*Thanks Dan for the help and fast response , I can now read and write to the 857d*

*Rob N8RT*

I can not get CHIRP to read or write?

Are you following the yaesu-specific instructions here?

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

After you click OK on CHIRP's download box, you need to push a button on the radio to make it transmit the memory image to the computer. It needs to already be in clone mode first.

-- Dan Smith www.danplanet.com KK7DS