Re: [chirp_users] how to respond on /issues/ page
Look at http://www.wouxun.com. Click on the KG-UV6D on the left bar. Scroll down and you'll see they list 8 variations of frequency ranges.
-------Original Message------- From: Guy Teague [accts@gtweb.org] Date: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 To: Discussion of CHIRP [chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com] Reply To: Discussion of CHIRP [chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com] Subject: Re: [chirp_users] how to respond on /issues/ page
tks tom. i didn't even realize that folks not working the project could register. i've registered now. so are you saying that the frequency range of the uv6x model is or is not worth adding as a comment to the feature request i cited? i do realize there are at least a half-dozen, if not more, variations on the uv6d--i nearly got caught by that myself when i got the uv6d, but lucked out by getting the 420-520 range.
in any case, the version sold by powerwerx as the uv6x is a very popular variant (i liked the uv6d so much i added the uv6x as a second unit) and i hadn't seen that particular freq range in any of the other models. i think powerwerx works directly with wouxon so that they can offer a unique variation. thanks, /guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Guy Teague accts@gtweb.org wrote:
http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/285
Feature #285 | Wouxun.us KG-UV6D Frequencies | Added by Chuck Burton 23 days ago.
and wanted to find a way to comment on it or respond and i couldn't figure out how to do it.
Once you're logged in, click Update at the bottom of the issue page to add a reply.
basically, there is another new model of the kg-uv6d (v2) sold by powerwerx as the kg-uv6x which has a uhf freq range of 375-512 for rx and 406-512 for rx/tx.
This request is for Chirp to differentiate the multitude of KG-UV6 variants so that Chirp accepts the same frequency range as the radio.
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yeah, i know. and none of those ranges matches the uv6x variant.
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:22 PM, GaryErrol garyerrol@comcast.net wrote:
Look at http://www.wouxun.com. Click on the KG-UV6D on the left bar. Scroll down and you'll see they list 8 variations of frequency ranges.
-------Original Message------- From: Guy Teague [accts@gtweb.org] Date: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 To: Discussion of CHIRP [chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com] Reply To: Discussion of CHIRP [chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com] Subject: Re: [chirp_users] how to respond on /issues/ page
tks tom. i didn't even realize that folks not working the project could register. i've registered now. so are you saying that the frequency range of the uv6x model is or is not worth adding as a comment to the feature request i cited? i do realize there are at least a half-dozen, if not more, variations on the uv6d--i nearly got caught by that myself when i got the uv6d, but lucked out by getting the 420-520 range.
in any case, the version sold by powerwerx as the uv6x is a very popular variant (i liked the uv6d so much i added the uv6x as a second unit) and i hadn't seen that particular freq range in any of the other models. i think powerwerx works directly with wouxon so that they can offer a unique variation. thanks, /guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Guy Teague accts@gtweb.org wrote:
http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/285
Feature #285 | Wouxun.us KG-UV6D Frequencies | Added by Chuck Burton 23
days
ago.
and wanted to find a way to comment on it or respond and i couldn't
figure
out how to do it.
Once you're logged in, click Update at the bottom of the issue page to add a reply.
basically, there is another new model of the kg-uv6d (v2) sold by
powerwerx
as the kg-uv6x which has a uhf freq range of 375-512 for rx and 406-512
for
rx/tx.
This request is for Chirp to differentiate the multitude of KG-UV6 variants so that Chirp accepts the same frequency range as the radio.
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thought i was done, but came up with another question ... [g]
at that feature #285: http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/285
the author says: "You might want to provide a new model selection covering those ranges like you have for the KG-UV6X ..."
how do i find out what freq range chirp thinks the uv6x currently has? the radio overview page doesn't seem to cover the daily builds.
thanks,
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Guy Teague accts@gtweb.org wrote:
yeah, i know. and none of those ranges matches the uv6x variant.
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:22 PM, GaryErrol garyerrol@comcast.net wrote:
Look at http://www.wouxun.com. Click on the KG-UV6D on the left bar. Scroll down and you'll see they list 8 variations of frequency ranges.
