<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">When you press the SET button again when in #7 screen hold it in<br>a bit until the display resets. Just read that in your manual on page<br>66. On the FT8900 it's just a momentary press but otherwise the same<br>procedure.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <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> Milton Hywatt <mhywattt@yahoo.com><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> Wednesday, February 12, 2014 1:54 PM<br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] Programming Yaesu FT7900<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv4377110816"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">With no cable plugged in can you start the clone mode? My FT8900 will <br clear="none">and will sit in RX waiting for data forever. Now if you go to TX it will time <br clear="none">out because there is no cable but at least I've established that the radio<br clear="none">is working. I don't know gives you instruction when to press for TX but the<br clear="none">software has to be ready to RX or TX on the radio will time out. RX on the<br clear="none">radio is more lenient. And Chirp might walk you through when to push what<br clear="none">I don't know haven't used it yet. Usually though with radios that require<br clear="none">timing to RX data from the radio the software should
prompt you when to <br clear="none">do what. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Your FT7900 clone mode is basically the same as my FT8900. Turn the <br clear="none">radio on while holding the MHZ key. Rotate the channel encoder to <br clear="none">item 7. Press SET again, the display blacks out then will come
back saying<br clear="none">CLONE. Then you can press VM or LOW and the radio will start to TX or RX. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">First couple times I forgot to press SET again after selection #7. Give that <br clear="none">a try.<br clear="none"><div class="yiv4377110816yqt4940650328" id="yiv4377110816yqt39666"><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> <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 Cavanaugh <cavanadd@frontier.com><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 12, 2014 12:15 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [chirp_users]
Programming Yaesu FT7900<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv4377110816y_msg_container"><br clear="none">I am having trouble programming my radio via the programming cable.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I can get the
radio into Clone mode by pressing the MHz PRI button on <br clear="none">startup. However, it won't go into TX or RX by pushing the LOW/ACC or <br clear="none">V/M MW button as described in the "cloning" section of the manual.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">When I start Chirp and go to "download from radio" it gives me the box <br clear="none">with Port com 3, radio Yaesu and Model FT-7800. When I try to download <br clear="none">the profile from the radio I get the error message<br clear="none">"failed to communicate with the radio: Failed to read header (0).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Now what?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thanks<br clear="none">Dave KG7HBQ<br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">chirp_users mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank"
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