[chirp_users] Successfully programming BF8HP with CHIRP

Sat Mar 21 13:22:51 PDT 2015

+1. I've had the same excellent experience.

Thanks, Devs.

On 3/21/2015 3:56 PM, D. Q. wrote:
> Hi, I've been using CHIRP to download/upload programming images to my
> BaoFeng BF8HP since I got it a few weeks ago.  I use the BF8HP field
> selection in the radio upload/download window and haven't had any
> problems.  I obviously use the most recent build and update with the
> most recent daily build, and again no problems.  Personally I always
> download the programming image first, make changes, then save the
> changes and upload the programming.  This way I know the link and
> software are working by downloading first, and this (maybe I'm wrong
> about this) way I'm not altering the radio first.
> Just some positive feedback.
> Thanks,
> David KG7RXE
> On 21-Mar-15 12:00, chirp_users-request at intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
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>>      1. Alinco DJ-G29T (Lester C. Wetherell II)
>>      2. Re: Baofeng BF-F8HP uploading (mikeheidi1127 at comcast.net)
>>      3. New Daily Build (Build System)
>>      4. Question Baofeng UV-3R and UV-3R+ (Richard AG5M)
>>      5. Question UV-3R and UV-3R+ (Richard AG5M)
>>      6. Re: Question UV-3R and UV-3R+ (John LaMartina)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:11:11 -0500
>> From: "Lester C. Wetherell II" <lcwii at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [chirp_users] Alinco DJ-G29T
>> To: chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
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>> Anyone working on this radio yet. I noticed that the requests for it are
>> several months old.
>>
>> Lester...
>> WD4IFU
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:33:19 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: mikeheidi1127 at comcast.net
>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng BF-F8HP uploading
>> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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>> Thanks, KC1DIQ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Jim Unroe" <rock.unroe at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 2:44:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Baofeng BF-F8HP uploading
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:52 AM, ?<mail at thekantners.com> wrote:
>>> I can download just fine (using ur5 setting), but I can not upload as it
>>> does not like the Baofeng model number. ? I am using Chrip 4.1
>>> Suggestions?
>>>
>>> Kantner
>>>
>> Robert is correct. The CHIRP stable build was released in April of
>> 2014. Support for the BF-F8HP wasn't available until after that.
>> That's why the "Supported Radio Models" list on the CHIRP home page
>> says "BF-F8HP (in daily builds)". It is important to use a CHIRP daily
>> build from September 2014 or after for Baofeng radios. The CHIRP
>> v0.4.x stable build should not be used for Baofeng radios.
>>
>> Jim KC9HI
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:06:57 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Build System <donotreply at danplanet.com>
>> Subject: [chirp_users] New Daily Build
>> To: chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
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>> Greetings,
>>
>> A new daily build of CHIRP is available.  This includes changes made
>> directly to the tree yesterday, and may include additional features,
>> bug fixes, and/or bugs.  If you are interested in trying it, grab it
>> from the following location:
>>
>>     http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-20150321
>>
>>
>> A list of the changes included in this build (since the last daily)
>> follows:
>>
>> Changes for Build #341
>> [Richard Cochran <ag6qr at sonic.net>] [ft2900] Fix cross tone when channel entered via Radio panel (#2445)
>> This submission makes FT-2900 cross tone support more robust, and protects
>> against a problem where the radio would sometimes use the high order bit
>> of the tone and/or DTCS code field as a bit flag.  The code had been
>> using the entire byte as an index into the TONES or DTCS_CODES array,
>> and when the high order bit was set, the value was too high by 128,
>> resulting an array bounds error.  Fix is to alter MEM_FORMAT to separate
>> the high order bit flags from the lower 7 bit tone and code fields.
>> This also adds some error checking via a "try" block to catch any
>> remaining array bounds errors (though none are expected).  And it
>> adds code which attempts to set those bit flags the way the radio would
>> have set them, even though the flags seem to have no effect on the way
>> the radio transmits or receives.
>>
>> Thanks to Chris Fosnight for finding and reporting the problem.
>>
>> [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco at gmail.com>] [chirpc] Allow deleting an already empty memory
>>
>> On some radio (eg ft817) empty channels can contain valid data, deleting again
>> such a memory usually clean data
>>
>> Improves #2343
>>
>> [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco at gmail.com>] [chirpc] Allow memnum arg to be a string to access special channels
>>
>> Special channels are identified by extd_number which can be a string
>>
>> Improves #2343
>>
>> [Marco Filippi <iz3gme.marco at gmail.com>] [chirpc] Add --list-special-mem
>>
>> Add to chirpc the capability to list special channels if any
>> The string memory representation have been changed to print the extd_number when
>> present instead of number
>>
>> Improves #2343
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 09:25:12 -0700
>> From: Richard AG5M <ag5m at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [chirp_users] Question Baofeng UV-3R and UV-3R+
>> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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>> Chirp can be used to program the Baofeng UV-3R.  Is that also true for the new UV-3R+ as it is not specifically listed on the website.  Richard AG5M
>>
>>
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 09:48:18 -0700
>> From: Richard AG5M <ag5m at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [chirp_users] Question UV-3R and UV-3R+
>> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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>> Chirp can be used to program the Baofeng UV-3R.
>> Is that also true for the new UV-3R+ as it is not specifically listed on the website.
>> Richard AG5M
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:01:29 -0400
>> From: "John LaMartina" <JohnLa at usa.net>
>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Question UV-3R and UV-3R+
>> To: <ag5m at yahoo.com>,	"'Discussion of CHIRP'"
>> 	<chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
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>> Yes, I use it with my UV3R+
>>
>> John
>> http://www.miklor.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Richard AG5M
>> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 12:48 PM
>> To: Discussion of CHIRP
>> Subject: [chirp_users] Question UV-3R and UV-3R+
>>
>> Chirp can be used to program the Baofeng UV-3R.
>> Is that also true for the new UV-3R+ as it is not specifically listed on the website.
>> Richard AG5M
>>
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