On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 6:21 AM, Ira Fuchs <irafuchs@gmail.com> wrote:

RadioError: Failed to communicate with the radio: (9, 'Bad file descriptor')

ERROR: ----------------
ERROR: Clone failed: Failed to communicate with the radio: (9, 'Bad file descriptor')

I think that means your USB serial cable went away during the transfer. What chipset USB serial cable is it? Maybe someone else who understands the Prolific/FTDI driver more can comment.

Tom KD7LXL