[chirp_users] QYT KT8900 startup channels

[Tycen Stafford]

Thanks Jim! I thought for sure it used to "remember" the B channel but it
looks like you're right (as usual - really appreciate your help on here). I
went back and grabbed a CHIRP build from January and it still behaved the
same way. You're correct also that it remembers the A channel but not B.

Thanks again,
Tycen


On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 3:25 PM Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 1:47 PM Tycen Stafford <tycen at tycen.com> wrote:
> >
> > Radio: QYT KT8900 (no "D" - just the KT8900)
> > CHIRP Version: daily-20181018 (latest I believe)
> > OS: macOS 10.13.6 (but shouldn't matter in this case)
> >
> > In CHIRP, under Settings > Work Mode Settings you are able to specify
> "MR A channel" and "MR B channel" as the default channels your radio starts
> on (assuming the VFO/MR mode is set to Channel). This has worked for me
> previously - but a while ago something changed. I don't have an exact
> timeline - in the last 6 months or less I believe.
>
> All this does is preselects the desired channel when the cloning
> operation is completed. If you change it to something else after the
> upload finishes, nothing will automatically change it back.
>
> >
> > Screenshot for reference:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/mt458zbn8t8zx74/Screenshot%202018-11-13%2010.34.16.png
> >
> > MR A channel setting is still "respected", but no matter what I put in
> MR B channel the radio starts up on channel 1. I tried changing it to other
> channels (and saving then uploading) multiple times but there is no change.
> When I change MR A it gets applied, but not MR B.
>
> Are you sure this is not a firmware bug. It is on other radios of this
> type. My radio with color display raid with 4 display lines will
> "forget" the channels selected in display lines C and D when the radio
> is power cycled. This has nothing to do with CHIRP and there nothing
> CHIRP can do about it. Try it. Select a channel in the B display line
> and then power cycle the radio to see if it remains the same.
>
> Also make sure there is a channel programmed for the one selected in
> the work mode settings. The radio can't select a channel that is
> empty.
>
> >
> > Any ideas? I went back and grabbed the oldest .img file I had (from May)
> and it is still happening, so I don't think it's an issue with the image
> file.
>
> I'm pretty sure that there has been nothing changed in CHIRP that
> would affect this. But for the sake of argument, install a CHIRP daily
> from 6 months ago. If it works, then there must have been a change.
> Tell us which version works and we'll be able to figure out what went
> wrong. If you can't find an older version that works, then that
> confirms that nothing changed in CHIRP and CHIRP is not the cause.
>
> >
> > Anyone with a QYT KT8900 that can test this as well?
>
> I've got a KT8900-Mini somewhere around here. I don't know if that is
> close enough or not.
>
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Jim KC9HI
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