[chirp_users] IMG file format

[Jim Unroe]

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 3:36 PM Eric <chirp at brunsen.com> wrote:
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>                So do you know if there is a file format spec for the img files that CHIRP writes?
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> It would guess that even if the format differs between radio vendors/models, there would be similarities to the keys/values that could be interpreted.
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> Eric

There is no spec. An "image" is just an extraction, or picture, of a
radio's memory. Each radio is different. Each CHIRP driver has to be
designed to each individual "image". That is why you can only upload
and image into the same type of radio that it was downloaded from.

Jim KC9HI