PREFACE: This is a follow up to previous post regarding missing memory channels using CHIRP.
Okay after some exhaustive testing I have found what happens to some channels that previously were thought to be missing. I sorted by channel name to alphabetize them. I then tried to renumber them according to the new alphabeticall sort. When I entered a channel number already in use chirp deletes the old channel entry entirely. The goal is to renumber the channels by the slected sort. In otherwords download the radio sort by whatever field you desire the channel numbers should reamain intact i.e. 1,2,3,4, etc. They do not . They stay with the channel they were associated with from the radio. This is nice for viewing but accomplishes nothing if you want to program the radio with the new layout as it will write the channels with the original channel numbers and that is the default that the radio uses to pull them up. So no matter how you sort them, when you re-write to the radio it it is the same as before. I hope this makes sense.
Happy Thanksgiving
Dave Cooley N4DIB 1007 Centerbrook Drive Brandon, Florida 33511