[chirp_users] "Most unusual" "Radio did not ack programming mode"

[Richard Haney]

Hi Pete,

Please note that the comment of mine that you quote was intended to be in
reference to the product(s)  (the Baofeng UV-B5 and cable) I bought and not
in reference to CHIRP.  I'm sorry that my intention in that regard was not
clear.  It certainly seemed from what I knew at the time that the problem
was with the hardware, and I thought that that was clear from my comments.

However, I now think the problem is a problem with CHIRP because I have
been able to upload the HT's programming into the OEM software offered
by miklor.com <http://www.miklor.com/UVB5/UVB5-Software.php> .

So Hooray!  All is not lost!  At least it seems I have not irreparably
damaged the radio as I had feared.

But it does seem that a bug fix of CHIRP regarding the problem is in order.
 However, I have not checked whether this problem is already regarded as a
bug that needs fixing.

Anyway, I thought folks would like to know in case anyone else is puzzled
by this sort of problem.

Richard Haney


On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Pete Mackie <pete at seaquest.com> wrote:

> You pays you money (zero $) and take your chance. There is no free lunch.
> Be thankful that some developers donate their extra personal time to make
> CHIRP available. If you want a better product, then I suggest you join the
> CHIRP development team to assist with better “basic engineering design.”
>
> And just so you know, CHIRP is getting constantly better all the time
> thanks to hard work of donated software developers. If you do not like what
> CHIRP is providing for you in the way of an experience, then I suggest that
> you not use it.
>
> Pete Mackie
>
> On Jun 10, 2014, at 4:45 PM, Richard Haney <rfhaney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> But I am also dismayed that the system seems to be so temperamental.  I
> would think that basic engineering design principles would be employed to
> guard against very common errors.
>
>
>
>
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