I thought I sent this email the other day but must have started writing it and never sent.
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
245 Corum Hill Road Castalian Springs, TN 37031 (615) 310-4242 Cell (615) 562-5128 Home http://hammondb3organ.net http://overdubs.net
I have used chirp with my FT1D and FTM400 and never bricked either of them.
While working on drivers for those 2 radios I have sent settings to the radio that effectively factory reset it but never bricked it. So unless you're changing the source code I think you should be fine with either of those.
On 2020-03-17 08:52, Dennis Wage wrote:
I thought I sent this email the other day but must have started writing it and never sent.
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
245 Corum Hill Road
Castalian Springs, TN 37031
(615) 310-4242 Cell
(615) 562-5128 Home http://hammondb3organ.net [1]
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CHIRP has worked just fine for my Yaesu FT-70D.
Doug K7KDG
On 3/17/2020 8:59 AM, Angus Ainslie wrote:
I have used chirp with my FT1D and FTM400 and never bricked either of them.
While working on drivers for those 2 radios I have sent settings to the radio that effectively factory reset it but never bricked it. So unless you're changing the source code I think you should be fine with either of those.
On 2020-03-17 08:52, Dennis Wage wrote:
I thought I sent this email the other day but must have started writing it and never sent.
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
245 Corum Hill Road
Castalian Springs, TN 37031
(615) 310-4242 Cell
(615) 562-5128 Home http://hammondb3organ.net [1]
Links:
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I tried CHIRP on the FT-7800R with no problems and nothing broke but I can't use CHIRP because it doesn't support split tone mode and the developers aren't interested in adding it.
Years ago when I bought the radios I bought FTB7800 programming software from G4HFQ https://www.g4hfq.co.uk. Its cheap fully supports everything in the radio unlike CHIRP.
Tom ND5Y
So use CHIRP to enter most of your info, manually enter the little bit of split tone you need. Yaesus are easy to program.
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On Mar 17, 2020, at 14:19, Tom Consodine via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
I tried CHIRP on the FT-7800R with no problems and nothing broke but I can't use CHIRP because it doesn't support split tone mode and the developers aren't interested in adding it.
Years ago when I bought the radios I bought FTB7800 programming software from G4HFQ https://www.g4hfq.co.uk. Its cheap fully supports everything in the radio unlike CHIRP.
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I've used CHIRP to program two different Yaesu radios. Talked to a Yaesu tech one time. He claimed he knew of instances where Yaesu radios were "bricked" so badly they had to be sent back to Yaesu. Yet, outside of someone who stood to make money selling either RT Systems software or worked for Yaesu, I've not had one single person claim to have actually experienced a bricked Yaesu.
FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 5:24 PM Jardy via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
So use CHIRP to enter most of your info, manually enter the little bit of split tone you need. Yaesus are easy to program.
Jardy Dawson WA7JRD
Message sent by....Oh, who the heck cares, anyway? Could be my shoelaces, as far as I care!
On Mar 17, 2020, at 14:19, Tom Consodine via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
I tried CHIRP on the FT-7800R with no problems and nothing broke but I can't use CHIRP because it doesn't support split tone mode and the developers aren't interested in adding it.
Years ago when I bought the radios I bought FTB7800 programming software from G4HFQ https://www.g4hfq.co.uk. Its cheap fully supports everything in the radio unlike CHIRP.
Tom ND5Y
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It's never bricked any of mine. I don't believe a word of it.
On 17 March 2020 at 11:52 Dennis Wage dwage@dwage.com wrote:
I thought I sent this email the other day but must have started writing it and never sent. Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore. I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc... Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ) 245 Corum Hill Road Castalian Springs, TN 37031 (615) 310-4242 Cell (615) 562-5128 Home http://hammondb3organ.net/ http://overdubs.net _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at nigel@ngunn.net To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
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I think for Yaesu radios the old ones had to go into clone mode which could cause them to get an image in the wrong format if you pick the wrong thing, or have an unknown firmware. I don't think most newer radios will have this problem unless they take an IMG file and you accidentally pick an IMG from the wrong radio.
