I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365) dated 09/11/2021. I also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far THE best that I've used, AND it works on my Mac.
Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the radio it would be great.
Thanks & 73.
Jeff K3JRZ
Jeff,
The issue you posted says "equipment loan not offered".
Until someone either offers a loan to the development team, or someone buys and gives a radio to the development team, nothing can be done.
Even when equipment is offered for loan, a developer has to be interested in the project to volunteer. This can take months or even years.
I have a feeling that an offer to buy the radio for a developer would get them VERY interested in supporting development for this radio.
Remember this is a totally community effort that is given away to users without charge.
Have you thought about volunteering the loan of your radio?
Best wishes,
David N1EA Just a CHIRP user
=30=
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:23 Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365) dated 09/11/2021. I also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far THE best that I've used, AND userit works on my Mac.
Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the radio it would be great.
Thanks & 73.
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I think missed that part from the original issue. And, no, I have not thought about volunteering my brand new radio for “months or years”, mostly because *I’ve* been burned badly before by similar situations with people I know or knew. I’m not saying the developers can’t be trusted, I’m sure they can, but *I* do not trust others I do not know, due to *MY* *personal* experiences. And those are my problems to deal with.
I know it’s all volunteers and stuff. I’m part of several such ham radio communities that are the same way. I was just asking if there’s been any update (“Has any progress been made…”) since it’s been 3 months that have passed. Really I just wanted a simple answer of yes or no. But I’ll take all of that as a “no”.
Thank you for the reply.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 13:47 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. n1ea@arrl.net wrote:
Jeff,
The issue you posted says "equipment loan not offered".
Until someone either offers a loan to the development team, or someone buys and gives a radio to the development team, nothing can be done.
Even when equipment is offered for loan, a developer has to be interested in the project to volunteer. This can take months or even years.
I have a feeling that an offer to buy the radio for a developer would get them VERY interested in supporting development for this radio.
Remember this is a totally community effort that is given away to users without charge.
Have you thought about volunteering the loan of your radio?
Best wishes,
David N1EA Just a CHIRP user
=30=
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:23 Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365) dated 09/11/2021. I also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far THE best that I've used, AND userit works on my Mac.
Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the radio it would be great.
Thanks & 73.
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The "months and years" was about how long it can take to get a loaner/donated radio into a developer's hands.
I think the coding process is much shorter than "years".
Ken, N2VIP
On Dec 19, 2021, at 14:18, Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
I think missed that part from the original issue. And, no, I have not thought about volunteering my brand new radio for “months or years”, mostly because *I’ve* been burned badly before by similar situations with people I know or knew. I’m not saying the developers can’t be trusted, I’m sure they can, but *I* do not trust others I do not know, due to *MY* *personal* experiences. And those are my problems to deal with.
I know it’s all volunteers and stuff. I’m part of several such ham radio communities that are the same way. I was just asking if there’s been any update (“Has any progress been made…”) since it’s been 3 months that have passed. Really I just wanted a simple answer of yes or no. But I’ll take all of that as a “no”.
Thank you for the reply.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 13:47 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. n1ea@arrl.net wrote: Jeff,
The issue you posted says "equipment loan not offered".
Until someone either offers a loan to the development team, or someone buys and gives a radio to the development team, nothing can be done.
Even when equipment is offered for loan, a developer has to be interested in the project to volunteer. This can take months or even years.
I have a feeling that an offer to buy the radio for a developer would get them VERY interested in supporting development for this radio.
Remember this is a totally community effort that is given away to users without charge.
Have you thought about volunteering the loan of your radio?
Best wishes,
David N1EA Just a CHIRP user
=30=
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:23 Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote: I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365) dated 09/11/2021. I also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far THE best that I've used, AND userit works on my Mac.
Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the radio it would be great.
Thanks & 73.
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Jeff,
No progress can be made until a volunteer has offered to loan a radio.
That's the best answer that can be given.
Also many radios, especially those that are not extremely popular take years if they even finally get supported at all.
Ken N2VIP says the coding process is much shorter than "years", and that is true, but getting someone to take the development of code sometimes takes years, but after someone volunteers, it usually goes quite quickly.
