[chirp_users] I get an "unknown file format" when importing

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

If I'm not mistaken, there was an issue of Microsoft Excel not editing
the csv files correctly and when opening such a file up and saving it
again, it introduced errors.

Such errors did NOT occur with the use of LibreOffice (or OpenOffice)
which is available for Windows, Mac OX-X, and Linux.

OpenOffice download: https://www.openoffice.org/download/
LibreOffice download: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
(currently out of order)
LibreOffice download:
http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/libreoffice/stable/7.1.1/

If Microsoft Excel no longer introduces errors, someone please correct me.

73

DR
N1EA



On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 2:10 AM Eric Oyen via chirp_users
<chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
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> One good way I have found to edit CsV files is to use a spreadsheet program like Microsoft excel or one of the linux free variants. Simply import as a cSV, do your editing, then export back to a CSV file. Compare the original to the new edited version to make sure the same number of commas are in place on the right lines. BTW, I have already tried this on my windows box using excel and a program specifically designed for the Baofeng radio. So, it should work the same way with chirp as both that program and cHIRP should read or write CSV files in the same way.
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> DE n7zzt Eric
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> On Mar 20, 2021, at 11:39 AM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 1:25 PM Steve Vecchiarelli via chirp_users
> <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
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> ’m trying to import a csv file into CHIRP to upload back to my radio.
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> Steps I’ve taken:
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> Connected radio to CHIRP and downloaded the memories to CHIRP
> Exported memories to a CSV file
> Added the new frequencies to the CSV file
> Saved CSV and tried to import back to CHIRP bur getting an unknown file format message
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> What am I missing?
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> Thanks for any help!
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> Steve
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> KF0CPV
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> How did you edit the CSV file?
> What did you change?
> Did you compare the new CSV file to the original file CSV file using a
> text editor?
> Attach both the before and after CSV files to this conversation so
> that they can be reviewed.
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> The most common cause of trouble is...
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> - The data format of a cell was changed.
> - The number of commas required at the end of a data row was changed.
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> Jim KC9HI
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