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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Hi,</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">I am a relatively a new HAM. I need some assistance
getting over the learning curve in programming my radio. I am using
chirp-daily 20181205. I have created a CSV file with repeater information
that I pulled from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com">repeaterbook.com</a>. When opening the CSV file in chirp
several errors during open occurs. I know these errors are due to my lack
of knowledge and understanding what all the columns information that are
required. While the total error number is 36, there are basically 4
errors. I have attached my CSV file for review. </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span>Line [#] [rtone] could
not convert sting to float: D265</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span>Line [#] [tuning_step]
could not convert string to float:</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span>Line [#] [ctone] could
not convert sting to float: </span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><span>Line [#] [tmode] ‘TONE’
is not a valid list; [,’Tone’,’TSQL’,DTCS’,’DTSC-R’,TSQL-R’,’Cross’]</span></li><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">I would like to learn how to interrupt these errors so I can
fix them. What is rtone? What is tuning step? What is ctone? What is tmode?
To fix these errors I go to the line number (row) and then to the column
label to the corresponding error type. I just don’t know the correct
information that is required to fix each cell.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Little back ground. My radio is a Baofang GT3 (Baofang
UV5). The first step I did in programming my radio was to download the
radio image and save it as a CSV file so I would know what format and type of
information that is needed to program my radio. I added the information for
NOAA Weather into the CSV file and uploaded the CSV file to my radio this went
great. I then added about 5 more local repeaters to the CSV file and
upload to my radio. This went well too. I repeated this process to
program of program my radio and successfully upload about 30 repeater into my
radio. So I decided to take the big leap and added another 100 repeater
on my state. It at this point of open the CSV file with about 150
repeater that the error message start to display. I have attached the CSV
file for your review as it might help in trouble shooting. I would also
like to add more repeater in the Orlando area. My goal is to program as many
repeaters my state as possible and to have my radio organize the frequency by
geographical area with my home area repeaters listed as the lower channel
numbers.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">My CSV is layout as:</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column A is Location which is the channel number for the
memory</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column B is the name for the channel number, while my radio
display only seven character, I know only the first seven character are display.
I been using location of the repeater as the name.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column C is frequency. I understand this, this information
is pulled from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com">repeaterbook.com</a></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column D is duplex, this is either a “+” sign or “-“ sign or
blank, this information is pulled from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com">repeaterbook.com</a></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column E is offset, is mainly a 5 or 0.6 base on the
offset, this information is pulled from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com">repeaterbook.com</a></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column F is Tone, I do not understand, but it always
seems to be “Tone” or blank</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column G is rToneFreq, I do not understand, but I pull this
from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com">repeaterbook.com</a> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column H is cTomeFreq, I do not understand, but I pull this
from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com">repeaterbook.com</a> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column I is DtscCode, I do not understand, but it
always seems to 23</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column J is DtscPolarity, I do not understand, but it always
seems to be NN</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column K is Mode, I do not understand, but it always
seems to be FM</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Column L is TStep, I do not understand, but is always seems
to be 5</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Thank You in advance for your help with in getting my radio
program by correcting these error so I can upload this file into my radio.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Sam Wilfond – KM4GOI</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Lake Worth Florida</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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