I have no problem with it taking years, this is a volunteer project, I and several others proposed the Wouxun KG-UV8E in 2016, and we were overjoyed when a developer took it and made it work with CHIRP, some of the delay was finding someone who had a loaner radio who would be able to ship the radio to the developer who was located in Cuba, USA still has an embargo with that island nation, so a volunteer from Canada actually arranged for the radio to be hand delivered in airplane luggage to the developer. That's first class service.
But things cannot move until a volunteer radio is offered.
Also I just looked up the FT5DR and it seems to C4FM radio, and unless my memory is unreliable, digital radios as a class aren't supported by CHIRP.
I hope someone of the developers can comment on that, I didn't realize it was a C4FM radio in the beginning.
Regards,
DR N1EA
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 2:18 PM Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
I think missed that part from the original issue. And, no, I have not thought about volunteering my brand new radio for “months or years”, mostly because *I’ve* been burned badly before by similar situations with people I know or knew. I’m not saying the developers can’t be trusted, I’m sure they can, but *I* do not trust others I do not know, due to *MY* *personal* experiences. And those are my problems to deal with.
I know it’s all volunteers and stuff. I’m part of several such ham radio communities that are the same way. I was just asking if there’s been any update (“Has any progress been made…”) since it’s been 3 months that have passed. Really I just wanted a simple answer of yes or no. But I’ll take all of that as a “no”.
Thank you for the reply.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 13:47 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. n1ea@arrl.net wrote:
Jeff,
The issue you posted says "equipment loan not offered".
Until someone either offers a loan to the development team, or someone buys and gives a radio to the development team, nothing can be done.
Even when equipment is offered for loan, a developer has to be interested in the project to volunteer. This can take months or even years.
I have a feeling that an offer to buy the radio for a developer would get them VERY interested in supporting development for this radio.
Remember this is a totally community effort that is given away to users without charge.
Have you thought about volunteering the loan of your radio?
Best wishes,
David N1EA Just a CHIRP user
=30=
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:23 Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365) dated 09/11/2021. I also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far THE best that I've used, AND userit works on my Mac.
Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the radio it would be great.
Thanks & 73.
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Actually,digital radios ARE supported by CHIRP. Been using CHIRP for the past 6.5 years with my FT-1D. If you look at the wiki page https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home the FT-2D and FT-3D are also listed among others.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 15:22 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. n1ea@arrl.net wrote:
Jeff,
No progress can be made until a volunteer has offered to loan a radio.
That's the best answer that can be given.
Also many radios, especially those that are not extremely popular take years if they even finally get supported at all.
Ken N2VIP says the coding process is much shorter than "years", and that is true, but getting someone to take the development of code sometimes takes years, but after someone volunteers, it usually goes quite quickly.
I have no problem with it taking years, this is a volunteer project, I and several others proposed the Wouxun KG-UV8E in 2016, and we were overjoyed when a developer took it and made it work with CHIRP, some of the delay was finding someone who had a loaner radio who would be able to ship the radio to the developer who was located in Cuba, USA still has an embargo with that island nation, so a volunteer from Canada actually arranged for the radio to be hand delivered in airplane luggage to the developer. That's first class service.
But things cannot move until a volunteer radio is offered.
Also I just looked up the FT5DR and it seems to C4FM radio, and unless my memory is unreliable, digital radios as a class aren't supported by CHIRP.
I hope someone of the developers can comment on that, I didn't realize it was a C4FM radio in the beginning.
Regards,
DR N1EA
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 2:18 PM Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
I think missed that part from the original issue. And, no, I have not thought about volunteering my brand new radio for “months or years”, mostly because *I’ve* been burned badly before by similar situations with people I know or knew. I’m not saying the developers can’t be trusted, I’m sure they can, but *I* do not trust others I do not know, due to *MY* *personal* experiences. And those are my problems to deal with.
