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"close to a know" should have been a <b>knob ...</b><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013-04-11 09:46, Dean Gibson AE7Q
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<blockquote cite="mid:5166E8E4.7080205@ae7q.net" type="cite">Marco:
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Presently, Chirp communicates with the Yaesu FT-897D only in clone
mode. It's been quite some time, but as I recall, one can
read/write memory in the FT-897D (and I think the FT-857 and
FT-817 series as well) using two commands (one for read, and one
for write) that provide a radio memory address and just transfer
just two bytes of memory. As I recall, it was reasonably quick if
the timing was right, to transfer significant amounts of data in a
short time.
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Are you planning to make that kind of change to Chirp? That would
be more convenient for users than going into clone mode. On the
FT-897D, you have to press two ("MODE") buttons that are very
close to each other and also close to a <b>knob</b>, as you power
on the unit. It's a little awkward, and even more so if one has
fat fingers (I don't). Then, if you accidentally remember the
wrong pair of buttons and press the two "BAND" buttons just below
the two "MODE" buttons when you power on, the radio executes the
diagnostic "relay cleaning" operation.
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Just another "wild" suggestion ...
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