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[chirp_users] Subject: Re: Baofeng
by Jim Beattie 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

It would be great if you shared the info on sat commo with all of the list members, brad. Jim KF5HRF

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 10
by Bob Fleck 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Re FT-817 no longer talking to Chirp after accidental CPU reset I remember now I widebanded the radio with the Region setting solder blobs on the back of the control board. And No I still cant talk to the FT-817 Regards Bob vk2byf On 15 June 2013 05:00, <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 54, Issue 9 (Bob Fleck) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bob Fleck <vk2byf(a)gmail.com> > To: "chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com" < > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:36:44 +1000 > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 9 > Today's Topics: > > 1. Yaesu FT-817 programming (Bob VK2BYF) > 2. Re: Yaesu FT-817 programming (Marco IZ3GME) > > Thanks Marco > > yes the FT-817 was wide banded a long time ago. I can't remember how I did > it. Hardware or software. > > At least you put me on the right track, thanks. > > I tried HOME + Power reset and it did not help. > > I'll try fixing baud rate to 9600. I can listen with Crystal earpiece > (poor man's oscilloscope) > on Data cable and hear PC sending but can hear nothing coming from the > FT-817 (TXD) to the PC. > > I'll report back what I find. > > Thanks Bob VK2BYF > > > >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > -- *The miracle of life is that it exists despite everything it's got going against it.* *Bob *

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Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng
by Brad NK8J 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

I'll call you tomorrow and tell you what you have to do Jim Brad NK8J -----Original Message----- From: chirp_users-bounces(a)intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of jim Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 12:06 PM To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: [chirp_users] baofeng hello out out there i have the baofeng uv5rb i really dont use this radio that much i am hf most of the time but i would like to know how can i do satillite work on this radio using chrip and what freq do i use or how you but the freq in chrip to make it work thanks. _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users ____________________________________________________________ 4 Hormones Making Us Fat? Learn how to control 4 hormones all skinny people have in balance. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3155/51bc049f9633149534dcmp08duc

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[chirp_users] baofeng
by jim 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

hello out out there i have the baofeng uv5rb i really dont use this radio that much i am hf most of the time but i would like to know how can i do satillite work on this radio using chrip and what freq do i use or how you but the freq in chrip to make it work thanks.

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 9
by Bob Fleck 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Today's Topics: 1. Yaesu FT-817 programming (Bob VK2BYF) 2. Re: Yaesu FT-817 programming (Marco IZ3GME) Thanks Marco yes the FT-817 was wide banded a long time ago. I can't remember how I did it. Hardware or software. At least you put me on the right track, thanks. I tried HOME + Power reset and it did not help. I'll try fixing baud rate to 9600. I can listen with Crystal earpiece (poor man's oscilloscope) on Data cable and hear PC sending but can hear nothing coming from the FT-817 (TXD) to the PC. I'll report back what I find. Thanks Bob VK2BYF > > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >

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[chirp_users] Yaesu FT-817 programming
by Bob Fleck 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

First of all a big thanks to the CHirp team, it's a great product. I have used it on Yaesu, Baufeng, Wouxun. I use a 6 in 1 cable I bought fo $10 on fle-bay which works well. I made an adapter cable for the FT-817 Accessory socket and downloaded the radio to Chirp just fine. I edited the file and when I tried to send it back to the radio I accidentally factory defaulted the radio by not holding down both mode buttons properly on turn on. A caution for other players. I now cannot communicate with the radio and it has lost all memories and settings. Yes I have the correct Windows driver as it works with other radios. Yes I have the correct com port, verified with "find my port" program a BIG help. Yes I have tried both CAT rates. Yes I have checked for continuity in my patch cable, and no shorts. What have I missed? I can't upload or down load the radio. I get error message Radio did not ack block 0 and Unable to read block 00 expected 4 got 4 Are you guys aware of the availability of NiZn 1.6 V rechargeable AA batteries? Ideal for the FT-817. Thanks in advance, -- *Regards Bob VK2BYF, Nowra, South Coast, NSW, Australia*

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

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-20130610 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #208 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [uvb5] Defaults incorrectly set for 'extra' settings #919

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[chirp_users] Pidora chirp rpm Rpi.repo
by Adrian 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Pidora chirp 0.3.1 rpm done; http://vk4tux.no-ip.org/repo/Fedora/18/armv6hl/chirp-0.3-1.armv6hl.rpm tested with 92AD http://vk4tux.no-ip.org/chirp_install.jpg Image including chirp currently uploading. http://vk4tux.no-ip.org/ armv6hl repo install; cd /etc/yum.repos.d sudo wget vk4tux.no-ip.org/Rpi.repo Adrian ... vk4tux

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[chirp_users] UV-5RC
by Frederick R. McDougall 08 Jun '13

08 Jun '13

Like Mike I searched in vain for the process of loading repeaters into my new UV-5RC and then I found the Beginners Guide. Downloading from the radio gave me 21 memories. I have yet to find a means to enter more sites. I expect that I will feel like committing hari cari or the Chinese equivalent when I find the process but it is hidden to me at this moment. Fred VA6FRM

