[chirp_users] Tasks for creating CHIRP documentation

[Bruce MacAlister, W4BRU]

Yes, I will. I did technical writing for pay and will do it as a volunteer
now-retired engineer.  I have a Kenwood TM-D700 and TH-F6A and the the MPC
FX and Chirp files for them.  I am new to Chirp and so see it from a newbie
perspective with all the confusion inherent in just starting.

73, Bruce MacAlister, W4BRU

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 12:38 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> Does anyone have a supported transceiver that they would be willing to
> loan Mike to help in his excellent work?
>
> David
> N1EA
>  On Nov 25, 2013 4:33 PM, "Mike Agner" <ka3jjz at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> To start to create the beginner's guide, probably the easiest place to
>> start- because it's likely the process is the same for all of the file
>> formats - are the import functions.
>>
>> To review, according to the main page on the wiki, CHIRP can import data
>> from;
>>
>> a. EVE (application for the VX5R)
>> b. Kenwood HMK files
>> c. Kenwood Commercial ITM files
>> d. Icom .icf files
>> e. ARRL Travel Plus .tpe files
>> f.  VX5 Commander Files
>> g. VX7 Commander Files
>>
>> If I could get a sample file of each of these, I could start documenting
>> the import process. It would also be very helpful to know if there's
>> anything special about these formats that
>> needs to be tweaked - anything at all - before or after the import is
>> completed. It doesn't have to be very big or anything special - if it
>> imports correctly into CHIRP, it's useable.
>>
>> My email is ka3jjz (at) comcast (dot) net
>>
>> After these pages are complete, the next imports to be documented will
>> be the repeaterbook, etc. imports. I'm already somewhat familiar with
>> the RadioReference import (it's a little similar
>> to a Uniden Home Patrol because it uses your zip code as the driver) so
>> that should be pretty simple.
>>
>> Unfortunately since I'm currently on unemployment, buying a radio to
>> document the upload/editing/download functions is a no-go - so if anyone
>> wants to jump in on that, it would be a big help. That's
>> probably the largest part of the job. Even if you're not fully informed
>> about all those functions, getting a starter page for each of those
>> functions will go a long way to identifying what
>> needs to be enhanced to make it complete. My desktop died just recently,
>> so doing this on a puny netbook is something of a challenge...
>>
>> We also need a list of each radio that's on that main page, and whether
>> it's a clone mode or live mode radio. There's 2 ways we could do this
>> (and both are probably just as useful). Put
>> up a table with all the radios on it, and also list that individual
>> radio on its own page, as shown in the template I sent out earlier. I
>> didn't see much about this in the table of radio functions that's
>> already there, so it's yet another point a newcomer might not know
>> about. That won't be too difficult, if someone has that data, I could
>> use this as well.
>>
>> Once all of this is done, then it's time to use the template and start
>> creating a page for each radio.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
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