<div dir="ltr">Yes, I will. I did technical writing for pay and will do it as a volunteer now-retired engineer. I have a Kenwood TM-D700 and TH-F6A and the the MPC FX and Chirp files for them. I am new to Chirp and so see it from a newbie perspective with all the confusion inherent in just starting.<br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">73, Bruce MacAlister, W4BRU<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 12:38 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net" target="_blank">n1ea@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>Does anyone have a supported transceiver that they would be willing to loan Mike to help in his excellent work?</p>
<p>David<br>
N1EA<br>
</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 25, 2013 4:33 PM, "Mike Agner" <<a href="mailto:ka3jjz@comcast.net" target="_blank">ka3jjz@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
To start to create the beginner's guide, probably the easiest place to<br>
start- because it's likely the process is the same for all of the file<br>
formats - are the import functions.<br>
<br>
To review, according to the main page on the wiki, CHIRP can import data<br>
from;<br>
<br>
a. EVE (application for the VX5R)<br>
b. Kenwood HMK files<br>
c. Kenwood Commercial ITM files<br>
d. Icom .icf files<br>
e. ARRL Travel Plus .tpe files<br>
f. VX5 Commander Files<br>
g. VX7 Commander Files<br>
<br>
If I could get a sample file of each of these, I could start documenting<br>
the import process. It would also be very helpful to know if there's<br>
anything special about these formats that<br>
needs to be tweaked - anything at all - before or after the import is<br>
completed. It doesn't have to be very big or anything special - if it<br>
imports correctly into CHIRP, it's useable.<br>
<br>
My email is ka3jjz (at) comcast (dot) net<br>
<br>
After these pages are complete, the next imports to be documented will<br>
be the repeaterbook, etc. imports. I'm already somewhat familiar with<br>
the RadioReference import (it's a little similar<br>
to a Uniden Home Patrol because it uses your zip code as the driver) so<br>
that should be pretty simple.<br>
<br>
Unfortunately since I'm currently on unemployment, buying a radio to<br>
document the upload/editing/download functions is a no-go - so if anyone<br>
wants to jump in on that, it would be a big help. That's<br>
probably the largest part of the job. Even if you're not fully informed<br>
about all those functions, getting a starter page for each of those<br>
functions will go a long way to identifying what<br>
needs to be enhanced to make it complete. My desktop died just recently,<br>
so doing this on a puny netbook is something of a challenge...<br>
<br>
We also need a list of each radio that's on that main page, and whether<br>
it's a clone mode or live mode radio. There's 2 ways we could do this<br>
(and both are probably just as useful). Put<br>
up a table with all the radios on it, and also list that individual<br>
radio on its own page, as shown in the template I sent out earlier. I<br>
didn't see much about this in the table of radio functions that's<br>
already there, so it's yet another point a newcomer might not know<br>
about. That won't be too difficult, if someone has that data, I could<br>
use this as well.<br>
<br>
Once all of this is done, then it's time to use the template and start<br>
creating a page for each radio.<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
<br>
<br>
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