[chirp_users] Fw: [blind-hams] Anybody using chirp software?

[K0LNY_Glenn]

Is this correct?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Anthony R Paolucci Jr 
To: K0LNY_Glenn 
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [blind-hams] Anybody using chirp software?


Fyi for those who use chirp 2 program your yaesu fusion radios chirp software tends 2 turn your radios into useless bricks after programming them score John Kruk Narketing/sales Manager at Yaesu USA. He reccomend either using the programming software that Yaesu has if the programming software is available for the make/model of the yaesu radio listed on the files tab for the radio. If theres no programming software listed under your radio model then you are forced to buy the programming cable & software from rt systems. Be advised if chirp bricks your yaesu radio you will be forced to ship your radio to yaesu usa in California for repairs. Also be advised that once chirp bricks your radio your radio warranty will be voided and you will be responsible for paying all shipping costs, parts & labor to restore your radio back to factory settings.
73
Anthony R Paolucci Jr KG5JPU 
(817)707-6008


On Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 10:29 Glenn / Lenny <glenn at ervin.email> wrote:

  I use chirp in Linux, with the screenreader Orca.
  When you are in the Linux graphic user interface, it is more like old 
  windows than new windows is.
  You will have menus like old windows, and virtually all the keyboard 
  commands in Linux are like that of windows shortcuts.
  Orca is more like using NVDA than like using Jaws.
  And Chirp is fully accessible in Linux.
  You can use Linux on a thumb drive without installing it.
  I have Linux installed in a virtual machine on this computer, and I have it 
  installed side by side windows on another, and I have it on multiple USB 
  drives around here.
  You can install the live version to a backup drive and the backed up files 
  will still be there, but you can boot to that drive if you want.
  But with all that, it is possible to use Chirp in windows, but you have to 
  do a lot of routing Jaws to PC, and then finding the selection, and then 
  routing PC to Jaws.
  And if you aren't familiar already with the menu options in Chirp, this 
  would be challenging, but I have used it in Windows.
  Another problem with Chirp in windows, and sighted people have this problem 
  too, is that Windows has difficulty using the right drivers, where Linux 
  doesn't, and people just don't have driver issues in Chirp when it comes to 
  recognizing the cable they are connecting between the computer and radio.
  Finally, people should not be afraid of learning Linux, I think windows 10 
  has a steeper learning curve from windows 7, than using Linux, that is the 
  Linux desktop environment, when people use terminal commands, that is more 
  learning, that is like using windows command window, and I think most 
  windows users can't use that much either.

  HTH.
  Glenn 



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