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On May 8, 2012 6:23 PM, "Dan Smith" <<a href="mailto:dsmith@danplanet.com">dsmith@danplanet.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > I'm not sure if this is an oddity of the Yaesu VX-7r or of Chirp.<br>
> > Suppose I program my radio with Chirp to have a block of frequencies in<br>
> > MG1 and another block in MG2. When this is written to the radio, then I<br>
> > should be able to press MONF+9 to get to the Special Memory menu, turn the<br>
> > knob to "MR Group" and press PTT and select the block I want to monitor.<br>
> > Instead I get a double beep telling me I can't do that. However, if I<br>
> > assign some memory slot to a memory group from the radio's keypad, THEN I<br>
> > am able to select "MR Group" and monitor the group I want. Since this<br>
> > happens only after cloning from Chirp, I'm inclined to believe this is a<br>
> > bug in Chirp. I am currently working around this by leaving memory slot 1<br>
> Tom, is this similar to what you've seen with the VX5?</p>
<p>Yes, this is the exact issue (and workaround) I have with my bank driver for the VX5, which is why I haven't submitted it yet. </p>
<p>My guess is that there is a bit somewhere that says the memory group feature is enabled, but I can't find the bit. As far as I can tell, only the new bank entry is added to the image after doing this workaround. </p>
<p>Tom KD7LXL </p>