[chirp_users] Programming Yaesu Radios using CHIRP

Larry Lovell
Wed Apr 3 20:46:13 PDT 2019


Thanks, I mentioned the other platforms.  Right now, I am trying to get
Packet and then APRS running on my Raspberry Pi.
I will try CHIRP on it as well.

On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:04 PM Chuck Hast <kp4djt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also do not forget it runs on the major platforms, i.e. It started out on
> Linux and is of course available for
> Windows (as you have presented) and Mac. I believe it will also run under
> BSD.
>
> A lot of us like to run it on a Raspberry Pi.
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 6:57 PM Amnon Zohar <amnon.zohar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> remark for your presentation
>> the cheap cables with clone prolific chips works fine with the older
>> driver version 3.2.0.0
>>
>> a good source for technical staff  can be found at www.miklor.com (the
>> bible ofradios)
>> you can download that driver there....
>>
>> ‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 2 באפר׳ 2019 ב-23:44 מאת ‪Larry Lovell‬‏ <‪
>> larry.lovell76 at gmail.com‬‏>:‬
>>
>>> I wish to thank all of you for your findings on the Yaesu radios.
>>> I am giving a presentation on CHIRP to our local (Eastern Idaho) HAMs
>>> tonight.
>>> If you are interested, the PDF of my presentation is located at:
>>> http://www.qrvtronics.com/CatHAM_Radio/files/UsingCHIRPorOtherSoftware.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:36 PM <chirp.cordless at xoxy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well there's some truth there, but what truth I'm aware
>>>> of should not scare anyone off from using chirp with Yaesus.
>>>>
>>>> Back in early 2014 I was doing some chirp code development
>>>> on FT-60s, fixing some bugs and with the eventual goal of
>>>> adding "Settings" control. Someone else has since done that.
>>>>
>>>> Part of that process is mapping the memory by twiddling bits
>>>> in the image, uploading to the radio, and seeing through the
>>>> radio's button interface what changed. It went pretty smoothly
>>>> for a while, then I managed to brick *TWO* FT-60s. One of
>>>> which was repaired by sending it to the factory to replace
>>>> an eprom.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not going to add any further detail here, my investigation
>>>> was pretty thoroughly documented in a thread on the chirp_devel
>>>> mail list with subject "How to brick an FT-60" starting 3/22/14.
>>>> See also Bug #1547: [FT-60] Chirp should check parity on download.
>>>>
>>>> But normal use of chirp to program radios doesn't do this. The
>>>> user interface only lets you make limited, well understood
>>>> changes to the radio image bitmap. I still do that with mine.
>>>>
>>>> -dan
>>>>
>>>> > Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:05:06 -0600
>>>> > From: Larry Lovell <larry.lovell76 at gmail.com>
>>>> > Subject: [chirp_users] Programming Yaesu Radios using CHIRP
>>>> > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>>>> >
>>>> > Has anyone had a problem programming a Yaesu radio with CHIRP?
>>>> > Someone mentioned that their Yaesu was damaged and had to be sent to
>>>> the
>>>> > factory because CHIRP had overwritten some code controlling the
>>>> processor.
>>>> > It also had to be re-flashed.
>>>> > Since I don't fully understand how CHIRP works this doesn't make
>>>> sense to
>>>> > me, but knowing manufacturing companies, they may share Channel
>>>> Memory with
>>>> > processor memory and not think much about it.
>>>> > Thanks for your information.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
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