<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Dr. Whit Woodard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:towhit@me.com" target="_blank">towhit@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">No, John. I just downloaded what was on the radio when I bought it. There are many columns that ask for information that is not available from the various repeaters and don’t seem to have a bearing on the use. Things like “cross mode” and “tone sql” and “DTCS code” and DTCS Rx code” and etc. Didn’t realize I could make a different template, but what if I were to leave off something important? How is one to know?<br>
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Whit</font></span><br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Whit,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">One thing that I recommend for new CHIRP users is to select View from the menu bar and then enable "Hide Unused Fields".<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Take a look as some of the CHIRP guides that are available on the <a href="http://miklor.com">miklor.com</a> website. The are geared more for the UV-5R but still might be helpful.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP5R.php">http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP5R.php</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The page "Understanding CHIRP's Columns on the CHIRP website is also useful.<br>
<br><a href="http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns">http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MemoryEditorColumns</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Jim KC9HI<br></div></div>