[chirp_users] Accessing Repeaterbook from chirp
I am trying to get a list of 2m and 70cm repeaters for my area with no luck. Steps taken: Start ChirpFile: NewRadio: Query Data Source: Repeaterbook Initial dialog box comes up; I select Arizona for state; Maricopa for County and 2 Meters for Band.
Clicking ok results in the "standard" busy mouse icon (small greenish blue circle). Data from Repeaterbook never shows up.Even though busy mouse icon is showing, I am able to click and use options within chirp.
Attempts to use other sources appears to work (albeit I am not subscribed or premium with those other sources). Reading/writing from radio otherwise works, no other issues noticed. I have tried this with the last couple of windows daily builds - latest is today's - with no luck. Am I missing something?
From chirp about:
Chirp daily - 20160531 OS: Windows 7.
I believe Repeater Book requires a subscription. KC6IIH Jock
Jock Soutar KC6IIH Sent via Samsung Galaxy S7 on AT&T 4G LTE Smartphone
On Tuesday, May 31, 2016 Scott Brewster via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
I am trying to get a list of 2m and 70cm repeaters for my area with no luck.
Steps taken:
Start Chirp
File: New
Radio: Query Data Source: Repeaterbook
Initial dialog box comes up; I select Arizona for state; Maricopa for County and 2 Meters for Band.
Clicking ok results in the "standard" busy mouse icon (small greenish blue circle). Data from Repeaterbook never shows up.
Even though busy mouse icon is showing, I am able to click and use options within chirp.
Attempts to use other sources appears to work (albeit I am not subscribed or premium with those other sources).
Reading/writing from radio otherwise works, no other issues noticed.
I have tried this with the last couple of windows daily builds - latest is today's - with no luck. Am I missing something?
From chirp about:
Chirp daily - 20160531
OS: Windows 7.
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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Jock via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
I believe Repeater Book requires a subscription. KC6IIH Jock
Jock Soutar KC6IIH Sent via Samsung Galaxy S7 on AT&T 4G LTE Smartphone
I believe you are thinking about Radio Reference which requires a paid membership. Repeater Book is free.
Jim KC9HI
Sent from my iPhone
On May 31, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Jock via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
I believe Repeater Book requires a subscription. KC6IIH Jock
Jock Soutar KC6IIH Sent via Samsung Galaxy S7 on AT&T 4G LTE Smartphone
On Tuesday, May 31, 2016 Scott Brewster via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
I am trying to get a list of 2m and 70cm repeaters for my area with no luck.
Steps taken:
Start Chirp File: New Radio: Query Data Source: Repeaterbook
Initial dialog box comes up; I select Arizona for state; Maricopa for County and 2 Meters for Band.
Clicking ok results in the "standard" busy mouse icon (small greenish blue circle). Data from Repeaterbook never shows up. Even though busy mouse icon is showing, I am able to click and use options within chirp.
Attempts to use other sources appears to work (albeit I am not subscribed or premium with those other sources).
Reading/writing from radio otherwise works, no other issues noticed.
I have tried this with the last couple of windows daily builds - latest is today's - with no luck. Am I missing something?
From chirp about:
Chirp daily - 20160531
OS: Windows 7.
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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Scott Brewster via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
I am trying to get a list of 2m and 70cm repeaters for my area with no luck.
Steps taken:
Start Chirp File: New Radio: Query Data Source: Repeaterbook
Initial dialog box comes up; I select Arizona for state; Maricopa for County and 2 Meters for Band.
Clicking ok results in the "standard" busy mouse icon (small greenish blue circle). Data from Repeaterbook never shows up. Even though busy mouse icon is showing, I am able to click and use options within chirp.
Attempts to use other sources appears to work (albeit I am not subscribed or premium with those other sources).
Reading/writing from radio otherwise works, no other issues noticed.
I have tried this with the last couple of windows daily builds - latest is today's - with no luck. Am I missing something?
From chirp about:
Chirp daily - 20160531
OS: Windows 7.
Scott,
I believe repeater book is having some issues. I used it prior to the Dayton Hamvention to get the 2M and 70CM repeaters for Miami and Montgomery counties without any issues. Someone last night on Facebook said that when he did the query it returned all of the repeaters in the state. I repeated the queries that I did and sure enough, too many repeaters were returned.
I'm fairly certain that there has been no changes to the repeater book support in CHIRP for a long time. Unless Repeater Book is changing their access API, this is a problem on the Repeater Book end. Hopefully it is only a short term issue.
Jim KC9HI
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
I'm fairly certain that there has been no changes to the repeater book support in CHIRP for a long time. Unless Repeater Book is changing their access API, this is a problem on the Repeater Book end. Hopefully it is only a short term issue.
Jim KC9HI
While there have been no changes to Chirp's RepeaterBook query code for quite some time, you may notice that repeaterbook.com has had a major design overhaul recently. There is also a message on the home page about requiring all users to reset their password because they have implemented a new authentication system. My guess is that they've also changed the code for the system Chirp queries.
I've asked Garrett a few times for some kind of API reference so I can make the changes he suggested to Chirp's RepeaterBook query code, but unfortunately he hasn't gotten back to me.
Tom KD7LXL
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Tom Hayward tom@tomh.us wrote:
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
I'm fairly certain that there has been no changes to the repeater book support in CHIRP for a long time. Unless Repeater Book is changing their access API, this is a problem on the Repeater Book end. Hopefully it is only a short term issue.
Jim KC9HI
While there have been no changes to Chirp's RepeaterBook query code for quite some time, you may notice that repeaterbook.com has had a major design overhaul recently. There is also a message on the home page about requiring all users to reset their password because they have implemented a new authentication system. My guess is that they've also changed the code for the system Chirp queries.
I've asked Garrett a few times for some kind of API reference so I can make the changes he suggested to Chirp's RepeaterBook query code, but unfortunately he hasn't gotten back to me.
Tom KD7LXL
Thanks Tom
Jim KC9HI
Was a great resource for repeaters
Sent from my iPhone
On May 31, 2016, at 5:24 PM, Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Scott Brewster via chirp_users chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
I am trying to get a list of 2m and 70cm repeaters for my area with no luck.
Steps taken:
Start Chirp File: New Radio: Query Data Source: Repeaterbook
Initial dialog box comes up; I select Arizona for state; Maricopa for County and 2 Meters for Band.
Clicking ok results in the "standard" busy mouse icon (small greenish blue circle). Data from Repeaterbook never shows up. Even though busy mouse icon is showing, I am able to click and use options within chirp.
Attempts to use other sources appears to work (albeit I am not subscribed or premium with those other sources).
Reading/writing from radio otherwise works, no other issues noticed.
I have tried this with the last couple of windows daily builds - latest is today's - with no luck. Am I missing something?
From chirp about:
Chirp daily - 20160531
OS: Windows 7.
Scott,
I believe repeater book is having some issues. I used it prior to the Dayton Hamvention to get the 2M and 70CM repeaters for Miami and Montgomery counties without any issues. Someone last night on Facebook said that when he did the query it returned all of the repeaters in the state. I repeated the queries that I did and sure enough, too many repeaters were returned.
I'm fairly certain that there has been no changes to the repeater book support in CHIRP for a long time. Unless Repeater Book is changing their access API, this is a problem on the Repeater Book end. Hopefully it is only a short term issue.
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to VE3ZXS at ve3zxs@gmail.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
It's only a great resource for certain locations. RadioReference.com data is submitted by members. Most members are just scanner users who in most cases are not even hams. In some places the ham repeater data is missing or lacking inputs, tones, etc. You should not blindly rely on it without verifying the data in your area is correct.
Tom ND5Y
On 05/31/2016 10:33 PM, ve3zxs@gmail.com wrote:
Was a great resource for repeaters
repeaterbook.com is free. Anyone can submit updates. There are volunteer moderators for different geographic areas, such as the states in the US, that receive and validate the update requests. As more people use the data, spot problems and report them, the data quality gets better.
Some areas are lacking moderators or could use additional local people with first hand knowledge to help either by submitting updates or becoming a moderator. Some functionality requires you to register with the site, but registration is free.
From the stats, there are approximately 31,000 repeaters in the databas world wide. There were about 9,000 changes in the last year.
The site was originally North America only, but it has recently expanded to handle global data. See:
https://www.repeaterbook.com/row_repeaters/index.php?state_id=none
The repeaterbook.com query interface from inside CHIRP might have been broken by a large amount of recent changes to the site. If that's the case, or you want more flexibility, the repeaterbook.com website will generate CHIRP CSV files that are straightforward to import.
I tend to use the proximity search from the website to search within a radius of my zip code which I then save to a CHIRP CSV.
Note: Not CHIRP related, but there are Android and iOS mobile apps which are freely available. The apps have a db snapshot and are handy to use when traveling since it will use the mobile device's location to show you what repeaters are near by. (I believe the Android app can use bluetooth to control some mobile rigs via the CAT control interface. I've picked up a bluetooth serial interface for my FT-857 but I haven't had a chance to try it yet.)
Hope this helps, --Rob
Full disclosure, I have no pecuniary interests in repeaterbook. I'm just a user, who is also volunteers as a moderator in order to get good quality repeater data available in my area.
On 6/1/2016 9:48 AM, Tom Consodine via chirp_users wrote:
It's only a great resource for certain locations. RadioReference.com data is submitted by members. Most members are just scanner users who in most cases are not even hams. In some places the ham repeater data is missing or lacking inputs, tones, etc. You should not blindly rely on it without verifying the data in your area is correct.
Tom ND5Y
On 05/31/2016 10:33 PM, ve3zxs@gmail.com wrote:
Was a great resource for repeaters
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