will

Re:-
.CSV dowsn't mean that the correct fields are
          included or in the correct order, or that the field headers
          are there, or that the fields are seperated by commas and not
          some other character. 

        

          ~ ~ ~ 

        
Er... CSV stands for "Comma Separated
          Variable". So, the data fields 
will

          be separated by a comma ','
However, the nature of the field contents,
          and the order they are in, are not part of the CSV format,
          that IS application specific. 

        
Line ends can be whatever the native system
          expects/can handle, but again, that can cause things to fall
          over too. 

        
CHIRP (and many other similar CSV aware data
          munchers) are a bit fragile in this respect, but to harden
          CHIRP against unexpected stuff, would be a major undertaking.

        
Some locale's too, use the comma as a decimal
          separator, so that can mess things up if you create such a
          file outside of CHIRP.
          73 Dave G0WBX.
        
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