-------Original Message------- From: Guy Teague [accts@gtweb.org] Date: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 To: Discussion of CHIRP [chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com] Reply To: Discussion of CHIRP [chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com] Subject: Re: [chirp_users] how to respond on /issues/ page
tks tom. i didn't even realize that folks not working the project could register. i've registered now. so are you saying that the frequency range of the uv6x model is or is not worth adding as a comment to the feature request i cited? i do realize there are at least a half-dozen, if not more, variations on the uv6d--i nearly got caught by that myself when i got the uv6d, but lucked out by getting the 420-520 range.
in any case, the version sold by powerwerx as the uv6x is a very popular variant (i liked the uv6d so much i added the uv6x as a second unit) and i hadn't seen that particular freq range in any of the other models. i think powerwerx works directly with wouxon so that they can offer a unique variation. thanks, /guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Guy Teague accts@gtweb.org wrote:
http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/285
Feature #285 | Wouxun.us KG-UV6D Frequencies | Added by Chuck Burton 23
days
ago.
and wanted to find a way to comment on it or respond and i couldn't
figure
out how to do it.
Once you're logged in, click Update at the bottom of the issue page to add a reply.
basically, there is another new model of the kg-uv6d (v2) sold by
powerwerx
as the kg-uv6x which has a uhf freq range of 375-512 for rx and 406-512
for
rx/tx.
This request is for Chirp to differentiate the multitude of KG-UV6 variants so that Chirp accepts the same frequency range as the radio.
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how do i find out what freq range chirp thinks the uv6x currently has? the radio overview page doesn't seem to cover the daily builds.
Every build has this report in it:
http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-20120919/Model_Support.htm...
Remember that in order for CHIRP to support a radio, it must be reverse-engineered. That means getting hands on devices in order to figure these things out. If something is not supported that you want, mention it to your vendor. At $50/radio they have the unique ability to provide a sample for development fairly easily, and some vendors (Import Communications) has done this in the past.
thanks dan! yep, i can tell at a glance that the daily build covers exactly the frequency range of my uv6x, but not near the freq range of my uv6d. does this mean i shouldn't use chirp with the uv6d until this has been resolved? or does it just mean that channels outside the 'official' range won't get transferred?
and i will indeed mention this matter to my vendor (a local shop with very friendly owners). in fact, their ebay ad and their website are both wrong as to the model variant of the uv6d they were selling. i was most pleasantly surprised to get a model with a much wider freq range (and yeah, i know that isn't the bonus-without-caveats some people think it is) than the one they were advertising.
/guy
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Dan Smith dsmith@danplanet.com wrote:
how do i find out what freq range chirp thinks the uv6x currently has? the radio overview page doesn't seem to cover the daily builds.
Every build has this report in it:
http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-20120919/Model_Support.htm...
Remember that in order for CHIRP to support a radio, it must be reverse-engineered. That means getting hands on devices in order to figure these things out. If something is not supported that you want, mention it to your vendor. At $50/radio they have the unique ability to provide a sample for development fairly easily, and some vendors (Import Communications) has done this in the past.
-- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS
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thanks dan! yep, i can tell at a glance that the daily build covers exactly the frequency range of my uv6x, but not near the freq range of my uv6d. does this mean i shouldn't use chirp with the uv6d until this has been resolved? or does it just mean that channels outside the 'official' range won't get transferred?
I'll let Marco comment here, since he wrote the UV6 driver.
I would expect that it's just a matter of range-checking and that CHIRP will refuse entering frequencies outside the range it thinks is appropriate for your model. However, the way those radios work, I'd expect no ill effects of putting in frequencies outside the accepted range, nor would I expect the radio to not tune (or appear to tune) them.
Those are image-based radios, by the way, which means the entire memory image is transferred every time, so there's no option to filter out individual memories.
and i will indeed mention this matter to my vendor (a local shop with very friendly owners). in fact, their ebay ad and their website are both wrong as to the model variant of the uv6d they were selling. i was most pleasantly surprised to get a model with a much wider freq range (and yeah, i know that isn't the bonus-without-caveats some people think it is) than the one they were advertising.
Right. Those radios are wide like barn doors and I expect the only difference between the various ranges is for marketing and type-acceptance purposes (and perhaps the antenna that ships with it).
On 26/09/2012 01:37, Dan Smith wrote:
thanks dan! yep, i can tell at a glance that the daily build covers exactly the frequency range of my uv6x, but not near the freq range of my uv6d. does this mean i shouldn't use chirp with the uv6d until this has been resolved? or does it just mean that channels outside the 'official' range won't get transferred?
I'll let Marco comment here, since he wrote the UV6 driver.
I would expect that it's just a matter of range-checking and that CHIRP will refuse entering frequencies outside the range it thinks is appropriate for your model. However, the way those radios work, I'd expect no ill effects of putting in frequencies outside the accepted range, nor would I expect the radio to not tune (or appear to tune) them.
