I've sent this privately to avoid "polluting" the public thread. I haven't followed this very closely, but:
1. As I understand it, this guy doesn't really understand "image" frequency reception. 2. From his last message, I think he will "continue the fight", perhaps on other forums.
So, I'd suggest a policy statement on your web site, something like:
/Chirp will not accept or support modifications that may cause a radio to actually operate (including receive) on a frequency or in a mode that is different than the frequency or mode displayed. Such modifications may cause users to operate on a frequency or in a mode that they do not intend. Discussions on this matter are considered "off-topic" for the mailing list./
Sincerely, Dean
On 2013-04-02 08:39, Dan Smith wrote:
Hi Andre,
I hope this can be our last discussion on this topic.
The only problem I "see" is the fact that despite chirp allows us to "unlock" baofeng, for example (I can set the range from 1 to 1000mhz), it won't allow me to save those freqs in memory!
At this point, the mainline version of CHIRP will not gain support for programming frequency ranges that the hardware is known not to support. I have seen no compelling evidence that any version of the hardware is capable of anything outside the range that CHIRP currently supports (aside from the 220MHz variant). Until I do, the current functionality will remain.
You have brought this up multiple times in multiple places and we have repeatedly explained that we have no interest in features that may be at best useless and at worst damaging. Please, lets put this topic to rest.
Thanks!