I know it’s all volunteers and stuff. I’m part of several such ham radio communities that are the same way. I was just asking if there’s been any update (“Has any progress been made…”) since it’s been 3 months that have passed. Really I just wanted a simple answer of yes or no. But I’ll take all of that as a “no”.
Thank you for the reply.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 13:47 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. n1ea@arrl.net wrote:
Jeff,
The issue you posted says "equipment loan not offered".
Until someone either offers a loan to the development team, or someone buys and gives a radio to the development team, nothing can be done.
Even when equipment is offered for loan, a developer has to be interested in the project to volunteer. This can take months or even years.
I have a feeling that an offer to buy the radio for a developer would get them VERY interested in supporting development for this radio.
Remember this is a totally community effort that is given away to users without charge.
Have you thought about volunteering the loan of your radio?
Best wishes,
David N1EA Just a CHIRP user
=30=
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:23 Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365) dated 09/11/2021. I also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far THE best that I've used, AND userit works on my Mac.
Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the radio it would be great.
Thanks & 73.
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Excellent, I didn't remember correctly, I'm really happy about that, now I hope someone who has the radio is willing to volunteer the radio.
Sometimes it is easier to look at the radios supported by CHIRP and buying one of those. I do that with printers and scanners for use under Linux.
Great news!
73 DR N1EA
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 3:26 PM Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
Actually,digital radios ARE supported by CHIRP. Been using CHIRP for the past 6.5 years with my FT-1D. If you look at the wiki page https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home the FT-2D and FT-3D are also listed among others.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 15:22 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. n1ea@arrl.net wrote:
Jeff,
No progress can be made until a volunteer has offered to loan a radio.
That's the best answer that can be given.
Also many radios, especially those that are not extremely popular take years if they even finally get supported at all.
Ken N2VIP says the coding process is much shorter than "years", and that is true, but getting someone to take the development of code sometimes takes years, but after someone volunteers, it usually goes quite quickly.
I have no problem with it taking years, this is a volunteer project, I and several others proposed the Wouxun KG-UV8E in 2016, and we were overjoyed when a developer took it and made it work with CHIRP, some of the delay was finding someone who had a loaner radio who would be able to ship the radio to the developer who was located in Cuba, USA still has an embargo with that island nation, so a volunteer from Canada actually arranged for the radio to be hand delivered in airplane luggage to the developer. That's first class service.
But things cannot move until a volunteer radio is offered.
Also I just looked up the FT5DR and it seems to C4FM radio, and unless my memory is unreliable, digital radios as a class aren't supported by CHIRP.
I hope someone of the developers can comment on that, I didn't realize it was a C4FM radio in the beginning.
Regards,
DR N1EA
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 2:18 PM Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
I think missed that part from the original issue. And, no, I have not thought about volunteering my brand new radio for “months or years”, mostly because *I’ve* been burned badly before by similar situations with people I know or knew. I’m not saying the developers can’t be trusted, I’m sure they can, but *I* do not trust others I do not know, due to *MY* *personal* experiences. And those are my problems to deal with.
I know it’s all volunteers and stuff. I’m part of several such ham radio communities that are the same way. I was just asking if there’s been any update (“Has any progress been made…”) since it’s been 3 months that have passed. Really I just wanted a simple answer of yes or no. But I’ll take all of that as a “no”.
Thank you for the reply.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 13:47 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. n1ea@arrl.net wrote:
Jeff,
The issue you posted says "equipment loan not offered".
Until someone either offers a loan to the development team, or someone buys and gives a radio to the development team, nothing can be done.
Even when equipment is offered for loan, a developer has to be interested in the project to volunteer. This can take months or even years.
I have a feeling that an offer to buy the radio for a developer would get them VERY interested in supporting development for this radio.
Remember this is a totally community effort that is given away to users without charge.
Have you thought about volunteering the loan of your radio?
Best wishes,
David N1EA Just a CHIRP user
=30=
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:23 Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365) dated 09/11/2021. I also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far THE best that I've used, AND userit works on my Mac.
Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the radio it would be great.
Thanks & 73.
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Digital radios may be supported but often the support doesn't include the digital modes supported by that radio.
