[chirp_users] Icom IC-2100H, Excel spreadsheet, csv files, chirp-next-20240111-win64

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Lyle.   NO.
You save the one radio as an .img file and directly inport that .img file into the next radio. No .csv needed.



> 
> So if you are working with a group that has various makes & models of 
> radios, a .CSV file is how you exchange the freq/repeater data.
> 
> Lyle W9LRG
> 
> On 1/11/24 10:00, Rich NE1EE wrote:
> > On 2024-01-11 10:25:, Nigel A. Gunn  G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> >> Hi Rich
> >>
> >> I've probably missed something.
> >> Why do you need to use CSV files at all?
> >> If it's multiple radio types, I believe you can import the .img file from one radio into a different radio model.
> >> The only reason I see to use csv files is if you need to print it to paper.
>> 
> So if you are working with a group that has various makes & models of 
> radios, a .CSV file is how you exchange the freq/repeater data.
> 
> Lyle W9LRG
> 
> On 1/11/24 10:00, Rich NE1EE wrote:
> > On 2024-01-11 10:25:, Nigel A. Gunn  G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> >> Hi Rich
> >>
> >> I've probably missed something.
> >> Why do you need to use CSV files at all?
> >> If it's multiple radio types, I believe you can import the .img file from one radio into a different radio model.
> >> The only reason I see to use csv files is if you need to print it to paper.
>

> On 11/01/2024 17:07 GMT Lyle Giese <lyle at lcrcomputer.net> wrote:

> To move data from radio type a to radio type b, you export the data to a 
> .csv file(which has no radio specific data unlike a .img file).  Then 
> open up an .img file for radio b and import the .csv file to replace the 
> freq/repeater data and then upload it to radio b.