Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 58, Issue 30
Re: Yaesu programming
My experience with the FT-897D is that the engineering is poor. I never used chirp with the rig. It would simply die after a few months, sent it to them to repair and it kept going dead a few months after each repair. I use it now for a book-end. The lesson I learned is to not purchase any Yaesu gear. The techs fix symptoms - not the cause
Chirp works well. The trick is getting a good cable and the correct drivers for the cable. The other point is to read the rig's memory to ascertain that everything shows signs of working properly before attempting to write to the rig.
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-------- Original message -------- From: chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com Date: 10/17/2013 6:25 PM (GMT-06:00) To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: chirp_users Digest, Vol 58, Issue 30
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Tim at Yaesu Tech Support warns against Chirp, recommends RT Systems products (Charles Stillman) 2. Re: Tim at Yaesu Tech Support warns against Chirp, recommends RT Systems products (Charles Stillman) 3. Re: Tim at Yaesu Tech Support warns against Chirp, recommends RT Systems products (Allan R. Batteiger) 4. Re: Tim at Yaesu Tech Support warns against Chirp, recommends RT Systems products (Milton Hywatt) 5. Re: Tim at Yaesu Tech Support warns against Chirp, recommends RT Systems products (Dan Smith) 6. Maxtrac, Radius, GM300 (Alex KG4TRV) 7. Re: Tim at Yaesu Tech Support warns against Chirp, recommends RT Systems products (Charles Stillman)
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Message: 1 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:18:30 -0700 From: Charles Stillman datademon@aol.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Tim at Yaesu Tech Support warns against Chirp, recommends RT Systems products To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Message-ID: 9E61F840-C5A6-4A1B-84E8-C6739B1D3868@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I figured it would be all over the web if there were serious problems. I have no reason to doubt Tim's sincerity. Perhaps, someone involved with development could approach him to get more information about the supposed problems. I know if I had a problem, I'd be on this forum in a heartbeat.
I'll be demoing Chirp at our next HAM meeting here in Seattle so need to do my due diligence about what I'm recommending!
Charlie Stillman KC1S
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Message: 2 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:23:33 -0700 From: Charles Stillman datademon@aol.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Tim at Yaesu Tech Support warns against Chirp, recommends RT Systems products To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Message-ID: A88043C6-29B1-4FB1-B499-923C2CEB17C3@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I'm just speculating here as to what (if any) problems people might have reported to Yaesu. It certainly is possible to do damage with an inappropriate cable for example. Some people are quite willing to try the "blue smoke test" prior to reading the manual!
Charlie KC1S
On Oct 17, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Charles Stillman datademon@aol.com wrote:
Tim at Yaesu tech support says that Chirp "burns out" EEPROMS on Yaesu radios. He says that results in the radios locking up. It was not clear whether he was saying that the EEPROM was destroyed or just programmed into a state that the radio would no longer work. I'm guessing that this might have been a problem during Chirp development and is no longer the case. I see that there are several steps involved in programming the Yaesu radios with Chirp. Does failure to follow the steps precisely create a risk to the usability of the radio? Sorry if this has been discussed before.
No radios have EVER been permanently damaged during Chirp development. I bet he has absolutely zero evidence to support his claims.
By the way, if you use a program like portmon to monitor the data Chirp sends to the radio, you'll find it sends exactly the same thing as RT Systems software or a clone from an identical model radio.
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Message: 3 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:24:32 -0500 From: "Allan R. Batteiger" arb@rtsi.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Tim at Yaesu Tech Support warns against Chirp, recommends RT Systems products To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Message-ID: 526063A0.5070609@rtsi.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
This is news to me I have been programming Yaesu Radios for several years using Chirp and never had a problem with any of the Radios. I have programmed a number of different types of Yaesu, ICOM, Kenwood, etc and the only time I have had a problem is if I did not read the radio first.
Allan R. Batteiger
On 10/17/2013 5:18 PM, Charles Stillman wrote:
I figured it would be all over the web if there were serious problems. I have no reason to doubt Tim's sincerity. Perhaps, someone involved with development could approach him to get more information about the supposed problems. I know if I had a problem, I'd be on this forum in a heartbeat.
I'll be demoing Chirp at our next HAM meeting here in Seattle so need to do my due diligence about what I'm recommending!
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