Dan is, obviously, right: it's only a matter of range checking. Chirp interface is forced, for uv6d, to accept frequencies in range 136MHz to 175MHz and 350MHz to 471MHz which appeared to be correct for that radio at the time I wrote the driver. I suspect that forcing radio on frequencies a little outside his range don't give any bad effect but I didn't try this myself.
Guy, can you please send me an image downloaded from your uv6d and the ranges your radio accept so that I can try to find a way to distinguish this submodel?
It would be nice to have a full range of radio given from the sellers to play with ... having complete programming info from producers could be even better ;)
Dan, have you ever tried to contact wouxun headquarter?
73 de IZ3GME Marco
items sent as requested. and thanks to this group, i was able to acquire the file using mac chirp instead of windows (via vmware) chirp.
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:06 AM, IZ3GME Marco iz3gme.marco@gmail.comwrote:
On 26/09/2012 01:37, Dan Smith wrote:
thanks dan! yep, i can tell at a glance that the daily build covers exactly the frequency range of my uv6x, but not near the freq range of my uv6d. does this mean i shouldn't use chirp with the uv6d until this has been resolved? or does it just mean that channels outside the 'official' range won't get transferred?
I'll let Marco comment here, since he wrote the UV6 driver.
I would expect that it's just a matter of range-checking and that CHIRP will refuse entering frequencies outside the range it thinks is appropriate for your model. However, the way those radios work, I'd expect no ill effects of putting in frequencies outside the accepted range, nor would I expect the radio to not tune (or appear to tune) them.
Dan is, obviously, right: it's only a matter of range checking. Chirp interface is forced, for uv6d, to accept frequencies in range 136MHz to 175MHz and 350MHz to 471MHz which appeared to be correct for that radio at the time I wrote the driver. I suspect that forcing radio on frequencies a little outside his range don't give any bad effect but I didn't try this myself.
Guy, can you please send me an image downloaded from your uv6d and the ranges your radio accept so that I can try to find a way to distinguish this submodel?
It would be nice to have a full range of radio given from the sellers to play with ... having complete programming info from producers could be even better ;)
Dan, have you ever tried to contact wouxun headquarter?
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Thanks, I start to see the matrix ... It will take a few days to be implemented but I probably found how to recognize the right frequency range. As of today chirp will not load correctly saved images of your uv6d but if you clone in, modify it, clone back to radio everything should work (everything but frequency ranges forced by UI).
I'll ask you to do tests some later ... stay tuned ...
73 de IZ3GME Marco
On 26/09/2012 10:41, Guy Teague wrote:
items sent as requested. and thanks to this group, i was able to acquire the file using mac chirp instead of windows (via vmware) chirp.
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:06 AM, IZ3GME Marco <iz3gme.marco@gmail.com mailto:iz3gme.marco@gmail.com> wrote:
On 26/09/2012 01:37, Dan Smith wrote: >> thanks dan! yep, i can tell at a glance that the daily build covers >> exactly the frequency range of my uv6x, but not near the freq range of >> my uv6d. does this mean i shouldn't use chirp with the uv6d until this >> has been resolved? or does it just mean that channels outside the >> 'official' range won't get transferred? > > I'll let Marco comment here, since he wrote the UV6 driver. > > I would expect that it's just a matter of range-checking and that CHIRP > will refuse entering frequencies outside the range it thinks is > appropriate for your model. However, the way those radios work, I'd > expect no ill effects of putting in frequencies outside the accepted > range, nor would I expect the radio to not tune (or appear to tune) them. Dan is, obviously, right: it's only a matter of range checking. Chirp interface is forced, for uv6d, to accept frequencies in range 136MHz to 175MHz and 350MHz to 471MHz which appeared to be correct for that radio at the time I wrote the driver. I suspect that forcing radio on frequencies a little outside his range don't give any bad effect but I didn't try this myself. Guy, can you please send me an image downloaded from your uv6d and the ranges your radio accept so that I can try to find a way to distinguish this submodel? It would be nice to have a full range of radio given from the sellers to play with ... having complete programming info from producers could be even better ;) Dan, have you ever tried to contact wouxun headquarter? 73 de IZ3GME Marco _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
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Unsubscribe On Sep 26, 2012 3:32 PM, "Marco IZ3GME" iz3gme.marco@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, I start to see the matrix ... It will take a few days to be implemented but I probably found how to recognize the right frequency range. As of today chirp will not load correctly saved images of your uv6d but if you clone in, modify it, clone back to radio everything should work (everything but frequency ranges forced by UI).
