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[chirp_users] CVS field content
by George S Leaf Sr 19 Mar '17

19 Mar '17

Kenwood TM-V71A(e) Read radio no issue. Export to csv no issue. Write csv back to Kenwood with Import no problem Notrepad edit of csv shows that there are several fileds with place holder data not showing in the on screen data entry display. Appear to be default tone values in not used for the current option as "tone" and such. Trying to understand the actual visible V71A fields vs the .csv content. It appears that CHIRP places these default values such as DCS tone 023 value in unused columns as place holder and that data is not displayed in the V71A programming display. Can someone explain the csv the behavior in inserting these placeholder values? Many Thanks george K8MYN (ex KM4PAA)

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[chirp_users] Chirp 20170311 IC W32A Upload hangs @ 7
by bob 19 Mar '17

19 Mar '17

Hi All, I am attempting to program my IC W32A as follows 1. MacBookPro 2009 running ElCapitan 2. ‘REAL” Prolific USB Serial pigtail using RT DB9 version of cable for IC W32A 3. Radio Responds and Download Works well 0-99 channels. I only have one or two hand programmed 4. When I Upload it seems to be working okay until the count goes to 7. At that point The spinning ball of hang appears. I can Force quit Chirp but cannot run another attempt without rebooting OS X El Capitan. It is 100% reproducible and consistent in stopping at sequence 7 on the Icom Display. Ico Serial Number is 0505209. I read all posts and found a similar report about 3 years ago with no resolution. Any thoughts or advice. 73 Bob k7au Lacey, Wa

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5R
by Michael W Scheel 18 Mar '17

18 Mar '17

I have a problem programming my Baofeng UV-5R. I downloaded the file and then uploaded the code-plug with changes. Afterwards the radio doesn't have the offsets. I can just transmit simplex even though it was programed with an offset for a repeater. Am I missing something? Uploaded it twice now. -- ================================ Michael W Scheel Davenport Iowa, USA K0QCS ARRL - www.arrl.org Davenport (IA) ARC Quad-City Scale Modeler Society D.A.G.O.B.A.H. USMC Corporal 2531 1972-1976 ===============================

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[chirp_users] Yaesu FT270R
by Eric Chopin 18 Mar '17

18 Mar '17

Hello Chirpers, I have just acquired a Yaesu FT-270R and would like to program it via CHIRP. I noticed that in the dropdown menu there is no FT-270, was wondering if anyone out there has any success maybe with another model in the CHIRP program. 73's Eric V7ECJ

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[chirp_users] Baofeng UV-5RTP
by Tycen Stafford 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

I just got a pair of Baofeng UV-5RTP tri-power (8/4/1W) HT's. I see on CHIRP's wiki page <http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home> and elsewhere to use BF-F8HP when trying to program from CHIRP. However, when I select that I get "An error has occurred: Incorrect 'Model' selected" and the radio reboots. If I select UV-5R as the model then CHIRP is able to download from the radio - but in CHIRP the only available power settings are HIGH and LOW. I tried uploading to one of the radios when selecting UV-5R and it seemed to work fine. On the radio I was still able to switch the transmit power between HIGH, MEDIUM and LOW - I'm just not able to set that in CHIRP. Should I just keep using the UV-5R selection or will that have unforeseen consequences (beyond having to manually set transmit power if I want medium). The firmware for both (holding down #3 while starting up) is listed as BFP3-23. I'm on macOS 10.12.3 and using CHIRP daily-20170311 (latest build as of this morning). Thanks for any info, Tycen K7TYC

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[chirp_users] Github
by M Noivad 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

From: Tom Hayward <tom(a)tomh.us <mailto:tom@tomh.us>> > Chirp has an established system for source code management (or file > exchange, as you call it). It is called Mercurial, and for the > discussed use case it works identically to Git. I am aware & have use of Mercurial. But you misunderstand my suggestion for its use. I did not suggest GitHub be used for Chrip development, bug tracking, revision control, branching, merges, etc. I meant to use a section for github as a repository for user shared overlays. > Chirp has an established templating and overlay system for band plans. > This is nearly the same as what's being discussed, except it doesn't > have a "transmit allowed" flag. If one were going to add this feature, > that's where I would start. You do not understand the suggestion: what I am talking about is the next level above a template. It is one that is ADDITIVE otherwise known as an TEMPLATE/OVERLAY, that would: 1) allow users to share sets between groups and easily add them to their csvs 1b) allowing users to chose when setting conflict with globals or translate codes sent 1c)in turn it would take some pressure of the solo dev to update the app for new radios*. *It decouples the program from its variable configuration making updates faster & they could few pushed out via secure config update, etc. Thanks. M

