<div><div dir="auto">What Jardy said. We are full-time RVers in retirement and I build files of repeaters in advance of our travels, then load my radios from my laptop as we move. Once they’re built! It only takes a few minutes to load. Repeaterbook.com makes it pretty easy.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">73 de NE5AH</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 16:59 Jardy via chirp_users <<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">You could make up a couple of files that you could load to your radio before traveling, then switch back when you get home. <br><br><div id="m_-5624331158778698689AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Jardy Dawson WA7JRD<div>Message sent through sub space hailing frequencies <span style="font-size:13pt">using the Universal Translator. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:13pt"><br></span></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br>On Dec 14, 2018, at 14:51, Sam Wilfond <<a href="mailto:swilfond@gmail.com" target="_blank">swilfond@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Thank you all for the help. The information has been very useful. Now my biggest problem is deciding which 127 repeater to include for all the area that I travel to in the state. I also found a feature in repeaterbook that export the search into a chirp cvs file. I was manually enter in the information from the search screen. It much easier to export for chirp. See I am learning new stuff each day. Thank you one and all</span><br><span></span><br><span>Sent from my mobile device - Sam Wilfond </span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Dec 14, 2018, at 5:34 PM, Jim Unroe <<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com" target="_blank">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Sam,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>My CSV is layout as:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column A is Location which is the channel number for the memory</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>And should be only 0 through 127 for your radio</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>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.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Correct. It will be truncated to 7 characters.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column C is frequency. I understand this, this information is pulled from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com" target="_blank">repeaterbook.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Not just the frequency. It is the receive frequency. CHIRP also</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>exports it to 6 decimal places.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column D is duplex, this is either a “+” sign or “-“ sign or blank, this information is pulled from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com" target="_blank">repeaterbook.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This indicates if the transmit frequency is to be higher (+), lower</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(-) or the same ( ) as the receive frequency. On radios that support</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>it (yours does), (off) is used to disable transmit when this memory is</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>selected. You would want to use this on your NOAA frequency to prevent</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>this memory from transmitting.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>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" target="_blank">repeaterbook.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This value is used with the value in the Duplex column to determine</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>what the transmit frequency is. CHIRP also exports this value padded</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>out to 6 decimal places. A "+5.000000" value would have the transmit</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>frequency 5 MHz higher than the receive frequency. When Duplex is " "</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(blank), any frequency in the Offset column is ignored and the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>transmit frequency will be equal to the receive frequency.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column F is Tone, I do not understand, but it always seems to be “Tone” or blank</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tone is the same as the Tone Mode column in CHIRP. Its setting</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>determines which of the columns affecting the selective squelch are</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>used and which ones are ignored.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column G is rToneFreq, I do not understand, but I pull this from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com" target="_blank">repeaterbook.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The rToneFreq column corresponds to the Tone column in CHIRP. When</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tone Mode is set to Tone, this column sets the TX CTCSS tone to this</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>value.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column H is cTomeFreq, I do not understand, but I pull this from <a href="http://repeaterbook.com" target="_blank">repeaterbook.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The rTone Freq column corresponds to the ToneSql column in CHIRP. When</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tone Mode is set to TSQL, this column sets the TX and RX CTCSS tone to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>this value.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column I is DtscCode, I do not understand, but it always seems to 23</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The DtscCode column corresponds to the DTCS Code column in CHIRP. Its</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>default value is 023. Like all the columns relating to the selective</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>squelch tone/code, the value is usually set to the default value when</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>it is not being used based on the current Tone Mode setting.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column J is DtscPolarity, I do not understand, but it always seems to be NN</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The DtscPolarity column corresponds to the DTCS Pol column in CHIRP.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Its default value is NN and ignored when Tone Mode is set to Tone and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>TSQL.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column K is Mode, I do not understand, but it always seems to be FM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Mode column corresponds to the Mode column in CHIRP. On your radio</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>you have 2 choices FM (wide FM) and NFM (narrow FM). When 2 stations</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>are communicating together, they should both use the same mode. Most</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ham use FM would be the correct setting. But some areas may use NFM.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Your local hams should be able to help you.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Column L is TStep, I do not understand, but is always seems to be 5</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Just leave TStep set to 5. This value in this column is not used by your radio.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>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.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sam Wilfond – KM4GOI</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Lake Worth Florida</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>If you have View -> Hide Unused Fields enabled (the default for new</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>CHIRP installations) you will be able to clearly see which columns are</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>not being used with a particular Tone Mode setting because the unused</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>fields with be blank. Disabling this setting will let you see what the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>default values are when they are not being use (like 88.5, 023, NN,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>etc.).</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The page linked to below has links to (column) guides and other CHIRP</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>examples that might help you.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php#guides" target="_blank">http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_CHIRP.php#guides</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jim KC9HI</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This message was sent to Sam - KM4GOI at <a href="mailto:swilfond@gmail.com" target="_blank">swilfond@gmail.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>This message was sent to Jardy at <a href="mailto:jardy72@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jardy72@yahoo.com</a></span></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span></div></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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