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:29 PM Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
It's never bricked any of mine. I don't believe a word of it.
On 17 March 2020 at 11:52 Dennis Wage dwage@dwage.com wrote:
I thought I sent this email the other day but must have started writing it and never sent.
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
245 Corum Hill Road Castalian Springs, TN 37031 (615) 310-4242 Cell (615) 562-5128 Home http://hammondb3organ.net http://overdubs.net _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at nigel@ngunn.net To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
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I recommend everyone use RY Systems Software.... You pay a little for it but it’s well worth the investment... I Don’t use chirp for my expensive Yaesu....
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:33 PM Chance Fulton chance.fulton@gmail.com wrote:
I think for Yaesu radios the old ones had to go into clone mode which could cause them to get an image in the wrong format if you pick the wrong thing, or have an unknown firmware. I don't think most newer radios will have this problem unless they take an IMG file and you accidentally pick an IMG from the wrong radio.
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:29 PM Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF < nigel@ngunn.net> wrote:
It's never bricked any of mine. I don't believe a word of it.
On 17 March 2020 at 11:52 Dennis Wage dwage@dwage.com wrote:
I thought I sent this email the other day but must have started writing it and never sent.
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
245 Corum Hill Road https://www.google.com/maps/search/245+Corum+Hill+Road+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%0D%0A++++++++++++++++Castalian+Springs,+TN+37031?entry=gmail&source=g
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I meant RT System Software... not RY
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 1:34 PM John Dodd jump12k@gmail.com wrote:
I recommend everyone use RY Systems Software.... You pay a little for it but it’s well worth the investment... I Don’t use chirp for my expensive Yaesu....
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:33 PM Chance Fulton chance.fulton@gmail.com wrote:
I think for Yaesu radios the old ones had to go into clone mode which could cause them to get an image in the wrong format if you pick the wrong thing, or have an unknown firmware. I don't think most newer radios will have this problem unless they take an IMG file and you accidentally pick an IMG from the wrong radio.
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:29 PM Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF < nigel@ngunn.net> wrote:
It's never bricked any of mine. I don't believe a word of it.
On 17 March 2020 at 11:52 Dennis Wage dwage@dwage.com wrote:
I thought I sent this email the other day but must have started writing it and never sent.
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
245 Corum Hill Road https://www.google.com/maps/search/245+Corum+Hill+Road+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%0D%0A++++++++++++++++Castalian+Springs,+TN+37031?entry=gmail&source=g
https://www.google.com/maps/search/245+Corum+Hill+Road+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%0D%0A++++++++++++++++Castalian+Springs,+TN+37031?entry=gmail&source=gCastalian Springs, TN 37031 https://www.google.com/maps/search/245+Corum+Hill+Road+%0D%0A+++++++++++++++%0D%0A++++++++++++++++Castalian+Springs,+TN+37031?entry=gmail&source=g (615) 310-4242 Cell (615) 562-5128 Home http://hammondb3organ.net http://overdubs.net _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at nigel@ngunn.net To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
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Your money, your paranoia. RT gets expensive when you've got several different radios. It's twice the price of a cheap radio.
On 17 March 2020 at 13:34 John Dodd jump12k@gmail.com wrote:
I recommend everyone use RY Systems Software.... You pay a little for it but it’s well worth the investment... I Don’t use chirp for my expensive Yaesu....
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So, the answer to the question seems to be: "there's not any documented cases of CHIRP bricking a YAESU radio". Lots of speculation, concern, etc. but nothing actually concrete.
Right?
josef
From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:55 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com; John Dodd jump12k@gmail.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Yaesu
Your money, your paranoia.
RT gets expensive when you've got several different radios.
It's twice the price of a cheap radio.
On 17 March 2020 at 13:34 John Dodd <jump12k@gmail.com mailto:jump12k@gmail.com > wrote:
I recommend everyone use RY Systems Software.... You pay a little for it but it's well worth the investment...
I Don't use chirp for my expensive Yaesu....
