[chirp_users] CHIRP and the Kenwood TH-F6A; syncing with Icom
Using the Kenwood Memory Control Program (MCP), I can create and save radio images independent of the radio. But when I use CHIRP, I get
"The Kenwood TH-F6 operates in live mode. This means that any changes you make are immediately sent to the radio. Because of this, you cannot perform the Save or Upload operations. If you wish to edit the contents offline, please Export to a CSV file, using the File menu."
In the first place, why the behaviour? It does not appear necessary. I have verified that a change in MCP is not written until I write it.
But CHIRP is indeed live. Why? It would be nicer if it were not.
And why not save an image, even if the edits are live? This leads to my current puzzle.
I have downloaded from the F6A in CHIRP. I save as a *.chirp file.
I wanted to copy that to my Icom IC-T8A. I followed the beginner's guide and FAQ to merge the Kenwood data with the Icom data. Of course, the Kenwood data is not a *.img file, but a *.chirp file, and I get a schema error. The error makes sense, but only to a point...I guess that I am missing how to update different radios with the same data.
I tried opening both the Icom img and the Kenwood in different instances of CHIRP, but I cannot copy from one and paste to the other. I'm sure that there is a simple step that I am missing.
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Rich,
I have a Kenwood TH-F6a. So just for the fun of it, I attached CHIRP to it and read it in live mode. I copied and pasted on of the channels from the TH-F6 tab to a tab from one of my Baofeng radios (a loaded .img file). No problem.
Then I followed the instructions that you pasted into your post and exported the TH-F6a to a .csv file. I imported this into the image of my Baofeng radio also without any problem.
And just for good measure, I exported the TH-F6a to a .chirp file and imported it into my Baofeng radio image. No problem.
Part of the difference, I suppose, is that I am not trying to load 2 instances of CHIRP. I am doing it with multiple tabs in a single instance of CHIRP.
Jim KC9HI
would have beeen nice if you included rich's issue....
2016-05-27 1:43 GMT+03:00 Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com:
Rich,
I have a Kenwood TH-F6a. So just for the fun of it, I attached CHIRP to it and read it in live mode. I copied and pasted on of the channels from the TH-F6 tab to a tab from one of my Baofeng radios (a loaded .img file). No problem.
Then I followed the instructions that you pasted into your post and exported the TH-F6a to a .csv file. I imported this into the image of my Baofeng radio also without any problem.
And just for good measure, I exported the TH-F6a to a .chirp file and imported it into my Baofeng radio image. No problem.
Part of the difference, I suppose, is that I am not trying to load 2 instances of CHIRP. I am doing it with multiple tabs in a single instance of CHIRP.
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On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Amnon Zohar amnon.zohar@gmail.com wrote:
would have beeen nice if you included rich's issue....
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