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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Is the volume all the way
up?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>That is recommended, and also, make
sure you are on an empty channel.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I took the antenna off while
programming my Baofeng.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>HTH.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Glenn</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=n1ea@arrl.net href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net">D.J.J. Ring, Jr.</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 19, 2016 8:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [chirp_users] Wouxun
KG-UV8E</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hi guys,<BR>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>A friend has a new Wouxun KG-UV8E.<BR><BR></DIV>Someone said it
would work with the Wouxun KG-UV8D selection of the daily build of
CHIRP.<BR><BR></DIV>dmesg tail reveals that the Wouxun programmiing cable is
using /dev/tty/USB0 which is owned by root and group uucp.<BR></DIV>So I added
uucp to my user's groups.<BR>
<DIV><BR> ls /dev/ttyUSB0 -l<BR>crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Aug 19
14:09 /dev/ttyUSB0<BR><BR>[djringjr@laptop ~]$ groups<BR>sys adm wheel uucp
audio users<BR><BR>Daily Build -<BR>chirpw --version<BR>CHIRP daily-20160802
on Linux laptop 4.7.0-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 8 22:24:23 CEST 2016 i686
(Python 2.7.12)<BR><BR>Here's what happens.<BR><BR>[djringjr@laptop ~]$ chirpw
<BR><BR>(process:2492): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C
library.<BR> Using the fallback 'C' locale.<BR>ERROR: --
Exception: --<BR>ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):<BR> File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-<WBR>packages/chirp/ui/clone.py", line 249, in
run<BR> self.__radio.sync_in()<BR> File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-<WBR>packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.<WBR>py", line
375, in sync_in<BR> self._mmap = self._download()<BR>
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-<WBR>packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.<WBR>py",
line 391, in _download<BR> self._identify()<BR> File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-<WBR>packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.<WBR>py", line
353, in _identify<BR> _chksum_err, _resp =
self._read_record()<BR> File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-<WBR>packages/chirp/drivers/kguv8d.<WBR>py", line
315, in _read_record<BR> raise errors.RadioError('Radio did
not respond')<BR>RadioError: Radio did not respond<BR><BR>ERROR:
----------------<BR>ERROR: Clone failed: Radio did not respond<BR>ERROR: ---
Exception Dialog: Radio did not respond ---<BR>ERROR: None<BR><BR>ERROR:
----------------------------<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I tried the same cable and radio on Windows 10 using the CHIRP
latest daily build <BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Same error - could not communicate with radio.<BR><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Using the Wouxun software with correct driver on Win10, same
error.<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Any suggestions?<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>David N1EA<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV>
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