<div dir="ltr">If you was asking about a Yaesu base station such as the FT817/897 etc, you can program using an Android mobile and a Bluetooth adaptor. It's as close as you get to programming a radio with a handheld phone.<div>
<br></div><div>Dennis Smith</div><div>M1DLG</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 August 2013 19:23, Tom Hayward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esarfl@gmail.com" target="_blank">esarfl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Davecenturytel <<a href="mailto:DWB2808@centurytel.net">DWB2808@centurytel.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Is there any chance of programming my boefeng uv5r radio using my Iphone 4?<br>
> I am thinking of the times that we need the radios to operate during a<br>
> disaster of some kind. We need to have the ability to program these radios<br>
> quickly and all the same so our teams can work together.<br>
> 73<br>
> KD0TUN<br>
> Dave<br>
<br>
</div></div>No, this isn't possible at the moment. Here are some reasons why:<br>
<br>
1. The UV5R requires a serial port for programming. Your iPhone<br>
doesn't have a serial port. Some people get around this with computers<br>
with USB-serial cables. Your iPhone doesn't have a USB port either,<br>
nor the USB-serial drivers.<br>
2. Your iPhone can't run Chirp. Chirp will run on any system that will<br>
run Python and PyGTK. Your iPhone cannot run Python and PyGTK.<br>
<br>
Android is a little more promising. My Android phone has a USB OTG<br>
port which I have used successfully with a USB-serial adapter.<br>
However, this was with non-open code, so it is not a solution for<br>
Chirp. There are builds of Python for Android, but will likely never<br>
be PyGTK for Android. PyGTK is not a good match for touchscreens, so<br>
porting it to Android would be silly. At least half of Chirp's code<br>
would need to be rewritten to support Android.<br>
<br>
Tom KD7LXL<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Dennis Smith</div><div>M1DLG</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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