<p>They are nearly identical, but the 7900 supports cross tone (different CTCSS settings on send and receive.) Dunno if Chirp knows the difference. </p>
<p>---<br>
Tom Wilson<br>
Sent from my Motorola Droid</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 27, 2012 2:18 PM, "Dan Smith" <<a href="mailto:dsmith@danplanet.com">dsmith@danplanet.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
> I have been assisting new Hams with programming their radios, and have<br>
> had good success using Chirp, however today I ran into a problem with a<br>
> FT-7900r, which I believe is supported. When attempt to download from<br>
> radio, I select Yaesu, but there is no FT-7900 available in the model<br>
> pull down. Am I missing something here?<br>
<br>
Just choose 7800. They are the exact same radio, and it's more trouble<br>
to teach chirp to tell the difference than to teach the users :)<br>
<br>
--<br>
Dan Smith<br>
<a href="http://www.danplanet.com" target="_blank">www.danplanet.com</a><br>
KK7DS<br>
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