Correct. Whilst someone might have had an incident, it is mainly scaremongering.
On 17 March 2020 at 15:00 jz@zeevi.org wrote:
[AMD Official Use Only - Internal Distribution Only] So, the answer to the question seems to be: “there’s not any documented cases of CHIRP bricking a YAESU radio”. Lots of speculation, concern, etc. but nothing actually concrete. Right? josef From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com> On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:55 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com>; John Dodd <jump12k@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Yaesu Your money, your paranoia. RT gets expensive when you've got several different radios. It's twice the price of a cheap radio. > >On 17 March 2020 at 13:34 John Dodd <jump12k@gmail.com mailto:jump12k@gmail.com > wrote: I recommend everyone use RY Systems Software.... You pay a little for it but it’s well worth the investment... I Don’t use chirp for my expensive Yaesu.... >_______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at nigel@ngunn.net To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
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It really bugs the crap out of me that they charge (a lot as far as software apps go these days) for each freaking radio. I won't buy anymore. Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)
245 Corum Hill Road Castalian Springs, TN 37031 (615) 310-4242 Cell (615) 562-5128 Home http://hammondb3organ.net http://overdubs.net
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 1:56 PM Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
Your money, your paranoia. RT gets expensive when you've got several different radios. It's twice the price of a cheap radio.
On 17 March 2020 at 13:34 John Dodd jump12k@gmail.com wrote:
I recommend everyone use RY Systems Software.... You pay a little for it but it’s well worth the investment... I Don’t use chirp for my expensive Yaesu....
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On 2020-03-17 08:52, Dennis Wage wrote:
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
I've used Chirp many times with my FT-60 w/o so much as a sneeze.
Back in the day, speculation was these stories were circulated by Yaesu due to their partnership with RTS. I know HRO sold bare 'Kenwood' cables but for my FT-60 I had to buy a cable with the RTS software for $40 - $50. SW was useless to me, me being a Linux guy (and back then w/o a Win VM.)
And at that, I later found the cable wouldn't work with one of the wx-resistant Yaesu models -- the overmolding wouldn't fit down into the programming socket.
Benton 17mar2020 -- NX7O benton@siletzbay.com
I tried Chirp and some other program I think it was called FT60 Commander? Anyway, could never get it to work, the Chirp software and the radio could not “speak” to each other. I’ve been using the ADMS software for the last ten years with both the FT60 and the FT-7900 with absolutely NO problems. Sure, it’s $50 as opposed to “free” (Chirp), but it works, I’m familiar with it, and it does what I want it to do.
On Mar 17, 2020, at 7:04 PM, benton@siletzbay.com wrote:
On 2020-03-17 08:52, Dennis Wage wrote:
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
I've used Chirp many times with my FT-60 w/o so much as a sneeze.
Back in the day, speculation was these stories were circulated by Yaesu due to their partnership with RTS. I know HRO sold bare 'Kenwood' cables but for my FT-60 I had to buy a cable with the RTS software for $40 - $50. SW was useless to me, me being a Linux guy (and back then w/o a Win VM.)
And at that, I later found the cable wouldn't work with one of the wx-resistant Yaesu models -- the overmolding wouldn't fit down into the programming socket.
Benton 17mar2020
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Mark, I can certainly understand why you're sticking with what you have. Makes lots of sense. However, your description doesn't sound like your radio was bricked. That version of CHIRP just didn't want to talk to it. It may work, now, but there's no reason for you to switch, since you already have working software. Am I right?
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:13 PM Mark Lassman via chirp_users < chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
I tried Chirp and some other program I think it was called FT60 Commander? Anyway, could never get it to work, the Chirp software and the radio could not “speak” to each other. I’ve been using the ADMS software for the last ten years with both the FT60 and the FT-7900 with absolutely NO problems. Sure, it’s $50 as opposed to “free” (Chirp), but it works, I’m familiar with it, and it does what I want it to do.
