On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:12 AM, Marco IZ3GME <iz3gme.marco@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi David

> I tried Chirp both for Windows XP and for Linux / Ubuntu. Since the
> version in the PPA for ham radio in Ubuntu is not the latest, I
> installed from the compressed file on the chrip web downloads page. I
> also downloaded and installed the Windows exe and installed it on the
> same laptop - dual booting into Windows XP or Ubuntu Precise.

The latest daily has many improvements on 857/897 driver, please go on
using it :)

> Both versions don't list the Yaesu FT-897 so I used the Yaesu FT-857 US
> Version instead.

In the latest version they are listed as FT-859/897 this is one of the
improvents ;)

> I tried the Linux version - no luck downloading - I got the error was
> expecting 4 something and received 0 error message. I noticed I could
> set to ;/dev/ttyUSB0 or USB1 but I could NOT set the baud rate which is
> 38,400.

You missed this
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide there is
a specific note for yaesu like 897.
During clone the serial speed is fixed, no matter what you set in radio
menus.
I don't know which of the two ttyUSB is the right one, try both

73 de IZ3GME Marco
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