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[chirp_users] Thanks to the authors
by mikey 08 Jun '13

08 Jun '13

I have created and distributed software both commercially (from a big company) and personally (and free) from my web site. I know it is a "labor of love" but that means that is is truly "labor"! Thanks to the authors of this package for supporting so many radios so well. I know there are still some issues and there will almost always be such as features are added/modified. Please be nice to them when you find a bug or are asking for an enhancement. Thank goodness my users are generally nice and it is appreciated. The software, like the radio (UV-5R), is a little complex and a "techy's delight" but, due to the documentation being available, did not take too very long to learn both and get them working happily together. Now, after the praise, one little gotcha that affected me. I did not understand about the .img file needing to be created and was lost for a while, after creating my memories, on how to upload the data to the radio. The menu item was disabled and I could not find any "startup" doc to tell me to get the image from the radio, modify it and upload it back. I think I finally found some wording similar to that but it was not obvious and when first starting to use a new radio and new software, being obvious about first steps is a good thing. Thanks again, Mike Morrow ILikeTheInternet.com (easy to remember) Vallejo, CA -- - Mikey uses Synology NAS for web hosting and email sending and receiving. Learn more at Synology.com.

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[chirp_users] Unlocking the field programming
by Robert Evans 08 Jun '13

08 Jun '13

See this link http://www.wouxun.us/category.php?category_id=60 Look under the F11 software that unlocks VFO/MO button. Dont see this feature in Chirp, need to run the F11 software and upload the change. Rob-New Member

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 08 Jun '13

08 Jun '13

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-20130608 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #207 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ic208] Replace unsupported chars with * Fix #911

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

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-20130606 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #206 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ic208] Fix charset and char encoding Fix bug #889 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [vx3] Valid flag was not set Fix bug #875

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[chirp_users] Problems reading Yaesu FT-8900
by John Randle 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

I am getting an error "Failed to read header (0)" when trying to use CHIRP to read my FT-8900. I am using a USB cable acquired from www.409shop.com and a Prolific 2.0.2.1 USB driver on an XP home system. The cable is being properly detected by XP. The same XP home system is being successfully used to read my BaoFeng UV-5R and my Yaesu VX-7R, both using different USB cables but the same driver. For what ever it may be worth, the RT Systems software (ADMS 2H) is also failing to read the FT-8900, showing a "clone error" on the FT-8900 display when I use the USB cable from www.409shop.com. However, I am able to read the FT-8900 using a USB to Serial adapter and the serial cable that RT systems supplied many years ago. It would appear that my problem is the USB cable from www.409shop.com ... but I would appreciate a second or third opinion. Thanks in advance.. -- John 73's de K9RSQ

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[chirp_users] This device cannot start. (Code 10)
by Richard Dillman 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

I'm happily using CHIRP daily-20130524 with my BF UV-5RA on my Win7 machine - or I was. The original setup defaulted to COM12. When trying to upload a new file today I noted the COM setting had changed to COM13 without my intervention and CHIRP complains: "could not open port COM13: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified." Device Manager shows the yellow exclamation triangle for "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM13)" Properties says "This device cannot start. (Code 10)" Update driver reports that the driver is current. Advanced Settings for COM13 reports that COM3 through COM12 are in use (thus the bump to COM13 I guess). I'm not sure where to go from here so all advice will be gratefully received. Thanks, RD ================================= Richard Dillman, WPE2VT Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 54, Issue 1
by Franklin Sanor 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

He told me it was a unit locked at the factory to make it part 90 compliant. I have not seen it as we were conferring on our local repeater. I pointed him at the miklor site and suggested holding the locking key for longer than 2 seconds. Thanks guys 73 Frank On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:00 PM, <chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com>wrote: > Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to > chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > chirp_users-owner(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Unlocking the field programming (Franklin Sanor) > 2. Re: Unlocking the field programming (Kevin Whipp) > 3. Re: Unlocking the field programming (Jim Unroe) > 4. Re: Unlocking the field programming (Marco IZ3GME) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:01:26 -0400 > From: Franklin Sanor <wa8whp(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [chirp_users] Unlocking the field programming > To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com > Message-ID: > <CAJEHr0q4mM5YQaX2QK22iBGuUd8qQ= > aeoJF2ZsAd05U4Sfx-vQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > A local ham has a UV5R which cannot be field programmed. What procedure is > needed to do this? I can program using chirp but this wont allow on-the-go > changes. > TNX > 73 > WA8WHP > Frank > wa8whp(a)gmail.com >

