<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt">Hello:<br>I'm a newbie to this group.<br><br>I just was loaned a cable that works perfectly for my friend who has an FT-7900.<br>I have an FT-897.<br><br>Questions:<br>1. Is there a problem with compatibility with the cable? The indicator does glow red when I'm plugged into a USB port.<br>2. I downloaded CHIRP to both my ubuntu 10.04 drive and my XP drive. On the Ubuntu version, there is no option for FT-897. That's version 0.2.1.<br>On the XP drive, there is that option. However, for both, I get an error on the radio after I've hit transmit. On Ubuntu, I'm told that the header couldn't be read. No message on the XP version, but no luck either -- same error shows up on the radio. Now what?<br>3. Tried to figure out how to get an updated version for Ubuntu, so that I could find the
FT-897 listed. Couldn't find that.<br><br>Feeling like a total dummy at this point, and disappointed that I couldn't just plug it in and go for broke.<br>Any help greatly appreciated.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div>Peter KO6R</div></div></body></html>