[chirp_users] Beginner's guide and a loaner radio

[Dave Nathanson]

As a newbie, 
[] I found it odd that I needed to install the Python runtime even though I'd heard that Mac OSX includes Python. 
[] I was initially baffled about transfer errors, until someone pointed out the trick for getting my radio into the correct mode for transfers. 
[] And of course getting the correct cable driver was a little scattered even with the FTDI cable, because the factory site has more than I needed. 

Best,
 Dave Nathanson
 KG6ZJO


On Nov 26, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Mike Agner <ka3jjz at comcast.net> wrote:

> Today, Bruce MacAllister wrote:
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> 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.
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> 
> Thanks vy much for the offer, Bruce - however please hold off for now. I 
> have to set up a mailbox to keep your radio from being stolen (around 
> here that's not an uncommon occurrence). Once
> I have that done, I'll email you off-list.
> 
> Since you mentioned that you are a newbie to Chirp (me too) I wonder if 
> you would discuss what you found difficult in using the software for the 
> first time. That way as the Guide
> gets built, we can at least try to address at least some of these so 
> that others don't run into the same issues.
> 
> Here's one that had me stumped - I know you can use the stored 
> configuration files to load certain freq ranges into the radio (if it 
> supports them). But here's a question I never found the
> answer for - How can you append that data at the end of data you've 
> already loaded, or perhaps put the configuration file in first, then the 
> unloaded contents of your radio? Does it simply overlay the data,
> or push it down further in the editor?
> 
> Mike
> 
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