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[chirp_users] Problems programming VX-3
by Joe Kirby 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am having issues programming a VX-3. I have a .img file that I got from the radio. All it has is 146.52 and a bunch of empty channels. I have a CSV file that contains 28 local frequencies. When I try to import, everything looks good. However no frequencies actually import. Below is the CSV file followed by the console output. I am using chirp-0.3.1-1.fc17.noarch. Location,Name,Frequency,Duplex,Offset,Tone,rToneFreq,cToneFreq,DtcsCode,DtcsPolarity,Mode,TStep,Skip,Comment,URCALL,RPT1CALL,RPT2CALL 0,147520,146.520000,,0.000000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 1,446000,446.000000,,0.000000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 2,146940,146.940000,-,0.600000,Tone,118.8,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 3,KJHILR,443.300000,+,5.000000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 4,444300,444.300000,+,5.000000,Tone,118.8,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 5,AQZ440,443.075000,+,5.000000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 6,CWB440,443.500000,+,5.000000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 7,RACK2M,147.300000,+,0.600000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 8,RACK44,444.575000,+,5.000000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 9,VDX440,444.775000,+,5.000000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 10,GBI075,147.075000,+,0.600000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 11,14755S,147.555000,,0.000000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 12,145370,145.370000,-,0.600000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 13,145230,145.230000,-,0.600000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 14,145170,145.170000,-,0.600000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 15,146625,146.625000,-,0.600000,Tone,118.8,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 16,ECOLNK,444.175000,+,5.000000,Tone,203.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 17,443250,443.250000,+,5.000000,Tone,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 18,,147.330000,+,0.600000,Tone,118.8,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 19,,147.120000,+,0.600000,Tone,118.8,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 20,,147.090000,+,0.600000,Tone,131.8,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 21,,145.490000,-,0.600000,Tone,107.2,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 22,,147.210000,+,0.600000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 23,,147.220000,+,0.600000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 24,,146.700000,-,0.600000,Tone,100.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 25,,146.970000,-,0.600000,Tone,123.0,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, 127,APRS,144.390000,,0.000000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,S,,,,, 128,IRLP,146.410000,,0.000000,,88.5,88.5,023,NN,FM,5.00,,,,,, -----------------and the console---------------------------- CHIRP 0.3.1 on Linux - Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle)Kernel \r on an \m (\l) (Python 2.7.3) Registered Icom_7200 = Icom7200Radio Registered Icom_7000 = Icom7000Radio Registered Icom_746 = Icom746Radio Registered Generic_CSV = CSVRadio Registered Icom_IC-2820H = IC2820Radio Registered ARRL_Travel_Plus = TpeRadio Registered Yaesu_VX-3 = VX3Radio Registered Vertex_Standard_VXA-700 = VXA700Radio Registered Icom_IC-91_92AD_ICF_File = IC9xICFRadio Registered Kenwood_TH-D7 = THD7Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-D7G = THD7GRadio Registered Kenwood_TM-D700 = TMD700Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-V7 = TMV7Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-G707 = TMG707Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-F6 = THF6ARadio Registered Kenwood_TH-F7 = THF7ERadio Registered Kenwood_TM-D710 = TMD710Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-D72_live_mode = THD72Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-V71 = TMV71Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-K2 = THK2Radio Registered Kenwood_TM-271 = TM271Radio Registered TYT_TH-UVF1 = TYTTHUVF1Radio Registered Icom_IC-T8A = ICT8ARadio Registered Yaesu_VX-5 = VX5Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-1802M = FT1802Radio Registered Icom_IC-2720H = IC2720Radio Registered Kenwood_HMK = HMKRadio Registered Icom_IC-2100H = IC2100Radio Registered Icom_IC-W32A = ICW32ARadio Registered Yaesu_FT-817 = FT817Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-817ND = FT817NDRadio Registered Yaesu_FT-817ND_US = FT817NDUSRadio Registered Yaesu_FT-857_897 = FT857Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-857_897_US = FT857USRadio Registered Icom_IC-V82_U82 = ICx8xRadio Registered Generic_XML = XMLRadio Registered Baofeng_UV-5R = BaofengUV5R Registered Yaesu_VX-8_R = VX8Radio Registered Yaesu_VX-8_DR = VX8DRadio Registered Icom_IC-91_92AD = IC9xRadio Registered Alinco_DR03T = DR03Radio Registered Alinco_DR06T = DR06Radio Registered Alinco_DR135T = DR135Radio Registered Alinco_DR235T = DR235Radio Registered Alinco_DR435T = DR435Radio Registered Alinco_DJ596 = DJ596Radio Registered Jetstream_JT220M = JT220MRadio Registered Alinco_DJ175 = DJ175Radio Registered Puxing_PX-777 = Puxing777Radio Registered Puxing_PX-2R = Puxing2RRadio Registered Yaesu_VX-7 = VX7Radio Registered Icom_IC-Q7A = ICQ7Radio Registered Icom_IC-T7H = ICT7HRadio Registered Baofeng_UV-3R = UV3RRadio Registered Icom_ID-800H_v2 = ID800v2Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-60 = FT60Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-7800 = FT7800Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-8800 = FT8800Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-8900 = FT8900Radio Registered Yaesu_FT-2800M = FT2800Radio Registered Icom_ID-31A = ID31Radio Registered Kenwood_TH-D72_clone_mode = THD72Radio Registered Icom_ID-880H = ID880Radio Registered Icom_ID-80H = ID80Radio Registered Icom_IC-208H = IC208Radio Registered Icom_IC-2200H = IC2200Radio Registered TYT_TH-UV3R = TYTUV3RRadio Registered Icom_IC-T70 = ICT70Radio Registered Yaesu_VX-6 = VX6Radio Registered Wouxun_KG-UVD1P = KGUVD1PRadio Registered Wouxun_KG-UV6 = KGUV6DRadio Registered Wouxun_KG816 = KG816Radio Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config Skipping existing stock config DTCS Code supported: True DTCS Rx Code supported: False DTCS Pol supported: False Mode supported: True Offset supported: True Name supported: True Tune Step supported: True Name supported: True ToneSql supported: False Cross Mode supported: False Comment supported: False DTCS Code supported: True DTCS Rx Code supported: False DTCS Pol supported: False Mode supported: True Offset supported: True Name supported: True Tune Step supported: True Name supported: True ToneSql supported: False Cross Mode supported: False Comment supported: False Doing 1 Doing 2 Importing 0 -> 1 Importing 1 -> 2 Importing 2 -> 3 Importing 3 -> 4 Importing 4 -> 5 Importing 5 -> 6 Importing 6 -> 7 Importing 7 -> 8 Importing 8 -> 9 Importing 9 -> 10 Importing 10 -> 11 Importing 11 -> 12 Importing 12 -> 13 Importing 13 -> 14 Importing 14 -> 15 Importing 15 -> 16 Importing 16 -> 17 Importing 17 -> 18 Importing 18 -> 19 Importing 19 -> 20 Importing 20 -> 21 Importing 21 -> 22 Importing 22 -> 23 Importing 23 -> 24 Importing 24 -> 25 Importing 25 -> 26 Importing 127 -> 27 Importing 128 -> 28 Imported 28 Closing 0 RadioThread exiting -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlGtE4sACgkQ6Xt+NmMbdFAbBQCfYnBNJ2VLDHuvloOfgIBFf+1c vM8An0sQInFy3ZAnmIzwISca8ZVtDPRf =piZm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