On 19/12/2021 15:25 Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
Actually,digital radios ARE supported by CHIRP.
They do. Been using CHIRP for years with setting up digital repeater info & settings (C4FM) for my FT-1D.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 16:50 Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
Digital radios may be supported but often the support doesn't include the digital modes supported by that radio.
On 19/12/2021 15:25 Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
Actually,digital radios ARE supported by CHIRP.
Setting digital channels for C4FM is trivial (just freq & mode), and I suspect D-Star would be straight-forward as well (again, little more than just freq & mode), but DMR with freq, color code, time slice, and talkgroups are likely another story.
Ken, N2VIP
On Dec 19, 2021, at 16:54, Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
They do. Been using CHIRP for years with setting up digital repeater info & settings (C4FM) for my FT-1D.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 16:50 Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net wrote: Digital radios may be supported but often the support doesn't include the digital modes supported by that radio.
On 19/12/2021 15:25 Jeff K3JRZ k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com wrote:
Actually,digital radios ARE supported by CHIRP.
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This is nice to see. I haven’t looked for new radios here in a while, but my FT-2D is on there … the people at Yaesu like to create FUD by warning you that using Chirp with your Yaesu digital radio risks bricking the radio.
From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com On Behalf Of Jeff K3JRZ Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2021 15:25 To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Yaesu FT-5D
Actually,digital radios ARE supported by CHIRP. Been using CHIRP for the past 6.5 years with my FT-1D. If you look at the wiki page
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home the FT-2D and FT-3D are also listed among others.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 15:22 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea@arrl.net mailto:n1ea@arrl.net > wrote:
Jeff,
No progress can be made until a volunteer has offered to loan a radio.
That's the best answer that can be given.
Also many radios, especially those that are not extremely popular take years if they even finally get supported at all.
Ken N2VIP says the coding process is much shorter than "years", and that is true, but getting someone to take the development of code sometimes takes years, but after someone volunteers, it usually goes quite quickly.
I have no problem with it taking years, this is a volunteer project, I and several others proposed the Wouxun KG-UV8E in 2016, and we were overjoyed when a developer took it and made it work with CHIRP, some of the delay was finding someone who had a loaner radio who would be able to ship the radio to the developer who was located in Cuba, USA still has an embargo with that island nation, so a volunteer from Canada actually arranged for the radio to be hand delivered in airplane luggage to the developer. That's first class service.
But things cannot move until a volunteer radio is offered.
Also I just looked up the FT5DR and it seems to C4FM radio, and unless my memory is unreliable, digital radios as a class aren't supported by CHIRP.
I hope someone of the developers can comment on that, I didn't realize it was a C4FM radio in the beginning.
Regards,
DR
N1EA
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 2:18 PM Jeff K3JRZ <k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com mailto:k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com > wrote:
I think missed that part from the original issue. And, no, I have not thought about volunteering my brand new radio for “months or years”, mostly because *I’ve* been burned badly before by similar situations with people I know or knew. I’m not saying the developers can’t be trusted, I’m sure they can, but *I* do not trust others I do not know, due to *MY* *personal* experiences. And those are my problems to deal with.
I know it’s all volunteers and stuff. I’m part of several such ham radio communities that are the same way. I was just asking if there’s been any update (“Has any progress been made…”) since it’s been 3 months that have passed. Really I just wanted a simple answer of yes or no. But I’ll take all of that as a “no”.
Thank you for the reply.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 13:47 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea@arrl.net mailto:n1ea@arrl.net > wrote:
Jeff,
The issue you posted says "equipment loan not offered".
Until someone either offers a loan to the development team, or someone buys and gives a radio to the development team, nothing can be done.
Even when equipment is offered for loan, a developer has to be interested in the project to volunteer. This can take months or even years.
I have a feeling that an offer to buy the radio for a developer would get them VERY interested in supporting development for this radio.
Remember this is a totally community effort that is given away to users without charge.
Have you thought about volunteering the loan of your radio?
Best wishes,
David N1EA
Just a CHIRP user
=30=
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:23 Jeff K3JRZ <k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com mailto:k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com > wrote:
I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365) dated 09/11/2021. I also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far THE best that I've used, AND userit works on my Mac.
Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the radio it would be great.
Thanks & 73.
Jeff
K3JRZ
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I have recently purchased the FT-5DR. It's quite a nice little package. The only drawback is the need for a Windows system to program it.
I'm a retired programmer. I might be able to help with the code needed for the FT-5D. I used to be proficient in C, Unix, x86 assembler and conversant with Python as it stood in 2012. I've also worked with a lot of serial interfaces over the years. It's been a few years since I did any significant programming. My last major project was the HEYU (www.heyu.org) home automation software for Linux and other Posix compliant systems. To get jump started it would be helpful to locate the design docs.
I sent an email to dsmith@danplanet.com asking about the time frame needed for the loan, but have not heard back.
Sincerely, Dan Suthers
On 12/19/21 12:18 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
Jeff,
No progress can be made until a volunteer has offered to loan a radio.
That's the best answer that can be given.
Also many radios, especially those that are not extremely popular take years if they even finally get supported at all.
Ken N2VIP says the coding process is much shorter than "years", and that is true, but getting someone to take the development of code sometimes takes years, but after someone volunteers, it usually goes quite quickly.
I have no problem with it taking years, this is a volunteer project, I and several others proposed the Wouxun KG-UV8E in 2016, and we were overjoyed when a developer took it and made it work with CHIRP, some of the delay was finding someone who had a loaner radio who would be able to ship the radio to the developer who was located in Cuba, USA still has an embargo with that island nation, so a volunteer from Canada actually arranged for the radio to be hand delivered in airplane luggage to the developer. That's first class service.
But things cannot move until a volunteer radio is offered.
Also I just looked up the FT5DR and it seems to C4FM radio, and unless my memory is unreliable, digital radios as a class aren't supported by CHIRP.
I hope someone of the developers can comment on that, I didn't realize it was a C4FM radio in the beginning.
Regards,
DR N1EA
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 2:18 PM Jeff K3JRZ <k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com mailto:k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com> wrote:
I think missed that part from the original issue. And, no, I have not thought about volunteering my brand new radio for “months or years”, mostly because *I’ve* been burned badly before by similar situations with people I know or knew. I’m not saying the developers can’t be trusted, I’m sure they can, but *I* do not trust others I do not know, due to *MY* *personal* experiences. And those are my problems to deal with. I know it’s all volunteers and stuff. I’m part of several such ham radio communities that are the same way. I was just asking if there’s been any update (“Has any progress been made…”) since it’s been 3 months that have passed. Really I just wanted a simple answer of yes or no. But I’ll take all of that as a “no”. Thank you for the reply. On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 13:47 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea@arrl.net <mailto:n1ea@arrl.net>> wrote: Jeff, The issue you posted says "equipment loan not offered". Until someone either offers a loan to the development team, or someone buys and gives a radio to the development team, nothing can be done. Even when equipment is offered for loan, a developer has to be interested in the project to volunteer. This can take months or even years. I have a feeling that an offer to buy the radio for a developer would get them VERY interested in supporting development for this radio. Remember this is a totally community effort that is given away to users without charge. Have you thought about volunteering the loan of your radio? Best wishes, David N1EA Just a CHIRP user =30= On Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:23 Jeff K3JRZ <k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com <mailto:k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com>> wrote: I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365 <https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365>) dated 09/11/2021. I also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far THE best that I've used, AND userit works on my Mac. Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the radio it would be great. Thanks & 73. Jeff K3JRZ _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users <http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users> This message was sent to D.J.J. Ring, Jr. at n1ea@arrl.net <mailto:n1ea@arrl.net> To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com <mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com> _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users <http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users> This message was sent to Jeff K3JRZ at k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com <mailto:k3jrz.jeff@gmail.com> To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com <mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com> _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users <http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users> This message was sent to D.J.J. Ring, Jr. at n1ea@arrl.net <mailto:n1ea@arrl.net> To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com <mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com>
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D.J.J. Ring, Jr. -
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Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF