[chirp_users] Baojie and Step problems
Hi,
I'm a happy user of CHIRP with a Baofeng UV-5R!
Now I've purchased another chinese radio, Baojie BJ-318. Chirp supports BJ-218 in fact I think is almost the same.
Program works with it, downloads and uploads data.
BUT I cannot specify, for example, a channel with a frecuency "145.2875" CHIRP says that "Error setting memory: Tuning step 12.50 not supported - Frequency requires 12.50khz step".
Which is false, radio supports 6.5/12.5 steps and in fact MANUALLY you can save 145.2875.
Is this a bug, or a feature? :-)
Thank you!!!
Perhaps the BJ-218 doesn't support 12.5K. Chirp thinks your radio is a 218.
On 18 April 2019 at 15:52 Andreu Bassols Alcón andreu.bassols@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, I'm a happy user of CHIRP with a Baofeng UV-5R! Now I've purchased another chinese radio, Baojie BJ-318. Chirp supports BJ-218 in fact I think is almost the same. Program works with it, downloads and uploads data. BUT I cannot specify, for example, a channel with a frecuency "145.2875" CHIRP says that "Error setting memory: Tuning step 12.50 not supported - Frequency requires 12.50khz step". Which is false, radio supports 6.5/12.5 steps and in fact MANUALLY you can save 145.2875. Is this a bug, or a feature? :-) Thank you!!! -- Andreu Bassols i Alcón http://about.me/anigwei _______________________________________________ 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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Hi,
I've checked specs and 218 supports those steps. In fact, in Chirp in the settings (after downloading settings as bj218 from the transceiver) I can set the step to 6.25, 12.5, etc. So Chirp lets you set that step on config. But not on the moment you specify a frequency multiple of that step.
Andreu
On Fri, 19 Apr 2019, 04:10 Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF, nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
Perhaps the BJ-218 doesn't support 12.5K. Chirp thinks your radio is a 218.
On 18 April 2019 at 15:52 Andreu Bassols Alcón andreu.bassols@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm a happy user of CHIRP with a Baofeng UV-5R!
Now I've purchased another chinese radio, Baojie BJ-318. Chirp supports BJ-218 in fact I think is almost the same.
Program works with it, downloads and uploads data.
BUT I cannot specify, for example, a channel with a frecuency "145.2875" CHIRP says that "Error setting memory: Tuning step 12.50 not supported - Frequency requires 12.50khz step".
Which is false, radio supports 6.5/12.5 steps and in fact MANUALLY you can save 145.2875.
Is this a bug, or a feature? :-)
Thank you!!!
-- Andreu Bassols i Alcón http://about.me/anigwei _______________________________________________ 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
Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail nigel@ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net
Hi again,
I've found a workaround and I've programmed the Baojie BJ318 properly with frecuencies multiples of 6.25 or 12.5:
Edited line 99 of chirp_common.py found at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chirp
COMMON_TUNING_STEPS = [5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 50.0, 100.0]
Add 6.25 and 12.5:
COMMON_TUNING_STEPS = [5.0, 6.25, 10.0, 12.5, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 50.0, 100.0]
I think program uses the default values on this radio, and default values doesn't include 6.25 nor 12.5 steps.
Regards,
Missatge de Andreu Bassols Alcón andreu.bassols@gmail.com del dia dv., 19 d’abr. 2019 a les 8:25:
Hi,
I've checked specs and 218 supports those steps. In fact, in Chirp in the settings (after downloading settings as bj218 from the transceiver) I can set the step to 6.25, 12.5, etc. So Chirp lets you set that step on config. But not on the moment you specify a frequency multiple of that step.
Andreu
On Fri, 19 Apr 2019, 04:10 Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF, nigel@ngunn.net wrote:
Perhaps the BJ-218 doesn't support 12.5K. Chirp thinks your radio is a 218.
On 18 April 2019 at 15:52 Andreu Bassols Alcón andreu.bassols@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm a happy user of CHIRP with a Baofeng UV-5R!
Now I've purchased another chinese radio, Baojie BJ-318. Chirp supports BJ-218 in fact I think is almost the same.
Program works with it, downloads and uploads data.
BUT I cannot specify, for example, a channel with a frecuency "145.2875" CHIRP says that "Error setting memory: Tuning step 12.50 not supported - Frequency requires 12.50khz step".
Which is false, radio supports 6.5/12.5 steps and in fact MANUALLY you can save 145.2875.
