please get it implemented. Basically, I would like to be able to use the software the same as anyone else (that being without someone to assist me). To that end, I am asking that this be done. BTW< are there any jaws scripts that are designed to work with chirp? thanks, -eric

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[chirp_users] File of UK Repeaters
by Terry 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

Hi Chaps, Following a request for UK repeaters find it attached from 10M and up comments give Maidenhead location and region Regards Terry 2E0GLK p.s. wonderful program well done

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[chirp_users] BaoFeng BF-F8+
by Roger Dillon 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

Has anybody gotten the CHIRP software to work on a BaoFeng BF-F8+. It doesn't show up in the BaoFeng dropdown box in the program. I can't get it to "talk" to my radio. 73's Roger KJ6IEZ

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[chirp_users] unsunscribe
by fwvanwijk 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

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[chirp_users] Support for Wouxun KG-UV8D
by Mike Morrow 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

I think I saw that it was coming. It there any way to get an estimate. The software that comes with the radio is fairly horrible. It has not decided to ignore all input so I cannot change the channels from the PC for now. Reinstall did not good. Will try a different computer next. Surely would like to see the update supporting the KG-UV8D. Thanks to all who work on this program! It is really nice to have all the programming for different radios in one place. Mike/W6XXX

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[chirp_users] Tongfa TF-Q5
by Shane Stevenson 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

New to the list, been using Chirp for a while on 7 x UV-5Rs, I recently purchased a Tonfa (www.qztonga.com) TF-Q5 radio. The software for programming the radios is available from their website and works ok, however there is no ability to import from another source (ie anything I can spit out of Chirp). Has anybody used these radios with Chirp ? If not if I sample the coms traffic between the software and the radio can somebody identify the radio spec that I need to use in Chirp to get it to work / have it added ? Shane Australia ?

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[chirp_users] Chirp for vx160
by RICK THOMPSON 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

I am wondering if the vx160 is supported. I saw the post about the vx150 and was wondering if they might be the same? Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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[chirp_users] Vertex/Yaesu VX-150
by Denis Dimick 20 Jul '14

20 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 18 Jul '14

18 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 13 Jul '14

13 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 07 Jul '14

07 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. 01 Jul '14

01 Jul '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 01 Jul '14

01 Jul '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 01 Jul '14

01 Jul '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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