[chirp_users] Programming Yaesu Radios using CHIRP search tip

Aubrey Turner
Mon Apr 8 13:33:00 PDT 2019


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On 4/8/19 3:12 PM, Gary Craig wrote:
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> Aubrey thanks for the tip on searching!  I was going to download all 
> of the archives into a folder to search from but they are g-zipped and 
> I'm running windows.  Haven't found a compatible program i can use.
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> *From:*chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com 
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> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Programming Yaesu Radios using CHIRP
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> There doesn't appear to be an "official" way to search the archives, 
> but you can use Google's "site" directive to do it.
>
> For example, if I want to search for "Raspberry" (i.e. Raspberry Pi), 
> then I can put the following into the Google search bar:
>
> "site:intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/ raspberry"
>
> On 4/4/19 9:23 AM, sam walton wrote:
>
>     I'm personally fascinated by your results. As far as I know there
>     is no way to search this mailing list to filter for topics like
>     this? Happy to be pointed to instructions.
>
>     Are there resources for learning how to integrate boards like the
>     RPi with radios like my Baofeng? Or is this knowledge mostly
>     around the Direwolf community?
>
>     thx, sam452
>
>
>
>         On Apr 3, 2019, at 11:16 PM, Dan Clemmensen
>         <danclemmensen at gmail.com <mailto:danclemmensen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I ran CHIRP successfully on a Raspberry Pi Zero W (Pi0W) as an
>         experiment to see if I could eliminate the need for a
>         USB-to-Serial cable. It worked. Many modern HTs use a 3.3V
>         serial interface, which is what the Pi0W exposes on its header
>         pins. I just connected the Pi0W's RxD, TxD, and GND to the
>         appropriate pins on the Baofeng UV-5RA. with  2K resistors in
>         the RxD and TxD wires and just a straight wire for GND. It
>         worked. CHIRP did take a very long time to get itself
>         initrialized the first time. I think that is because the Pi0W
>         is a slow single-CPU machine.  For packet, I intended to use
>         the Pi0W,  running Direwolf, but I'm now shifting to the
>         FriendlyArm NanoPi Duo, because is has on-board audio I/O
>         which eliminates the need for a USB audio dongle. The NanoPi
>         is also only about half the size of the Pi0W  and it has four
>         CPUs. The downside is that it is not as well supported, so I'm
>         on my own for pretty much everything. I have CHIRP running on
>         the NanoPi Duo now. I intend to see if I can build a CHIRP
>         wire for my Yaesu FT-4.
>
>         On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:47 PM Larry Lovell
>         <larry.lovell76 at gmail.com <mailto:larry.lovell76 at gmail.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>             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 <mailto: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 <mailto:amnon.zohar at gmail.com>>
>                 wrote:
>
>                     remark for yourpresentation
>
>                     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
>                     atwww.miklor.com <http://www.miklor.com/>(the
>                     bible ofradios)
>
>                     you can download that driver there....
>
>                     ‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 2 באפר׳ 2019 ב-23:44 מאת
>                     ‪LarryLovell‏ <‪larry.lovell76 at gmail.com
>                     <mailto: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
>                         <mailto: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
>                             <mailto:larry.lovell76 at gmail.com>>
>                             > Subject: [chirp_users] Programming Yaesu
>                             Radios using CHIRP
>                             > To: Discussion of CHIRP
>                             <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
>                             <mailto: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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