[chirp_devel] Saying hello

[David Griffith]

I'd like to say hello and introduce myself.  I'm a longtime Linux/Unix 
user and somewhat new ham.  Some of the things that put me off ham radio 
before was the lack of good software for Linux.  I jumped in anyway last 
year and got laid off about the same time.  Since then I've been looking 
for the right radio for me.  I'm glad I found Chirp.  It seems that the 
closest equivalent is yaesuconf, and that one doesn't seem like it's being 
maintained anymore.  I would like to offer my services in any way I can to 
make Chirp even better.  To this end, I came up with some files I'd like 
to add to the source tarball:  README, INSTALL, and README.support.
Here's what I have so far:

==README==
Chirp is a free, open-source, multiplatform tool for programming your
amateur radio. It supports a large number of manufacturers and models,
as well as provides a way to interface with multiple data sources and
formats.

Complete documentation may be found at the Chirp website at
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp

For a list of radios supported by Chirp, see the file "README.support"


==INSTALL==
This file describes the installation of Chirp without package management
on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.  This sort of thing may
be your only choice because 1) a package has not yet been made for your
OS or distribution, 2) the packaged version is obsolete, or 3) you want
to try a daily build.


For Debian, Ubuntu, and related systems, the following packages are 
required:
python
python-gtk2
python-libxml2
python-libxslt1
python-serial
python-support

For Redhat and Fedora based systems, the following packages are required:
(spaceholder)

Once these packages are installed, you can run Chirp directly from the
distribution directory by typing "./chirpw".  If you want to install it
properly, type this:
   sudo python setup.py install --record files.txt
This will install the package and create a list of files that were
added to your system.  If you want to deinstall Chirp, type this:
   sudo rm $(cat files.txt)
This will cause rm(1) to take its list of arguments from the file named
"files.txt" and remove those files from the system.  If you forgot to
create "files.txt", you can simply reinstall the way it is shown here
and continue on your way.


==README.support==
Alinco
     DR-03T
     DR-06T
     DR135T
     DR235T
     DR435T
     DJ596T

Baofeng
     UV-3R
     UV-5R (in daily builds)

Icom
     IC-2820H
     ID-800H
     ID-880H
     IC-2200H
     IC-91/92AD
     IC-V/U82
     ID-RP2000V/RP4000V/RP2V/RP2D
     IC-2100H
     IC-2720H
     IC-T70
     IC-Q7A
     IC-W32A
     IC-7200
     IC-7000
     ID-31A

Jetstream
     JT220M

Kenwood
     TH-D7A/G
     TH-D72
     TH-F6A
     TH-K2
     TM-271A
     TM-D700
     TM-D710
     TM-G707 (in daily builds)
     TM-V7A
     TM-V71A

Puxing
     PX-2R (UHF)
     PX-777

Yaesu
     FT-60R
     FT-817/ND
     FT-857/D
     FT-897
     FT-2800M
     FT-7800R
     FT-7900R
     FT-8800R
     FT-8900R
     VX-3R
     VX-5R
     VX-6R
     VX-7R
     VX-8R

Wouxun
     KG-UVD1P/UV2D/UV3D


-- 
David Griffith
dave at 661.org