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-20130604 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #205 [Jim Unroe <rock.unroe(a)gmail.com>] [uv-b5] Band Limit Settings Add settings for changing VHF and UHF lower and upper band limits #905

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[chirp_users] Unlocking the field programming
by Franklin Sanor 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

A local ham has a UV5R which cannot be field programmed. What procedure is needed to do this? I can program using chirp but this wont allow on-the-go changes. TNX 73 WA8WHP Frank wa8whp(a)gmail.com

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[chirp_users] Baofeng 888s
by Ross Biddle 31 May '13

31 May '13

This little radio has become a roaring seller at a giveaway price … however it is not on the supported list. I just got one via ebay for $10 new which is silly. Has anyone managed to get it to work with Chirp (compatible with another radio perhaps) or any suggestions for other programming software ? The Baofeng software is truly awful. Ross

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[chirp_users] Alinco DJ-C7
by RavenMaster 31 May '13

31 May '13

Hi Anyone knows if this scanner/transmitter is readable/programmable via Chirp? I only ask cause it's not on the supported devices but... we never know :) I'm waiting for the programming cable, so soon I'll be able to test it. Regards, RavenMaster

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 30 May '13

30 May '13

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-20130530 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #204 [Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us>] Make settings less verbose. #891 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ic208] Correct upper valid_bands check fix #887

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[chirp_users] Ft-1900
by Glenn C Werner 29 May '13

29 May '13

Has anyone had success programming an FT-1900 or FT-2900 ??? Thanks, Glenn K1PCB

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Re: [chirp_users] radio still does not respond
by Madison Jones 29 May '13

29 May '13

Thanks to all for your suggestions. None of them worked, though I appreciate your diligent efforts. Even worse, during my thrashing around in attempting yet another fix, the radio locked up in Memory mode, and nothing I attempted worked except the Mono button which somehow kicked the receiver into the frequency for a local hard rock station. Let not your hearts be troubled, however: using and old XP machine and making sure I had the proper Prolific driver, I went to the Baofeng UV-5R user group and looked up Hard Reset. None of the tips worked, either, until I guessed that perhaps loading the Baofeng software might influence things. After doing that and interpreting something that was mentioned in passing on one of the posts and giving it a whirl by inserting a new file [an .img file, perhaps? This concept is not explained anywhere I could find but I think it is what I did], the whole thing came alive! I have concluded that my radio works with the Baodeng software only and that the cloning cable works in XP [using the XP driver] rather than in Windows 7 using the Vista driver. I have programmed a half dozen repeaters into memory and saved it so the next time at least I won't have to start from scratch. In summary, the software [beta, gamma, delta ??] from Baofeng is useable, XP is OK, and I am happy. Thanks again and best of luck. Regards, Madison W5MJ -----Various Responses----- From: km9m-zig(a)comcast.net Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Radio still does not respond . . . try plugging the programming cable into a different usb port. . . . . . . Welcome to the world of windows hidden files and the hardware hive. Too bad its been this way for generations. W6ARH . . . If you change com ports, the correct driver needs to be reloaded to the new port. I believe that?s what you are experiencing. John K3NXU

