dan, tom, and others. thanks to all for the help. i tried with what i had found but its kind of like being handed a dictionary and told to speak a new language. i finally found the beginners guide and then it started to make sense.
i don't think i need an elmer. i have elmered too many and made too many hams. i just needed a quick language lesson. now things are working ok.
thanks dave k7da
ps what is the .chirp file for?
On 5/27/2013 2:43 PM, Dan Smith wrote:
is there anywhere that gives the meaning of the columns in chirp?
CHIRP, like any other programming software, assumes the user knows what he wants to put into his radio. It's rather dangerous for you to be transmitting on amateur or commercial frequencies without knowing the details of what you have told your transceiver to do. That said, I just cooked up a description of these fields:
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns
It won't teach you what to put in the columns. For that, you probably want an elmer or some other educational reference material. However, in support of understanding exactly how CHIRP interprets each, that guide should help.