Is this a bug, or a feature? :-)
Thank you!!!
-- Andreu Bassols i Alcón http://about.me/anigwei _______________________________________________ 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
Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail nigel@ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net
On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 3:30 AM Andreu Bassols Alcón andreu.bassols@gmail.com wrote:
Hi again,
I've found a workaround and I've programmed the Baojie BJ318 properly with frecuencies multiples of 6.25 or 12.5:
Edited line 99 of chirp_common.py found at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chirp
COMMON_TUNING_STEPS = [5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 50.0, 100.0]
Add 6.25 and 12.5:
COMMON_TUNING_STEPS = [5.0, 6.25, 10.0, 12.5, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 50.0, 100.0]
I think program uses the default values on this radio, and default values doesn't include 6.25 nor 12.5 steps.
Regards,
What is the correct list of STEPS for this radio?
Jim KC9HI
AliExpress says here (in English and Italian):
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Baojie-BJ-318-bj318-mini-Mobile-Radio-Dual-B...
"Frequency Step Selectable 2.5/5/6.25/10/12.5/25/50KHz"
"Spaziatura di frequenza 2.5/5/6.25/10/12.5/15/25/50 KHz"
(note the 15KHz step in the Italian listing, not present in the English listing)
There's no mention of this model on the actual Baojie seb site?
http://www.qzbaojie.com/en/index.html
On 4/19/2019 1:08 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:
On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 3:30 AM Andreu Bassols Alcón andreu.bassols@gmail.com wrote:
Hi again,
I've found a workaround and I've programmed the Baojie BJ318 properly with frecuencies multiples of 6.25 or 12.5:
Edited line 99 of chirp_common.py found at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chirp
COMMON_TUNING_STEPS = [5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 50.0, 100.0]
Add 6.25 and 12.5:
COMMON_TUNING_STEPS = [5.0, 6.25, 10.0, 12.5, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 50.0, 100.0]
I think program uses the default values on this radio, and default values doesn't include 6.25 nor 12.5 steps.
Regards,
What is the correct list of STEPS for this radio?
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Peter KM6WXN at ptlambert@sbcglobal.net To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
Hi,
I've checked the steps directly on the radio. Possible steps are: 2.5/5/6.25/10/12.5/25/50KHz
So english description is correct and italian is not correct.
Yes Peter, BJ318 appears on Aliexpress or similars BUT not on the Baojie site..... :O
Regards
Missatge de Peter ptlambert@sbcglobal.net del dia ds., 20 d’abr. 2019 a les 6:29:
AliExpress says here (in English and Italian):
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Baojie-BJ-318-bj318-mini-Mobile-Radio-Dual-B...
"Frequency Step Selectable 2.5/5/6.25/10/12.5/25/50KHz"
"Spaziatura di frequenza 2.5/5/6.25/10/12.5/15/25/50 KHz"
(note the 15KHz step in the Italian listing, not present in the English listing)
There's no mention of this model on the actual Baojie seb site?
http://www.qzbaojie.com/en/index.html
On 4/19/2019 1:08 PM, Jim Unroe wrote:
On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 3:30 AM Andreu Bassols Alcón andreu.bassols@gmail.com wrote:
Hi again,
I've found a workaround and I've programmed the Baojie BJ318 properly
with frecuencies multiples of 6.25 or 12.5:
Edited line 99 of chirp_common.py found at
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chirp
COMMON_TUNING_STEPS = [5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0, 50.0, 100.0]
Add 6.25 and 12.5:
COMMON_TUNING_STEPS = [5.0, 6.25, 10.0, 12.5, 15.0, 20.0, 25.0, 30.0,
50.0, 100.0]
I think program uses the default values on this radio, and default
values doesn't include 6.25 nor 12.5 steps.
Regards,
What is the correct list of STEPS for this radio?
Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Peter KM6WXN at ptlambert@sbcglobal.net To unsubscribe, send an email to
chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Andreu at andreu.bassols@gmail.com To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 5:51 AM Andreu Bassols Alcón andreu.bassols@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I've checked the steps directly on the radio. Possible steps are: 2.5/5/6.25/10/12.5/25/50KHz
So english description is correct and italian is not correct.
Yes Peter, BJ318 appears on Aliexpress or similars BUT not on the Baojie site..... :O
Regards
A patch has been submitted.
Jim KC9HI
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