I'll ask you to do tests some later ... stay tuned ...
73 de IZ3GME Marco
On 26/09/2012 10:41, Guy Teague wrote:
items sent as requested. and thanks to this group, i was able to acquire the file using mac chirp instead of windows (via vmware) chirp.
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:06 AM, IZ3GME Marco <iz3gme.marco@gmail.com mailto:iz3gme.marco@gmail.com> wrote:
On 26/09/2012 01:37, Dan Smith wrote: >> thanks dan! yep, i can tell at a glance that the daily buildcovers
>> exactly the frequency range of my uv6x, but not near the freq range of >> my uv6d. does this mean i shouldn't use chirp with the uv6d until this >> has been resolved? or does it just mean that channels outside the >> 'official' range won't get transferred? > > I'll let Marco comment here, since he wrote the UV6 driver. > > I would expect that it's just a matter of range-checking and that CHIRP > will refuse entering frequencies outside the range it thinks is > appropriate for your model. However, the way those radios work,I'd
> expect no ill effects of putting in frequencies outside theaccepted
> range, nor would I expect the radio to not tune (or appear to tune) them. Dan is, obviously, right: it's only a matter of range checking. Chirp interface is forced, for uv6d, to accept frequencies in range 136MHz to 175MHz and 350MHz to 471MHz which appeared to be correctfor
that radio at the time I wrote the driver. I suspect that forcing radio on frequencies a little outside hisrange
don't give any bad effect but I didn't try this myself. Guy, can you please send me an image downloaded from your uv6d andthe
ranges your radio accept so that I can try to find a way todistinguish
this submodel? It would be nice to have a full range of radio given from thesellers to
play with ... having complete programming info from producers couldbe
even better ;) Dan, have you ever tried to contact wouxun headquarter? 73 de IZ3GME Marco _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
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sounds promising marco. and i'll be more than happy to run any tests you need.
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Marco IZ3GME iz3gme.marco@gmail.comwrote:
Thanks, I start to see the matrix ... It will take a few days to be implemented but I probably found how to recognize the right frequency range. As of today chirp will not load correctly saved images of your uv6d but if you clone in, modify it, clone back to radio everything should work (everything but frequency ranges forced by UI).
I'll ask you to do tests some later ... stay tuned ...
73 de IZ3GME Marco
On 26/09/2012 10:41, Guy Teague wrote:
items sent as requested. and thanks to this group, i was able to acquire the file using mac chirp instead of windows (via vmware) chirp.
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:06 AM, IZ3GME Marco <iz3gme.marco@gmail.com mailto:iz3gme.marco@gmail.com> wrote:
On 26/09/2012 01:37, Dan Smith wrote: >> thanks dan! yep, i can tell at a glance that the daily buildcovers
>> exactly the frequency range of my uv6x, but not near the freq range of >> my uv6d. does this mean i shouldn't use chirp with the uv6d until this >> has been resolved? or does it just mean that channels outside the >> 'official' range won't get transferred? > > I'll let Marco comment here, since he wrote the UV6 driver. > > I would expect that it's just a matter of range-checking and that CHIRP > will refuse entering frequencies outside the range it thinks is > appropriate for your model. However, the way those radios work,I'd
> expect no ill effects of putting in frequencies outside theaccepted
> range, nor would I expect the radio to not tune (or appear to tune) them. Dan is, obviously, right: it's only a matter of range checking. Chirp interface is forced, for uv6d, to accept frequencies in range 136MHz to 175MHz and 350MHz to 471MHz which appeared to be correctfor
that radio at the time I wrote the driver. I suspect that forcing radio on frequencies a little outside hisrange
don't give any bad effect but I didn't try this myself. Guy, can you please send me an image downloaded from your uv6d andthe
ranges your radio accept so that I can try to find a way todistinguish
this submodel? It would be nice to have a full range of radio given from thesellers to
play with ... having complete programming info from producers couldbe
even better ;) Dan, have you ever tried to contact wouxun headquarter? 73 de IZ3GME Marco _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
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Update: I've got the matrix! I found where and how the frequency range is stored so I can check it. I have updated feature #285 http://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/285 to keep track of the work. I'll take a few days more to have the update but now is only a matter of writing code.
73 de IZ3GME Marco
On 26/09/2012 10:41, Guy Teague wrote:
items sent as requested. and thanks to this group, i was able to acquire the file using mac chirp instead of windows (via vmware) chirp.
/guy (73 de kg5vt)
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