25 Mar
2022
25 Mar
'22
6:48 p.m.
John Kruk has a history of casting doubt on various items hams like to use with their Yaesu radios - he is quick to disparage Hotspots and now apparently CHIRP.
On almost every Yaesu/Fusion radio I've seen, it takes several particular steps to update the firmware on their radios, none of which are required to read/program their radios.
I think John is muddying the waters by reminding owners they are responsible for all repair costs when they 'brick' their radios using tools not 'blessed' by Yaesu.
Ken, N2VIP
On Mar 25, 2022, at 17:12, Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
No. Chirp works fine with Yaesu radios. Never heard of a genuine case of Chirp bricking a radio.