I downloaded the Chirp software yesterday and got it running with my Wouxon and Baofeng HTs, but now I'm looking for a Users Manual, web page description of how to use the software, or a Help file. Is this available for this software? Chirp looks interesting, but I can't seem to find an explanation of how to use it and what it does.

Well, Joe, there isn't a whole lot of documentation to be had. There are a couple of reasons for that:

1. When I write documentation, it usually ends up a little confusing for the people that don't understand the internals, since I tend to write about how it works instead of how it should be used.

2. If I were to spend a lot of time on documentation, then CHIRP would have fewer features and support for fewer radio models.

Somewhat of a cop-out, but I do work for a living and can't spend all the time on CHIRP that I'd like.

What I'd really like is for someone (or a group of folks) to take on the task of writing and maintaining a user's manual. I can certainly contribute content to it and answer questions, of course.

That being said, there are a few things on the site that may help get you started...

The beginner's guide:

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide

the FAQ:

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/FAQ

and the archives of this list:

http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/

Feel free to ask any questions you have here, if you don't find them elsewhere.