Did you create an initial template for your radio?
CHIRP supports over 160 various models and requires a template from your radio to know what format too use.
Refer to item (1.1) at http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php

John

http://www.miklor.com

From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Neil B
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 1:41 PM
To: Discussion of CHIRP
Subject: [chirp_users] purchase of a leixon vv-898s - memories

Greets again,

i have the above, i reading and writing and playing with it in chirp... chrip writes ok, but the radio shows no programed mems.

i add a few mems to radio manually ok. but then read radio into chirp, but no mems are copied. am i missing something

thanks