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[chirp_users] Radio still does not respond
by Madison Jones 29 May '13

29 May '13

To review my problem: Win7, Prolific 3.2.0.0 7/31/2007 [installed and reinstalled and reinstalled] on com 3, CHIRP 0.3.1, plug end filed down and pushed in HARD, and still get "radio did not respond" when I attempt to download from the radio. The miklor.com page has no suggestions for this error msg other than to file down the cable. Anything else in anyone's bag of tricks? Regards, Madison Jones W5MJ

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[chirp_users] "radio did not respond"
by Madison Jones 29 May '13

29 May '13

I am a new user to the Baofeng F-11 so I might not be getting things correct, though I have reinstalled the cloning cable driver [it is on Com 3] using the Win7 procedure outlined by Wouxun and reinstalled Chirp. When I initially obtained the radio, I pulled up the stock channel program, changed it around a little and uploaded it to the radio using Chirp. A few days later I manually programmed several of the memories and deleted most of the stock memories. Now, when going to the Radio tab on the Chirp software and attempting to Download from Radio, I get an error message which says "radio did not respond." I get the same error message when attempting to upload to the radio from Chirp. Suggestions? Madison Jones W5MJ

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 42
by N4AOF 28 May '13

28 May '13

This SPAM was partly the fault of the ignorant twit who invited the mail list address to Linked In, and largely the fault of Linked In itself. A few years ago, Linked In used to be a serious professional networking site, but more recently it has become more of a MySpace wannabe. When a person joins Linked In now, every time he logs in he will be pestered by a screen asking him to give linked in access to his email client program so that it can find people he knows on Linked In, but that come on is largely a lie. What Linked In actually does is import every email address in the person's contacts and then it offers to "invite" those addresses to join his "professional network" -- it does not tell the person that most of those addresses are NOT already on Linked In, and it is formatted in such a way that most people never even see the addresses that they are about to "invite" - but by doing so, the person agrees to a set of conditions that allows Linked In to spam every address it found in his contacts. Linked In will then spam those addresses, and about a month later it will spam all the addresses that haven't joined Linked In a second time. Linked In claims that people can opt out of being spammed by their members, but you have to join Linked In before you can opt out. Personally, on the mail lists that I manage, I treat Linked In invitations exactly the same way I treat Grouply invitations -- I immediately ban the individual from that mail list and from all the other mail lists that I manage. Doing so may not be "fair" but it cuts way down on the problems of managing recurring spam caused by ignorant fools. -----Original Message----- 1. Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Tomas Mesta) 2. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (Bear Albrecht) 3. Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn (The Silver Fox)

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[chirp_users] UV-B5 Limiting frequency entry
by nv7v nv7v 28 May '13

28 May '13

With the UV-5R you can enter frequency limits with CHIRP so the user can't enter anything outside those limits manually in VFO mode. You can still program in frequencies outside those limits with CHIRP and upload them to the radio. This is very useful as you can set the radio up for a Ham that may also have need to use the radio on other services for which they are authorized without worrying he may inadvertently transmit or enter and transmit on a frequency he should not. If I enter in frequency limits in the "settings" section in CHIRP for the UV-B5, however, it then will not allow any frequencies outside those frequency limits to be programmed into memories using CHIRP or manually in VFO mode. Is this a limit of the radio or is it possible CHIRP could be changed to work like it does with the UV-5R? Thanks so much for your excellent work!! Steve NV7V

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[chirp_users] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Tomas Mesta 28 May '13

28 May '13

LinkedIn ------------ Discussion, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Tomas Tomas Mesta Retail Professional Modesto, California Area Confirm that you know Tomas Mesta: https://www.linkedin.com/e/c4xhnw-hh9q7jj3-58/isd/13679634333/yM1ZKmZO/?hs=… -- You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Click to unsubscribe: http://www.linkedin.com/e/c4xhnw-hh9q7jj3-58/XqXhe0G_4hwIZ3_xoQuVTfT_syuI36… (c) 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

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[chirp_users] Yaesu FT-60 upload fails but download works
by Marcia Stockton 28 May '13

