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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Hi Eldon,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>My problem is that on step 4 I cannot get to </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>"F8 CLONE" it just goes to a normal radio frequency. Could this be that I do not have a good cable that is recognizing it is in a clone application. I had another friend clone his frequencies on to my phone and that worked good. Do you think it might be my cable or something else, thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>John</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eldon Griffiths<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 11, 2014 9:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of CHIRP<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [chirp_users] FT-60 cable question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>John,<br><br>I followed the instructions listed on the popup box just before you read your radio (which has to occur first). The instructions are:<br>1. Turn radio off.<br>2. Connect cable to MIC/SP jack.<br>3. Press and hold in the [MONI] switch while turning the<br> radio on.<br>4. Rotate the DIAL job to select "F8 CLONE".<br>5. Press the [F/W] key momentarily.<br>6. After clicking OK, press the [PTT] switch to send image.<br>There are instructions listed before you clone your radio too.<br><br>These worked well for me.<br><br>Eldon<br><br>On 07/11/2014 09:59 AM, John Barker wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Eldon,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Thanks for your help I really appreciate it. I’m brand new to ham radios. I was trying to connect my FT 60R to Chirp and I cannot get to the “clone screen” as shown on the instructions from the web site, it only shows a radio frequency. Any ideas? Thanks again</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>John</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> <a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [<a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com">mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eldon Griffiths<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 11, 2014 8:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of CHIRP<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [chirp_users] FT-60 cable question</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have had good luck with this cable set. I have programmed a Yeasu FT-60, several Baofeng models, a Kenwood TH-F6 and a Wouxon UV8D with this cable using Chirp.<br><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-in-1-USB-Programming-Cable-for-Baofeng-UV5R-A-Plus-UV-B5-UV-B6-BF-888-s-USA-/181175493791?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160">http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-in-1-USB-Programming-Cable-for-Baofeng-UV5R-A-Plus-UV-B5-UV-B6-BF-888-s-USA-/181175493791?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160</a><br><br>Eldon <br><br>On 07/11/2014 09:22 AM, Dan Smith wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>When I talked to you at Seaside, OR you said to drop you a line and you<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>could tell me what cable to purchase to work on CHIRP, thanks<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Actually, what I said about the FT-60 was that I'm not sure which cable<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>is best for that one because they all seem problematic. The problem<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>seems to be that the jack on that radio is machined slightly differently<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>from a regular 3.5mm one for some reason, and when I was writing the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>driver for it, I had to keep pressure on one side of it so it would make<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>contact.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Since Yaesu doesn't provide a cable for it (remember, it's clone-able,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>but not PC-programmable, according to them), I'm not sure what cable to<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>recommend.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I don't own one myself, but a lot of people here do. I'm sure we can get<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>some good usage reports from the folks here that have one to recommend<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>(or not).<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>If there is a clear suggestion, then we should add it to the CableGuide<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>page on the chirp site.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>--Dan<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>chirp_users mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to E. 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