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Re: [chirp_users] Template & MediaWiki
by M Noivad 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

From: Drew Einhorn <drew.einhorn(a)gmail.com <mailto:drew.einhorn@gmail.com>> > The point is to make it easier for licensed folks to avoid mistakes that > violate the law, not to make it impossible for folks who intend to violate > the law. > > It's easy to accidentally press the TX button. I would prefer to easily > configure the radio to limit the damages. Duplex off is nice. But, I'd > prefer to set my country to US and license to Amateur Technician and > automatically have Duplex set correctly for all frequencies outside the > amateur bands. From: John Wilkerson <jl_wilkerson(a)att.net <mailto:jl_wilkerson@att.net>> > The suggestions should be posted at the Chirp website, if you'd ever > want them considered. If sounds like you’re requesting more of an additive template system with importable sets of preference templates based on license/region/organization that only overwrite specified fields, or open a new document with those fields set. This would allow you to save different presets in groups for different use cases/clients as well as combine sets (with the latest template added taking precedence). For instance that would allow a person to start with a “Technician,” “Extra,” template overlay a “CARLA region set” of channels, and then import their groups sets. Numerical collisions could either automatically add to the end or give the user a remap to # option per channel or per group. That system could be group sourced, and maintain the flexibility for an infinite number of use cases. From: David <weather(a)lightingunlimited.com <mailto:weather@lightingunlimited.com>> > What is MediaWiki? From: Drew Einhorn <drew.einhorn(a)gmail.com <mailto:drew.einhorn@gmail.com>> > MediaWiki is the very powerful wiki software that runs the Wikipedia and > many other well-known wikis. It is not the easiest to work with, but it can > do just about anything wiki related, and do it well. Casual users are > frequently overwhelmed by its complexity. So, it is often not the best > choice. I’ve been running a MediaWiki installation for over 10 years now. While MediaWiki is great for crowdsource, for file exchange, security & safety can be problematic. Instead I would probably crowdsource templates, suggested above, on github. For crowdsourced information, MediaWiki is great. Setup complexity is dependent on your server environment. For some it’s as simple as downloading a package and running the setup wizard, while for others it’s compiling from source, etc. If you need advice, I’d be happy to help. Thanks for Chirp. Mike KF6FGE

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[chirp_users] tk860h, chirp
by bill lee 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

has anyone to use chirp on xp for a tk860h an make it work, i tried an wont work for programn, thanks bill, ka7nqg

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Re: [chirp_users] Template & MediaWiki
by M Noivad 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

CARLA is a California Amateur Radio Linking Association. They have a series of 20-smthing linked repeaters throughout the SF Bay Area. If you transmit at a local frequency only the repeater you hit relays the message, if you use another frequency, it repeats your message throughout the CARLA relay system. Sorry, I should have specified this as an example of a set of different frequencies that would only be useful to Bay Area HAMs. Github itself is shared repository that is much more suited for file exchange. Github doesn’t have any templates, but it will host any type of file. So, if your app could import and export sets (not complete files that only work on 1 radio as now) as files in whatever internal format you wish, having sets available as a file others could download from Github would allow for add security. But this wouldn’t be all on you.* As far as github, it can be used to share applications, documentation, bugs, etc. Github is free to use for open exchange and there is a paid tier for pro use. (Free should work fine though) *Users could make a file of their channel sets & defaults ( I’m calling it a templates—though technically they’re more like an overlay since you can add them together ) and then post them to Github where other Hams can look at sets, such as the examples previously mentioned. As far as the “infinite number” of possible combinations, that meant the community could take some of the burden off you simple by making sets for groups or regions, etc. and share them. That way if someone wants a repeater channel set with a + or - offset, they can define that for the whole set & tweak individual exceptions. M

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[chirp_users] Memory bank programming?
by John Beaston 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

I'd like to IMPORT memory bank programming from Excel but don't see a way of getting the correct Columns or Sheet to start. I've tried doing a download from the radio (FT-7900 and FT-60) and then doing an EXPORT. I don't see the memory banks in the exported .csv file. Is memory bank programming something CHIRP supports? Thanks -John K7TY

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