On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 2:18 AM Audrey Davidson ke5wqa@gmail.com wrote:
I download the CHIRP freeware to my Mac and started entering repeater locations. I saved the file on my computer. I have the programming cord attached from my Mac to radio. However, I can't download to my radio because that option is not available (shaded).
Is CHIRP available as a website, so I can download my lists from there to my radio?
Thanks for your help. You can also tell me the month, year and thread that you answered this question before.
Hi Audrey,
You have the download/upload terminology reversed. You "download" from your radio to your computer and you "upload" from your computer to your radio.
You must first download from your radio to your computer to created a tab that is compatible with your radio. The tab will say "Baofeng BF-F8HP;" followed by "*.img" if it was freshly downloaded from the radio the file name if it was loaded from a saved file. You first successful download should be saved, unedited, to a file to be kept in a safe place as a backup. Once this is done, you can start making changes.
The file that you created is a *.CSV file and a CSV file can't be directly uploaded to a Baofeng BF-F8HP (or any other model that programmed in "clone" mode).
So that you don't lose what you already have, you should load your CSV file into tab. Then download from your BF-F8HP into a 2nd tab. Now you can copy-and-paste your memories from the *.CSV tap to the Baofeng BF-F8HP tab. Once you have the other settings configured how you like, you can upload the Baofeng BF-F8HP tab back into the radio.
Jim KC9HI