<div dir="ltr">Doug, I wonder how the Yaesu manager would respond if asked "has any customer ever 'damaged' a radio while using Yaesu-supplied software?"<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 11:20 AM Doug Schafer <<a href="mailto:schafer@pobox.com">schafer@pobox.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">As a newbe with a new Yaesu FT-70D, on 3/16/2019 I used CHIRP to easily <br>
import into it the 43 repeaters within 20 miles of me, per RepeaterBook.com.<br>
I first installed a virtual com port to my Win10 laptop using:<br>
<a href="https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers</a><br>
I first manually programmed two repeaters into my FT-70D so I'd have some <br>
data to view.<br>
Then I ran the CHIRP program, following its on-screen instructions to <br>
connect my HT.<br>
Using the CHIRP program, I then imported my area's repeaters.<br>
Then I exported the data so I could use Excel to re-arrange the rows. <br>
Having the data in Excel allowed me to print a list on paper, that I now <br>
refer to.<br>
Then I imported the data back to my FT-70D without problems.<br>
<br>
FWIW, on the "Official Yaesu USA" Facebook group site, the Yaesu nat'l <br>
sales mgr, John Kruk, on 3/12/2019, responded to a comment, "Is there a <br>
problem using chirp?" by writing "Yes CHIRP has damaged radios". Perhaps <br>
someone had tried using CHIRP with an unlisted radio or had failed to <br>
follow the CHIRP instructions. I discovered Mr. Kruk's comment after I had <br>
successfully used CHIRP.<br>
<br>
Thank you for the volunteers who developed and maintain CHIRP!<br>
<br>
Doug K7KDG<br>
PS. I'm re-sending this msg as "plain text" 'cause my first effort using <br>
html was "scrubbed" by Mailman.<br>
<br>
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