On May 8, 2012 6:23 PM, "Dan Smith" dsmith@danplanet.com wrote:
I'm not sure if this is an oddity of the Yaesu VX-7r or of Chirp. Suppose I program my radio with Chirp to have a block of frequencies in MG1 and another block in MG2. When this is written to the radio, then I should be able to press MONF+9 to get to the Special Memory menu, turn
the
knob to "MR Group" and press PTT and select the block I want to monitor. Instead I get a double beep telling me I can't do that. However, if I assign some memory slot to a memory group from the radio's keypad, THEN
I
am able to select "MR Group" and monitor the group I want. Since this happens only after cloning from Chirp, I'm inclined to believe this is a bug in Chirp. I am currently working around this by leaving memory
slot 1
Tom, is this similar to what you've seen with the VX5?
Yes, this is the exact issue (and workaround) I have with my bank driver for the VX5, which is why I haven't submitted it yet.
My guess is that there is a bit somewhere that says the memory group feature is enabled, but I can't find the bit. As far as I can tell, only the new bank entry is added to the image after doing this workaround.
Tom KD7LXL