[chirp_devel] Call for help

[Dan Smith]

> Curious, what is the risk to the radios under test if things don't "work"?  I really don't want to brick anything.

Not really any different than normal, with one caveat. If you try to upload to the radio and hit some py3-related issue in the clone routine, the clone will stop and most radios will reset themselves. If you capture an image with the current regular build so you can restore the radio in that case, not much concern.

For the radios that aren't tested and need work, it's likely that download will fail first, and so no harm in that. But, if someone is fixing issues for you and they don't get upload quite right, that's when you'd want an image of the radio to restore.

>  The radios I could test include:
> 
>    - Icom IC-80AD Dstar HT  (hot sure if this is supported though)

Is that different than the ID-80? The latter is on the list.

>    - Kenwood TM-D710A analog mobile

I tested the GA, which probably means the A is fine, but if it's easy to try, then go for it. You could test it in both live and clone mode (live being uber safe, FWIW).

>    - Yaesu FT1DR YSF HT 

Cool, this uses some of the standardized yaesu clone stuff, so this might be a "just works" one.

> I have other radios but they already seem to have been tested.  Is there any point in re-testing those?

Not so much for the checking off things on the list, but certainly worthwhile in general!

--Dan