This one has probably been asked before, but I'm having trouble finding it in the archives.
I want to put the NOAA Weather frequensies on the UV-3R. What do I check to turn off the transmit capability in chirp?
TNX es 73 de WA0BAG
Paul,
Set the duplex column in CHIRP to "off ". This will inhibit TX on that memory location.
73,
Woody N8MWQ
On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Paul K. hglent@frii.com wrote:
On 2014-01-02 12:57, Woody Kirkman wrote:
Heh, I can answer this one now...
...shows that the UV-3R doesn't support 'off' duplex, so it will default to simplex. If your radio is still 'locked' -- set to only TX in the legal AR ranges, and the NOAA station is outside that range, you're OK, the radio won't tx. If you've unlocked your radio, you may be at risk of inadvertently tx'ing on the frequency.
I need to look into what unsetting the tx frequency will do, as someone else suggesgted. Suspect it also reverts to simplex.
I was properly chastised (hi Tom) for suggesting pointing the Tx to some 'harmless' frequency -- it was pointed out that there *are* no harmless frequencies -- sending the tx there could well interfere with someone else. Not good operating practice.
For myself, I think I'm going to see if I can re-lock my Wouxun and live w/o the option for tx'ing on FRS in an emergency. And I'll no longer advocate unlocking radios, especially for our novice community.
Benton 2jan14 -- KF7QLP Benton Holzwarth benton@siletzbay.com
...shows that the UV-3R doesn't support 'off' duplex, so it will default to simplex.
FWIW, it's pretty easy for us to make these sorts of radios support 'off' duplex. If you file a bug for it, it should be a few minutes of developer time.
--Dan
On 2014-01-02 13:50, Dan Smith wrote:
Really? I assumed it was a limitation of the radios.
If it's just a matter of a few minutes of update, I'll personally pledge a pizza delivered to the first five chirp-developers that go in and add the 'off' duplex mode for radios that don't currently offer it. Additional radios for any one dev'r will get you parmesan and red pepper flakes, but just the one pizza, sorry.
Serious - make it happen and send me a note or point at a reference in the daily change-log and I will arrange a pizza delivered or a Jackson- bill USPS'd (or int'l, hi Jens) to you.
Hi Dan -- appreciated your presentation at SeaPac. Still putting my money where my (pizza stuffed) mouth is --
Think of it as a kick-starter, sorta'...
Benton 3jan14 -- KF7QLP Benton Holzwarth benton@siletzbay.com
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Benton bcgh@aracnet.com wrote:
Really? I assumed it was a limitation of the radios.
Well, yes, it is a limitation of the radios, but Chirp only added the duplex "off" feature recently. Radios that were added to Chirp before this feature was added won't have it until a dev goes back and updates it.
If it's just a matter of a few minutes of update,
It's also a matter of getting someone with the radio to save two channels, one with TX inhibit and one without and no other differences. Then they create a bug report and post their img. Describe where to find the two channels and a Chirp dev should be able to look and the img and locate the TX inhibit bit.
Tom KD7LXL
I have a Baofeng UV-6 I would be glad to send out for Chirp development. Any Takers?
Jack W4GRJ
That's why I said "these radios." All the chinese clones that I have seen store independent TX/RX frequencies and go TX inhibit when you zero the TX side.
So, for this radio, I think it's doable without a sample image.
How about this. Benton, if you will file an issue for this on the website:
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/How_To_Report_Issues
and attach an image of your UV-3R, I will quickly make the change to one of the channels, let you confirm that it inhibits transmit, and then I'll fix the code to make it available to the user, okay? No pizza required :)
--Dan
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