On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Dr. Whit Woodard <towhit@me.com> wrote:
No, John.  I just downloaded what was on the radio when I bought it.  There are many columns that ask for information that is not available from the various repeaters and don’t seem to have a bearing on the use.  Things like “cross mode” and “tone sql” and “DTCS code” and DTCS Rx code” and etc.  Didn’t realize I could make a different template, but what if I were to leave off something important?  How is one to know?

Whit


Whit,

One thing that I recommend for new CHIRP users is to select View from the menu bar and then enable "Hide Unused Fields".

Take a look as some of the CHIRP guides that are available on the miklor.com website. The are geared more for the UV-5R but still might be helpful.

http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP5R.php

The page "Understanding CHIRP's Columns on the CHIRP website is also useful.

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns

Jim KC9HI