[chirp_users] I Need Help with Newest Version of Chirp

[Jim Unroe]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 1:36 PM Bill Stewman <bill.stewman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have been a casual user of Chirp for a While.
> Yesterday, I downloaded the Latest Version -- but it seems to not work like before.
> It seems to offer a lot of files with "new" extensions, but they do not seem to be available or working.
>
> What's Up Doc?
>
> BTW:
> I need Chirp to share with a lot of folks doing EmComm work for
> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North Texas.
>
> 73
> Bill Stewman - W5RQR
> --

Hi Bill,

Which operating system are you using CHIRP with? Which file did you
download to install?

I've been using CHIRP a long time (since 2012) and haven't noticed
these differences you mention. On Windows I install CHIRP using the
chirp-daily-yyyymmdd-installer.exe by right clicking it and choosing
"Run as administrator". Then I either pin the shortcut in the start
menu to the top of the start menu or on the task bar and run it from
there. As a CHIRP user I have never had a need to access the CHIRP
sub-folders located in the "Program Files" folder. The only extensions
I need to use are the native CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file and CHIRP
compatible *.CSV files. With Linux I install the CHIRP snapshot PPA
and that hasn't changed as long as I remember. I've only just begun
messing around with a MacBook so I can't say if anything has changed
there.

As far as the U/I goes, I don't think I could tell the difference
between the current daily build and one from a year or 2 ago without
looking at the list of supported vendor/radios or the build date in
Help -> About. The majority of the changes to CHIRP goes into support
for radios. What little U/I changes that occur are are
"under-the-hood" and not noticed by the user.

So if you can be a little more specific about where you are having
trouble/seeing difference, I sure someone can help you out.

Jim KC9HI