[chirp_users] Success!

[Dan Smith]

> I bought a CAT/USB cord thru e-Bay, installed the driver, hooked it
> up, booted CHIRP, followed your instructions, finagled a bit, and
> VOILA!  There was the entire memory of my '817(ND) in front of my
> eyes.  By finagling I mean that I had to work with the "A" and "C"
> buttons on the radio to get the right sequence, but I managed to both
> download and upload the memory info.  The 50 meter channel change
> went smoothly, and I dived into the VHF/UHF part to clean it up and
> add new entries.  Boy, what fun!  This is the first time in 53 years
> of hamming that I have actually hooked a computer to a radio--and it
> worked!

Heh, glad to hear it! :)

-- 
Dan Smith
www.danplanet.com
KK7DS
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