Thanks Dan for the help and fast response , I can now read and write to the 857d

Rob N8RT

> I can not get CHIRP to read or write?

Are you following the yaesu-specific instructions here?

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

After you click OK on CHIRP's download box, you need to push a button on
the radio to make it transmit the memory image to the computer. It needs
to already be in clone mode first.

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