[chirp_devel] Update to TYT TH-UV8000 Driver

[Jim Unroe]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 9:13 PM Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Please do the same for the Anytone.py file and increase the UHF freq to
> > 520 Mhz.
> >
> > On 7/17/2019 6:47 PM, Rick DeWitt AA0RD via chirp_devel wrote:
> > > Users found an issue with tuning steps errors.
> > > I had to enable "rf.has_nostep_tuning" to allow frequency multiples of
> > > 2k or less.
>
> I was going to do the anytone.py but the radio doesn't work the same
> way as the other radios I've dealt with. The radio doesn't store the
> whole frequency.
>
> For example the following frequencies require a 6.25 KHz step.
>
> PMR 01: 446.006250
> PMR 02: 446.018750
>
> They are displayed in the radio as shown above. But they are stored in
> the radio as.
>
> PMR 01: 446.0062
> PMR 02: 446.0187
>
> The radio apparently knows it needs to pad the display with 50 Hz when
> the frequency in memory ends with 200 Hz or 700 Hz. CHIRP needs to be
> able to do the same sort of padding. I wasn't smart enough to figure
> out how to do that myself.
>
> Jim KC9HI

So in other words, there is more to it than just adding
"rf.valid_tuning_steps" with a list of steps.

Jim KC9HI