<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi Don,<br>Does the radio display indicate "Clone mode"? </div><div>It ought to after you power it on holding down the < > buttons. This picture is of my FT857D in clone mode, but it is pretty much the same as your FT897.</div><div><br></div><div>Alternately, your usb/serial cable might need a different software driver than the other cables do. Driver problems are common. Way too common! Can you tell if this USB/serial cable is working? </div><div><br></div><div><div>73,</div><div>Dave Nathanson</div><div>KG6ZJO</div><div><br></div><img id="9b250107-5cc7-496a-8f34-4264999a14c0" height="266" width="640" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:5ADEDF80-70E9-4F25-BC3C-7D7B5E0989EC"></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:34 AM, Don Weber <831forsale@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>> wrote<br><br>so, I am in clone mode<br>cable plugged in<br>menu is set to CAT<br>press the <> buttons while power on<br>click OK on Chirp<br>press the snd (C) button on ft897<br>it sits there for a bit, then gets error, <br>eventually Chirp times out with error<br><br><br>On Nov 9, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Dave Nathanson <<a href="mailto:k6gzjo.lists.chirpusers@nathanson.org">k6gzjo.lists.chirpusers@nathanson.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>Hi Don,<br>The Yaesu radios require being in the correct "Clone" mode before they will accept data transfer. You'll need to power up the radio while holding down another button. Are you doing that? Does the radio say something about "Clone" on the display? <br>CHIRP usually pops up a helpful message with the details just before the clone operation begins. But people often dismiss all dialog boxes without reading them, or they click the box to never tell me this again. ANyway, that's probably the direction to look in. <br><br>73,<br>Dave Nathanson<br>KG6ZJO</div><div><br></div><div><br>On Nov 9, 2015, at 10:25 AM, Don Weber <831forsale@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>Trying to program FT897<br>running win8, the prolific driver is good, I can use my other cables to program baofeng radios fine. the cable for the 897 when plugged in results in no errors, I have the latest Chirp daily build installed.<br>when trying to download from the radio, it does not communicate at all.<br>I set the baud rate on both the radio and the com port to make sure they are the same<br>no luck, any other ideas for things i can try?<br><br>thanks<br><br></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"><br><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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