28 May '13

I could use some help figuring out how to make this work. I have tried everything I could think of for 2 days before asking for help. In summary, Chirp 0.3.1 and 0.1.12 will receive configuration data from the Yaesu FT-60 radio, but will not send chirp image data back to the radio to configure it. Permissions on the serial device /dev/ttyS0 are correct: crw-rw---- allowing the dialout group to read/write the serial port, and my userid is a member of the dialout group. The steps I tried are listed below. (Pardon me for the length of the problem-solving narrative but I decided to include a number of false steps and time-consuming problems due to incomplete or erroneous or confusing documentation, in case these are fixable issues, so that others might avoid these troubles.) Thanks for any help you can give. 73, Marcia NU6N ----------------Tried to Solve the Problem Myself------------------ OS = Linux Mint 12 First, installed chirp package from Ubuntu ppa repository (Linux Mint is a Ubuntu derivative and Ubuntu packages almost always work fine): | sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-hams-updates/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install chirp| What I got was a downlevel chirp 0.1.12. Tested it and chirp 0.1.12 successfully read from the radio. The problem occurs repeatably whenever I try to upload from chirp to the radio. The cable should be OK because it was purchased from Yaesu and has worked before in both directions with Yaesu-provided rig programming software on the same laptop, back when we ran Windows on this laptop. The serial port on the laptop works fine when communicating with the HF rig. And one should try the latest version before asking for help, as the Yaesu FT-60 support might be more complete in the current version, based on differences in the test reports for the two versions ("Test report for CHIRP version 0.1.12" (http://chirp.danplanet.com/download/0.1.12/Test_Report.html shows all functions supported on FT-60 except "clone"; whereas clone is listed as supported on the current beta release 0.3.1 http://chirp.danplanet.com/download/0.3.1/Model_Support.html). I downloaded the 0.3.1 tarball and manually installed it (|sudo python setup.py install)|. I presumed that the necessary libraries were already present as a result of the previous installation of chirp 0.1.12. The manual installation ||produced error messages and chirpw would not run (i.e. was not installed in a way that allowed it to be run from any directory or menu.) However, per the instructions, running chirp 0.3.1 directly from the directory it was unzipped to, via ./chirpw command, worked OK ... except that upload to radio still didn't work. To rule out the possibility of a conflict with code that could have been left over from the 0.1.12 install, I removed chirp 0.1.12 using apt-get remove chirp. Then I manually deleted all files and directories that had been created by the attempted manual install of chirp 0.3.1. || So at this point I am starting over attempting a clean manual install of chirp 0.3.1 from the downloaded tarball. Following the instructions at http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Running_Under_Linux to ensure all prerequisite libraries are present, sudo apt-get install python-gtk python-serial python-libxml2 produced an error message: Package 'python-gtk' has no installation candidate. I ran apt-get update but still no python-gtk. I then ran a complete sudo apt-get upgrade on my system to ensure all my repository-provided software is up to date. After web research I learned there is no longer a python-gtk but there is a python-gtk2, and it is already installed on my system, and is the newest version. I unpacked chirp 0.3.1 and again ran chirp from inside the directory where it was unpacked. (Did not attempt to run the python installer this time.) Again chirp 0.3.1 ran, with the same results as before: Chirp can receive data from the FT-60 radio, but when data from chirp cannot be sent to the radio. Note that I carefully followed the special sequence instructions required for Yaesu radios, always putting the receiving device into receive mode first, before initiating transmit on the other device. Thus, when attempting to send a couple of memories from chirp to the radio, I did the following, which I believe was correct: a. Put the FT-60 into clone mode with the cable connected to the mic/sp port, by powering on while holding the MONI button. Turn the large knob until 'F8 CLONE' appears. Press F/W key. Radio restarts displaying CLONE. Put radio into Rx mode by pressing MONI. Radio displays ---Rx--- and waits to receive data from chirp. b. On Chirp, select Radio then Upload to Radio. The port, vendor and model are set to the same values that work for receiving data from the radio, i.e.: /dev/ttyS0, Yaesu, FT-60. Click OK to begin transmitting to the radio. c. Chirp's prompt appears showing that Chirp is attempting to transmit to the radio. After a short timeout, error message appears: "An error has occurred. Failed to communicate with radio: Radio did not respond." (Note that the radio still displays ---Rx--- ). Chirp Help, About shows the following: Chirp 0.3.1 GTK 2.24.6 PyGTK 2.24.0 Python 2.7.2+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[chirp_users] UV5R DTMF ON RECEIVE prior post
by KF8SJ＠aol.com 28 May '13

28 May '13

consensus was that it is not possible. e mail to baofeng promptly answered, and confirms same. thanks for assistance. also thanks to tyler neff for lead. 73 jim studer kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Chirp will not start with UV-5R
by Kjell Andersson 28 May '13

28 May '13

When I try to start Chirp, it says "Error reporting is enabled, if you wish to disable this feature you may do so in the Help menu" and then it ends. I can connect to my radio with the ordinary software.

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[chirp_users] help with chirp
by dave 28 May '13

28 May '13

is there anywhere that gives the meaning of the columns in chirp? ie; if i do this by hand what goes in each column? is there a good help tutorial for this software? it appears to be not very intuitive. tnx dave k7da

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 28 May '13

28 May '13

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-20130528 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #203 [Michal Demin <michal.demin(a)gmail.com>] [FTM-350] New character set Character set of the radio has been updated. More special characters. Still missing support for some special characters and japaneese/other graphics font. Unknown characters are displayed as "?" (question mark). #847

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[chirp_users] more help
by dave 27 May '13

27 May '13

working with a baofeng uv5ra. retrieved a file from the radio (appears that the radio has been used before receiving it). saved as .csv file. loaded it in to excel. modified it saved it tried to load it to chirp. chirp says "no channels found". what did i do wrong. dave k7da

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[chirp_users] FT-8800 issue appears to be solved
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

Uploading the file to the radio a second time seems to have solved the right side not having data issue. Not sure why, but it's fixed. Now if only CHIRP could set the radio to not display alpha tags as the default…changing them one by one on the radio is a hassle!

