<div dir="ltr">Rick,<div><br></div><div>That is interesting. I would be curious about the cable you were using when you programmed the VX-3R. Also, how much of a speed difference was there between RT Systems and chirp?</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>--<br>Rob Campbell<br>KG6HUM</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Rick Farina <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sidhayn@gmail.com" target="_blank">sidhayn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
My VX-3r failed while chirp was programming it. I thought at the time<br>
the battery level was too low and it just turned off but after plugging<br>
in and charging the battery I found the radio could no longer power on.<br>
<br>
I sent the radio into Yaesu saying what happened and asking them to fix<br>
it. They replaced some tiny capacitor or something and sent the radio<br>
back fully functional.<br>
<br>
In my opinion, this was ENTIRELY coincidental, but I'm adding my story<br>
to the list because it is very possible Tim is talking about me.<br>
<br>
Personally, I don't see how one serial programmer could harm the radio<br>
any more than another, or how a serial programmer could harm the radio<br>
at all. Fun fact, chirp is slower than the RT Systems software to<br>
program so clearly it isn't like we are overheating some component by<br>
talking to fast or anything stupid like that.<br>
<br>
-Rick WZ3RO Farina<br>
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On 10/17/2013 06:02 PM, Charles Stillman wrote:<br>
> Tim at Yaesu tech support says that Chirp "burns out" EEPROMS on Yaesu radios. He says that results in the radios locking up. It was not clear whether he was saying that the EEPROM was destroyed or just programmed into a state that the radio would no longer work. I'm guessing that this might have been a problem during Chirp development and is no longer the case. I see that there are several steps involved in programming the Yaesu radios with Chirp. Does failure to follow the steps precisely create a risk to the usability of the radio? Sorry if this has been discussed before.<br>
><br>
> Tim assures me that he makes no money by recommending RT Systems stuff.<br>
><br>
> I sure appreciate the universality of Chirp.... support of multiple computing platforms (Mac in particular!), multiple radios! The value is huge since what holds back many beginners is the difficulty of programming in the channels!<br>
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