[chirp_devel] [PATCH 0 of 3] [RFC] Radio Mods Interface

[Robert Terzi]

On 4/7/2011 12:09 AM, Richard Farina wrote:
> On 04/06/11 23:48, Dan Smith wrote:
>> Are you sure you're not thinking of the VX7?  What you describe is
>> exactly how it works for that radio, but the VX8 makes a departure from
>> the three-block protocol that the 7 (and others of that vintage) use.
>> The block missing is the one with the mods in it.
...
> I'm not personally > familiar with the 6 mod, but if you say it is
> possible I'm sure it is very similar to the others.
...
> VX3 and VX8* are rather similar in that the really convenient mod
> interface is definately gone.  I'm not saying it isn't possible, but I
> need someone to take a clone of their radio before and after
> hardmod/reset as I am not comfortable modding my VX3 (I really suck at
> soldering).

Ok thanks for filling in some of the background info for me.
I didn't know if that piece of memory was available or not
and didn't have the background - the vx8 was my first radio.
Also as I noted in my original msg to Dan, the software mod
that worked through the backdoor on the VX-8R apparently has
been removed from the VX-8DR.

What I saw about the vx6 was from vx6tool.c, which was the
first piece of OSS I came across for Yaesu VX's (and I used to
figure out how to download/upload my vx8's memory).
vx6tool is available here:

http://lategahn.2log.de/index.php?yaesu-vx6-command-line-utility