<div dir="ltr"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">There's no benefit to .chirp over .csv. Just use .csv.</span></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Thanks for the head's up. As I cannot upload a .csv file to the radio, I have to export it first to a format that can, that's the step I was wondering if I could get around: EG: storing metadata in a file format that can directly program the radio as well. Sounds like for the time being the best method is to work with a native .CSV file for any updates, and then export it as a .chirp file for upload to the radio,</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Regards,</font></div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">John Kellas<br></font></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:21 AM, 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="im">On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:51 AM, John Kellas <<a href="mailto:sales@mparam.com">sales@mparam.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I see when working in a .csv file I can use the comment field. That field<br>
> does not export over to the .chirp file. Is there a way to add a comments<br>
> field to the .chirp or .img files?<br>
<br>
</div>There's no benefit to .chirp over .csv. Just use .csv.<br>
<br>
.img files are a direct data dump from the radio. They can only store<br>
fields supported by the radio. If your radio doesn't have a built in<br>
comment field (I'm not aware of any that do), then there's no way to<br>
store a comment in the .img file.<br>
<br>
Dan has proposed a new file format that would store the img data plus<br>
some additional metadata. This is a long way from fruition.<br>
<br>
Tom KD7LXL<br>
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