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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I was wondering if it would come to that. Tell me, was the frustration worth it? <grin>. I don’t even waste time trying anymore, I just buy the RT-Systems cable and I know it will work. Yeah, it is 25 bucks. I go without my Starbucks for a few days, and DONE. At least you got a refund on the bad cables.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vy73 – Mike – KD5KC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>El Paso, Texas – DM61rt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Mc via chirp_users<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 2, 2018 5:13 PM<br><b>To:</b> mbmcmahon@aol.com; chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [chirp_users] Can't program Kenwood TM-G707 using CHIRP and FTDI cable from valley-ent.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Good news...success with CHIRP to Kenwood TM-G707 radios...I used a cable from RT Systems. The other cable(s) were returned to the previous vendor and I received a prompt refund. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Case closed.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> - Mike - <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Mike Mc via chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>><br>To: w4cp <<a href="mailto:w4cp@arrl.net">w4cp@arrl.net</a>>; chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>><br>Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2018 12:06 pm<br>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Can't program Kenwood TM-G707 using CHIRP and FTDI cable from valley-ent.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_e3eb23ce-58f5-413f-8d27-3498c05201a4"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank you, Curt. I'll keep trying but am beginning to suspect the cable. Would you recall a link to the source for the cable you have? When I called Kenwood, they said they no longer manufacture a data cable for that radio and that I should purchase one from RT Systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Yes, I saw your post about the 'lock out' issue. I'll be happy to work around that manually if I can just get the main functions of CHIRP to work.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Mike Mc<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Carlsbad CA<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Curt Phillips W4CP <<a href="mailto:robocurt@yahoo.com">robocurt@yahoo.com</a>><br>To: mbmcmahon <<a href="mailto:mbmcmahon@aol.com">mbmcmahon@aol.com</a>>; Discussion of CHIRP <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>><br>Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2018 11:16 am<br>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Can't program Kenwood TM-G707 using CHIRP and FTDI cable from valley-ent.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="aolmail_AOLMsgPart_2_e2698c5b-dbfa-4404-999d-38225bfe0366"><div><div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_32936"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_32937"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_32939"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>I have just begun to use CHIRP with the G707, and have had another problem that I recently documented with a post on this list (which I have just joined).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_32960"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_32962"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>I have had the COM3 error also, and have had to unplug the data cable and re-plug it in, or quit CHIRP and restart it to get it to clear. Then it works fine. I only seem to have this problem after I have downloaded and "uploaded" (after a fashion) new data to the G707. And I haven't had this problem the past couple of times I have used it, and I'm not sure why.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_32963"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_32978"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_32979"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33153"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>NOTE: From my experience, when you "download" the data from the G707, the column for "skip" or "lock out" will NOT be populated, and if you "upload" data, all of the channels will be wiped clean of the memory of which channels to "skip", and in scan mode it will then scan ALL the channels.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33154"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33156"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Note also, there is a program available from Kenwood that works with the G707, but I don't find it as convenient and easy to use as CHIRP, with CHIRP's ability to edit programming using EXCEL. If you want a link to the program, let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33157"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33212"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33234"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Curt W4CP<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33213"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Raleigh, NC USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33214"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33218"><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33217"><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33216"><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33215"><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> Mike Mc via chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 8, 2018 7:43 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> [chirp_users] Can't program Kenwood TM-G707 using CHIRP and FTDI cable from valley-ent.com</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33233"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yiv0622026896"><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33240"><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yiv0622026896AOLMsgPart_2_bb8e10ff-3d9a-46c8-8b4a-3369f141d782"><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33238"><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yiv0622026896AOLMsgPart_2_32a59db6-a239-4527-902e-4372645602f9"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Problem: I can't program Kenwood TM-G707 using CHIRP and the FTDI cable from valley-ent.com</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yiv0622026896AOLMsgPart_2_32a59db6-a239-4527-902e-4372645602f9"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yiv0622026896AOLMsgPart_2_32a59db6-a239-4527-902e-4372645602f9"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>When running the "Download from Radio" menu command, I am getting stopped by an error message in CHIRP: <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>An error has occurred</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33243"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>could not open port COM3: [Error 5] Acccess is denied</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33262"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33247"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I am experienced with CHIRP and the Kenwood TM-G707 is listed as a supported radio. I have had success with Baofeng radios and Yaesu radios with both BTech and valley-ent.com FTDI cables. Valley-ent sent me a replacement cable...same error message.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33245"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33246"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I confirmed the Com port assignment in Device Mgr (Win 10 and 7).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33263"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="aolmail_aolmail_yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1533832254855_33264"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I have tried installing the latest drivers and have tried installing the old 2007 drivers.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Have experimented w. 3 different Win 10 computers and one Windows 7 machine.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>HELP, please and thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> - Mike Mc - <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>This message was sent to Curt Phillips at <a href="mailto:robocurt@yahoo.com" target="_blank">robocurt@yahoo.com</a><br>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>This message was sent to Mike Mc at <a href="mailto:mbmcmahon@aol.com">mbmcmahon@aol.com</a><br>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-<a href="mailto:unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com">unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>