[chirp_users] Another way Chirp can be tripped up by the OS

[Tom Hayward]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Stephen Hersey <n1xnxham at gmail.com> wrote:
> However, neither Chirp nor baoclone could open the serial port the USB
> adapter was assigned to: COM19. Hmmm, 19? Sounds way high for a serial port
> enumeration. I reassigned the USB adapter to the vacant COM2, and hey
> presto! Both utilities are able to talk to the radio.

Are you sure? You typed "COM19" into the Port field and it gave you
some sort of error? What was the error message?

> Incidentally, is it normal for the UV-5R to key up when the serial cable is
> present? I'm going to make a practice of always having a dummy load
> connected when programming this radio.

Welcome to the world of high-quality Chinese radios.

Tom KD7LXL