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[chirp_users] FT-8800: Success, but another question!
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

Managed to get a file uploaded to the FT-8800, with complete success -- except for one little thing: how do I get the RIGHT side of the radio uploaded? (For those who don't have the 8800, the left and right side of the radio have completely separate memories; you can't even copy between them in the radio.) Once I get this figured out, I'm home free!

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 33
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

Problem solved - I'd left the radio in crossband mode! I would have thought that entered the initial set menu (where the clone function is located) would have suspended crossband, but it doesn't. I turned off xband, and the download went without a hitch. Now I can experience the inevitable problems editing and uploading the image file - yippee! On May 27, 2013, at 7:48, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 21:17:59 -0700 > From: Tom Hayward <esarfl(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Grant Cunningham <kd7jnw(a)me.com> wrote: >> - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio" >> - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice) >> - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800) >> - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window >> - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission. >> - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message. > > When "in clone mode", does it say "CLONE" or "CLONE START" on the screen? > > There's got to be a step your missing on the radio. Even with no cable > attached, the radio will go into "CLONE -TX-" mode (shortly followed > by CLONE ERROR because no cable is attached!). Reread page 58 in the > FT-8800 manual and make sure you didn't miss a step. Substitute step 4 > for "Download from Radio" in Chirp. > > Tom KD7LXL

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 33
by Grant Cunningham 27 May '13

27 May '13

Thanks Tom. Yes, I'm following the Yaesu manual to the letter. When the display says "CLONE START", the manual says to push the 'set' button, the screen will blank, and then the display will show "CLONE". I do that, and it does. The manual then says to start the receiving radio, and I click the start button in CHIRP. The manual then says to push the left-bank 'V/M' key to initiate transmission; when I press that button, nothing happens - the display still reads "CLONE", the "-TX-" doesn't show, and CHIRP times out with this error: "Failed to communicate with radio: Failed to read header (0)". I also tried your tip about the radio going into clone mode without a cable - nope, it behaves exactly the same. No "-TX-", no error, no nothing. On May 27, 2013, at 7:48, chirp_users-request(a)intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 21:17:59 -0700 > From: Tom Hayward <esarfl(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Grant Cunningham <kd7jnw(a)me.com> wrote: >> - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio" >> - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice) >> - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800) >> - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window >> - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission. >> - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message. > > When "in clone mode", does it say "CLONE" or "CLONE START" on the screen? > > There's got to be a step your missing on the radio. Even with no cable > attached, the radio will go into "CLONE -TX-" mode (shortly followed > by CLONE ERROR because no cable is attached!). Reread page 58 in the > FT-8800 manual and make sure you didn't miss a step. Substitute step 4 > for "Download from Radio" in Chirp. > > Tom KD7LXL

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV5R dtmf on receive
by KF8SJ＠aol.com 27 May '13

27 May '13

i have need to use this radio as an alert pager for local vol. fire dept. see where to enable dtmf on transmit, but no capability to do so on receive. is this possible, and/or am i missing something in the programming. basically need to receive only one tone. thanks for help. jim kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Wouxun KG-UV3D
by Jim Bieker 27 May '13

27 May '13

Chirp read the memory fine but when I add some channels and uploaded back it sort of bricked the radio. Unable to change some settings mainly turning off voice and offset not able to save. Tried reset no luck. Any ideas?

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[chirp_users] Pushing 888k support
by warsoul 27 May '13

27 May '13

I use these radios and would like to see chirp support for them. I have offered to loan out one if it will help but I have not gotten a response so I figured I would post my offer here also.

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Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 53, Issue 29
by nanojects＠verizon.net 27 May '13

27 May '13

Using a wideband receiver (as in the pager) to try to receive a narrow band signal ( new system) the audio will be weaker. You can try to modify the pagers to increase the audio going to the tone decode chip. Either changing a resistor or a trim pot might work to increase the audio going to the decode chip. Good luck. Message: 3 Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 11:57:06 -0400 (EDT) From: kf8sj(a)aol.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV5R dtmf on receive/// To: chirp_users(a)intrepid.danplanet.com Message-ID: <8D02840CDE7FBBD-1F40-1901C(a)webmail-m165.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" thanks. would appreciate any help possible. with the advent of narrow banding, all our pagers will not work. we are paged out by the sheriffs department over a public government channel using the dtmf codes. have already explored their sending either a different pl tone, or a dcs signal, but their system is not capable of doing either. for the price of a handfull of pagers, could equip the entire department with these units, and gain a talk around radio. not sure what an Arduino sketch is 73 jim studer kf8sj

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[chirp_users] Trouble with FT-8800 on an iMac
by Grant Cunningham 26 May '13

26 May '13

I'm getting an error when trying to download data from the Yaesu FT-8800. Computer is an iMac running OS X 10.8.3; I have CHIRP 0.3.1 installed and running. Cable is the Valley Ent. USB programming cable, and I have installed the FTDI VCP drivers; it appears that they've been installed correctly (they're in the proper directory, anyhow.) I'm using the following procedure: - I start CHIRP, click the radio menu and choose "download from radio" - I choose the /dev/cu.usbserial-AE01FMRW port (the others listed are Bluetooth; this is the only other choice) - I choose the radio (Yaesu FT-8800) - I put the radio into clone mode, then click OK in the clone window - After I click the OK button, I press the left V/M button on the radio to initiate the clone transmission. - The radio never goes into transmit mode (it's supposed to display "CLONE -TX-" when transmission is initiated, but it never does.) The CHIRP display shows no progress, and after a short period times out with a communication error message. What am I doing wrong?