On Mar 17, 2020, at 7:04 PM, benton@siletzbay.com wrote:
On 2020-03-17 08:52, Dennis Wage wrote:
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
I've used Chirp many times with my FT-60 w/o so much as a sneeze.
Back in the day, speculation was these stories were circulated by Yaesu due to their partnership with RTS. I know HRO sold bare 'Kenwood' cables but for my FT-60 I had to buy a cable with the RTS software for $40 - $50. SW was useless to me, me being a Linux guy (and back then w/o a Win VM.)
And at that, I later found the cable wouldn't work with one of the wx-resistant Yaesu models -- the overmolding wouldn't fit down into the programming socket.
Benton 17mar2020
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No, nothing bad happened. It was years ago, and you might be right. Maybe it was an earlier version of CHIRP that just wasn’t going to work no matter what. In any case, I have the ADMS and it works great for me.
On Mar 17, 2020, at 8:41 PM, John Kemker kemkerj3@gmail.com wrote:
Mark, I can certainly understand why you're sticking with what you have. Makes lots of sense. However, your description doesn't sound like your radio was bricked. That version of CHIRP just didn't want to talk to it. It may work, now, but there's no reason for you to switch, since you already have working software. Am I right?
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:13 PM Mark Lassman via chirp_users <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote: I tried Chirp and some other program I think it was called FT60 Commander? Anyway, could never get it to work, the Chirp software and the radio could not “speak” to each other. I’ve been using the ADMS software for the last ten years with both the FT60 and the FT-7900 with absolutely NO problems. Sure, it’s $50 as opposed to “free” (Chirp), but it works, I’m familiar with it, and it does what I want it to do.
On Mar 17, 2020, at 7:04 PM, benton@siletzbay.com mailto:benton@siletzbay.com wrote:
On 2020-03-17 08:52, Dennis Wage wrote:
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
I've used Chirp many times with my FT-60 w/o so much as a sneeze.
Back in the day, speculation was these stories were circulated by Yaesu due to their partnership with RTS. I know HRO sold bare 'Kenwood' cables but for my FT-60 I had to buy a cable with the RTS software for $40 - $50. SW was useless to me, me being a Linux guy (and back then w/o a Win VM.)
And at that, I later found the cable wouldn't work with one of the wx-resistant Yaesu models -- the overmolding wouldn't fit down into the programming socket.
Benton 17mar2020
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On Mar 17, 2020, at 20:42, John Kemker kemkerj3@gmail.com wrote:
Mark, I can certainly understand why you're sticking with what you have. Makes lots of sense. However, your description doesn't sound like your radio was bricked. That version of CHIRP just didn't want to talk to it. It may work, now, but there's no reason for you to switch, since you already have working software. Am I right?
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:13 PM Mark Lassman via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote: I tried Chirp and some other program I think it was called FT60 Commander? Anyway, could never get it to work, the Chirp software and the radio could not “speak” to each other. I’ve been using the ADMS software for the last ten years with both the FT60 and the FT-7900 with absolutely NO problems. Sure, it’s $50 as opposed to “free” (Chirp), but it works, I’m familiar with it, and it does what I want it to do.
On Mar 17, 2020, at 7:04 PM, benton@siletzbay.com wrote:
On 2020-03-17 08:52, Dennis Wage wrote:
Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to be sent back for a factory restore.
I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
I've used Chirp many times with my FT-60 w/o so much as a sneeze.
Back in the day, speculation was these stories were circulated by Yaesu due to their partnership with RTS. I know HRO sold bare 'Kenwood' cables but for my FT-60 I had to buy a cable with the RTS software for $40 - $50. SW was useless to me, me being a Linux guy (and back then w/o a Win VM.)
And at that, I later found the cable wouldn't work with one of the wx-resistant Yaesu models -- the overmolding wouldn't fit down into the programming socket.
Benton 17mar2020
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Angus Ainslie -
benton＠siletzbay.com -
Chance Fulton -
Dennis Wage -
Doug Schafer -
Jardy -
John Dodd -
John Kemker -
jz＠zeevi.org -
Mark Lassman -
Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF -
Tom Consodine