On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Greg Smith <greglsmith66@gmail.com> wrote:

I get this error when I try to import the stock Marine channels into my
BF UV-5RE+
"There was an error during import: list index out of range"
Behind that error box is another box that says "Please wait Preparing
Memory List...."
I open chirp, read from radio, choose Radio, Import from Stock Config,
choose Marine VHF Channels and that's when the error occurs.

I've used this method to load the NOAA, MURS and FRS/GMRS channels with
out issue.

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit.


Thx

Greg

Greg,

Thanks for the CHIRP image file from your radio. That helped solving this mystery.

The problem is that memory channel 0 in your radio is corrupt. The first byte is 0x04 when normally all 16 bytes should be 0xFF for an empty memory channel. CHIRP tries to let you know there is a problem with memory channel 0 by greying out Loc 0 and reporting "ERROR" in the Name column.

The NOAA, MURS and FRS/GMRS stock config files all default to importing the list into Loc 1 so they don't encounter any problems. The Marine VHF Channels stock config file defaults to importing the list into Loc 0, so CHIRP crashes when reading the corrupt Loc 0 data because many values of Loc 1 are out of range.

This fix is fairly simple. Here is how I did it.

To fix channel 0 from the radio keypad:
1. tap the [VFO/MR] until VFO (frequency mode) is selected
2. tap the [A/B] key until the top display line is selected
3. key in: [MENU][2][7][MENU][0][0][0][MENU][EXIT]
    ; the above programs the current values of VFO A into channel 0
4. key in: [MENU][2][8][MENU][0][0][0][MENU][EXIT]
    ; the above erases channel 0

5. read from the radio and import the Marine VHF Channels

Step 3 above is required because the radio already considers channel 0 as being empty. Performing a menu 28 (DEL-CH) on an "empty" channel does nothing.


To fix Loc 0 from CHIRP:
1. read from the radio

2. click on Loc 1 with the mouse (the Loc 1 row will become highlighted)

3. type [CTRL + C] (copy)
4. click on Loc 0 with the mouse (the Loc 0 row will become highlighted)
5. type [CTRL + V] (paste)
6. press the [Delete] key
7. import the Marine VHF Channels


Jim KC9HI

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