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[chirp_users] Can't Download from IC-T70A to iMac
by Vincent Burolla 25 May '13

25 May '13

I recently purchased a Valley Enterprises RPC-IV8-UF cable (Icom USB OPC-478 FTDI), installed the driver and CHIRP; however, no matter what I do I cannot get the radio to download to my iMac. Here are some specifics: Mac OS 10.8.3 CHIRP (vers. 0.3.1) GTK 2024010 PyGTK 2.22.0 Python 2.7.2 I click Download from Radio from the Radio pull down menu. Then I select: /dev/cu.usbserial-AH01D7KW, Icom and IC-T70 in the radio window. After clicking OK, some sort of cloning window flashes briefly on the screen and the error message, Failed to communicate with the radio: Unexpected response from radio appears. Also, at this time both the green and red LEDs on the cable flash once. I get the same response regardless of whether the radio is ON or OFF. If the cable is not connected, I get a different error message, could not open port /dev....., which makes sense. Right now I'm suspecting a bad cable or something wrong with my HT. By the way, I can get the HT into the cloning mode manually, but that had no effect one way or the other. The HT appears to be working normally in all other aspects. I'd like to know, first of all, what pin is what on the cable's 3.5mm radio plug, and secondly, is there anything else that could possibly be wrong that I can/should check? Thanks, Vince

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Re: [chirp_users] Serial Cable Required?
by Richard Dillman 24 May '13

24 May '13

I must say I'm impressed by the quick and valuable response. Many thanks to all who took the time to reply to my inquiry. As a result of your good information the Baofeng UV-5RA and my computer are playing nicely together. Now I look forward to an evening of happy radio programming! RD ================================= Richard Dillman, WPE2VT Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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[chirp_users] Serial Cable Required?
by Richard Dillman 24 May '13

24 May '13

I hope the CHIRP brain trust will forgive this most basic question from a new member: Is a serial programming cable required for use with CHIRP? I see that the logo is a DB9 connector and the program allows only a COM1 setting but I thought I'd ask anyway since I have only the USB cable for my Baofeng UV-5RA. Can anyone recommend a source for a serial programming cable for the UV-5RA? Many Thanks, RD ================================= Richard Dillman, WPE2VT Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM Maritime Radio Historical Society http://www.radiomarine.org =================================

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[chirp_users] New Daily Build
by Build System 24 May '13

24 May '13

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-20130524 A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily) follows: Changes for Build #202 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ui] Fix "insert row above/below" when using hungarian language Fix bug #759 [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco(a)gmail.com>] [ui] Fix Menu View/Columns after recent changes in editorset Fix Bug #853

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[chirp_users] Programming an old Motorola radio?
by Robert Lowery 23 May '13

23 May '13

I have an old Motorola Syntor X-9000 lowland radio (6&10 meter) that uses the old dos version RSS for programming. Is there any chance that CHIRP could be setup to program it? Thanks / Rob

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[chirp_users] Kenwood TH-F6A issues
by Michael David 22 May '13

22 May '13

Greetings, I just recently picked up a TH-F6A and love chirp! However, I've got a few issues: 1) Entering Live mode. With the radio in PC mode, sometimes I can't get it to download / enter live mode.. but it's flaky. I have fewer issues with 0.3.1 stable and 20130510 than I do with the newer dailies. When it fails, the screen stays empty after initiating download, and then if I try again, it says access denied and I have to quit the program. 2) Tune Step on Import. A friend took time to put various freqs into CHIRP for his UV-5R and sent me a copy of his file. The file includes frequencies that do not land on a 5kHz step, for example FRS frequencies. The file from the UV-5R does not include a tune step field, while the Kenwood TH-F6A has a tune step field. If entering one of those frequencies into Chirp individually, setting a frequency that doesn't fall on a step will return error 93 "radio refused". However, if by import, the import screen doesn't realize it would be a problem entry and gray it out. When the import runs, the affected channels are skipped quickly (while successfully programmed channels are programmed at a slower pace.) For successful imports, the tune step is defaulted to 5kHz. A workaround could be to take Freq in MHz and divide by .005 and see if (floor(freq) != freq) then default the tune step to 6.25, or otherwise calculate it. 3) Mode on import: NFM is specified for some entries in the UV-5R file. The Kenwood does have an FMN mode though. If NFM could be mapped to FM at the user's discretion, that would be useful rather than kicking it out. … and that's it! Thanks again for a fantastic tool that works with so many radios! Import/export FTW! Michael

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