[chirp_users] Chirp - Yaesu FT-897D

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Hello Marco,

I saw the note on Yaesu, but I didn't know that the FT-897D has a "clone"
mode.  If it does, that is the problem.

More reading into the owner's manual is needed.

I need to RTFM I guess. :-)

73

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On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:12 AM, Marco IZ3GME <iz3gme.marco at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi David
>
> > I tried Chirp both for Windows XP and for Linux / Ubuntu.  Since the
> > version in the PPA for ham radio in Ubuntu is not the latest, I
> > installed from the compressed file on the chrip web downloads page.  I
> > also downloaded and installed the Windows exe and installed it on the
> > same laptop - dual booting into Windows XP or Ubuntu Precise.
>
> The latest daily has many improvements on 857/897 driver, please go on
> using it :)
>
> > Both versions don't list the Yaesu FT-897 so I used the Yaesu FT-857 US
> > Version instead.
>
> In the latest version they are listed as FT-859/897 this is one of the
> improvents ;)
>
>
> > I tried the Linux version - no luck downloading - I got the error was
> > expecting 4 something and received 0 error message.  I noticed I could
> > set to ;/dev/ttyUSB0 or USB1 but I could NOT set the baud rate which is
> > 38,400.
>
> You missed this
> http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide there is
> a specific note for yaesu like 897.
> During clone the serial speed is fixed, no matter what you set in radio
> menus.
> I don't know which of the two ttyUSB is the right one, try both
>
> 73 de IZ3GME Marco
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