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Re: [chirp_users] Using CHIRP with Kenwood TH-F6A
by John 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

On 4/25/2016 9:26 PM, Jim Unroe wrote: [snip] > > I was heading out the door or I would have looked it up and included > it. I have a TH-F6a here too. > > Glad to hear that you got it working. > > Jim KC9HI Well... I got a LOT farther than I was able to before. Someone else mentioned that the TH-F6A only operates in "live" mode, i.e. you can't clone the radio, edit the configuration, and then download it back to the radio. That appears to be correct also. That seems to me to be unfortunate, but it is perhaps a limitation of the radio itself and not of CHIRP. -- 73 John - K2LRA

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[chirp_users] B tech UV-5001
by (702) 290-3209 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

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[chirp_users] Com Port scanning
by Pops Carter 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

Somebody mentioned Free Device Monitoring Studio. There are some bad reports on it. I've been using FindComPort successfully for several years and it IS free. Pops -- *We The People* founded this country. *We The People* can save this country.

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[chirp_users] Saving w/o frequency entered
by Pops Carter 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

I just duplicate a frequency already entered and name the line "DUPE" That saves the line and tells me in the radio display that it is available for editing. Pops -- *We The People* founded this country. *We The People* can save this country.

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[chirp_users] Support for Yaesu FT-450D
by Don Goodrich 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

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[chirp_users] QYT 8900r
by Jago Packer 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

Hi Has the QYT 8900r been added to the compatibility list yet? Jago

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Re: [chirp_users] Using CHIRP with Kenwood TH-F6A
by John 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

On 4/25/2016 7:25 PM, Jim Unroe wrote: > John, > > There is a menu in the radio that has to be set to PC before you can > program it with software. > > Jim KC9HI Jim, You are correct, sir! Page 46 in the manual. Menu #9. I don't know how I missed it, but I did. Many Thanks! -- 73 John - K2LRA

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Re: [chirp_users] Using CHIRP with Kenwood TH-F6A
by John 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

On 4/25/2016 7:25 PM, Jim Unroe wrote: > John, > > There is a menu in the radio that has to be set to PC before you can > program it with software. > > Jim KC9HI OK -- I did not see that in the manual, but I will look again for it. Thanks for the feedback.... -- 73 John - K2LRA

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[chirp_users] Comments about chirp-daily-20160419-win32
by Rich Messeder 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

I've just gotten involved with a group that... I'm grateful that CHIRP installed (I used the zip file on Windows 10) and ran so easily. I downloaded from my radio, and began my updates. That is where I got puzzling results. Puzzled by defaults I selected several lines, and used the properties dialog to try to change the Tone and ToneSql. Instead, those values were all set to some default (88.5), and Cross Mode were reset from >Tone to Tone>Tone. Other similar attempts failed and|or corrupted the data by changing the wrong cells. I wonder why we can't export the whole thing to Excel (I tried, and got only a few columns)...I can use Excel (or some other spreadsheet tool) to make these changes easily. By the time I mad made several change, and stopped to take note of the results, CHIRP had corrupted a dozen lines of entry. I got the message...and went back to changing each line independently. What's worse...there are order-specific operations in CHIRP. For example, when I changed ToneSql from CHIRP's default of 88.5 (apparently), CHIRP changed the Tone Mode from (None). I had to change it back. So now I don't get to simply change what I want, I get to learn the specific order I must follow to change cell values. The column width settings apparently don't retain twixt sessions. The default is too narrow to display the full tome frequency, so I made them wider, but the next time I opened the image, they were back to narrow again. Is there some setting that turns off all the CHIRP defaults so that I can make changes that don't cascade to other unwanted changes? Can I make the font larger? I read some of the reason for not exporting everything to the csv file, but it seems to me that exporting it all and letting me delete columns is a better approach. I tried copying all the cells and pasting them elsewhere, but no app would accept them...stuck again. And finally, I saved my edits, uploaded them to my radio, tried to contact a repeater and failed. Came in, ran CHIRP, loaded my img file, and found that many settings had been changed. I guess this is by design, but I am baffled. The names are in the radio, but the tones and tone settings are changed...? ~Rich Messeder~

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[chirp_users] chirp-daily-20160419-win32: Properties => Smart Tone Modes?
by Rich Messeder 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

I just tried to use the properties dialog, and it reset all sorts of things I was not expecting. Sigh. Shoulda saved before I did that. Single edits for me, then? ~R~ NE1EE

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