<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt">All good points. Apple does include Python but it's not been updated <br>in years and way too old for Chirp. I'm not sure it it is a default install either. <br><br>We all go through some learning curves to perfect our experience with Chirp.<br>Most are cable oriented from my observation. And it can be a bit of a shock for<br>some to see all those numbers and box ticks when you do succeed to download <br>your temp and sit there and wonder what to do with it. That's where these guides <br>come in. When written properly they can walk you with little effort through the<br>programming process. And usually it only takes one or two successful reads and<br>writes and you feel like you are the king of the hill and what to get into to the list<br>like me and blab your butt off even though you still know
very little :-)<br><br>Good luck, Milton <br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dave Nathanson <KG6ZJO@nathanson.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 26, 2013 10:12 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] Beginner's guide and a loaner radio<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>As a newbie, <br>[] I found it odd that I needed to install the Python runtime even though I'd heard
that Mac OSX includes Python. <br>[] I was initially baffled about transfer errors, until someone pointed out the trick for getting my radio into the correct mode for transfers. <br>[] And of course getting the correct cable driver was a little scattered even with the FTDI cable, because the factory site has more than I needed. <br><br>Best,<br> Dave Nathanson<br> KG6ZJO<br><br><br>On Nov 26, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Mike Agner <<a ymailto="mailto:ka3jjz@comcast.net" href="mailto:ka3jjz@comcast.net">ka3jjz@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Today, Bruce MacAllister wrote:<br>> ===========================<br>> Yes, I will. I did technical writing for pay and will do it as a volunteer<br>> now-retired engineer. I have a Kenwood TM-D700 and TH-F6A and the the MPC<br>> FX and Chirp files for them. I am new to Chirp and so see it from a newbie<br>> perspective with all the confusion inherent in just starting.<br>>
===============================<br>> <br>> Thanks vy much for the offer, Bruce - however please hold off for now. I <br>> have to set up a mailbox to keep your radio from being stolen (around <br>> here that's not an uncommon occurrence). Once<br>> I have that done, I'll email you off-list.<br>> <br>> Since you mentioned that you are a newbie to Chirp (me too) I wonder if <br>> you would discuss what you found difficult in using the software for the <br>> first time. That way as the Guide<br>> gets built, we can at least try to address at least some of these so <br>> that others don't run into the same issues.<br>> <br>> Here's one that had me stumped - I know you can use the stored <br>> configuration files to load certain freq ranges into the radio (if it <br>> supports them). But here's a question I never found the<br>> answer for - How can you append that data at the end of data you've <br>> already
loaded, or perhaps put the configuration file in first, then the <br>> unloaded contents of your radio? Does it simply overlay the data,<br>> or push it down further in the editor?<br>> <br>> Mike<br>> <br>> ---<br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>