[chirp_devel] UV17 Pro GPS

[Jim Unroe]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 6:05 PM Matthew Carroll via chirp_devel
<chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
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> Hi there,
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> I saw that there's a request in for support for the newer Baofeng HT's already, including the UV17 Pro GPS. I was wondering if anyone has started working on integrating that into Chirp? If so, I'd be happy to help. If not, I might take a stab at it myself.
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> I've not worked on the Chirp codebase before or trying to figure out the programming instructions for a radio, but I'm a developer, have some python experience, and a radio I'd like to use Chirp with!
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> (I see the online guides for getting started with support for a new radio, this is just really asking if anyone's already working on it.)
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> Thanks
> Matthew
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I have been able to successfully download and save a CHIRP Radio
Images (*.img) file from the radio from the UV-17 Pro GPS.
Unfortunately I have not been able to crack how the frequencies are
stored or find someone else that could crack it for me.

Jim KC9HI