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</head><body><p>If you're going to import from another radio, import the .img file and not a .csv file.</p><blockquote type="cite">On 18 September 2019 at 19:59 Dennis Wage <dwage@dwage.com> wrote: <br> <br><div dir="ltr"><div class="ox-771a4c3792-gmail_default" style="font-family: monospace,monospace;">Don't import files from a different radio. They might import but might be the wrong format. I am thinking about the sorting thing could be as simple as 01 instead 1 or 001. With radio software like Chirp and especially Chirp, because it works with so  many different radios, the formats of everything needs to be EXACT!!</div><div class="ox-771a4c3792-gmail_default" style="font-family: monospace,monospace;"><br></div><div class="ox-771a4c3792-gmail_default" style="font-family: monospace,monospace;">Reset your radio to factory defaults. I always then program one frequency manually so that when I download from the radio to Chirp I can see the format the data is in. </div><div class="ox-771a4c3792-gmail_default" style="font-family: monospace,monospace;"><br></div><div class="ox-771a4c3792-gmail_default" style="font-family: monospace,monospace;">Download the now defaulted radio to a file. Edit this file to upload back to the radio.</div><div class="ox-771a4c3792-gmail_default" style="font-family: monospace,monospace;"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="ox-771a4c3792-gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family: 'courier new',monospace;">Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)</span> <br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><br></span></div><span style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;">245 Corum Hill Road<br style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"></span><div><span style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;">Castalian Springs, TN 37031<br></span><div><a style="font-family: 'courier new',monospace; color: #1155cc;">(615) 310-4242</a> <span style="font-family: 'courier new',monospace;"> Cell</span> <br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace;"><a style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;">(615) 562-5128</a><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"> Home</span><br style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://hammondb3organ.net/" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://hammondb3organ.net</a><br></span></div><div><a href="http://overdubs.net" style="font-family: 'courier new',monospace; color: #1155cc; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://overdubs.net</a> <br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="ox-771a4c3792-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ox-771a4c3792-gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 6:40 PM Dave C < <a href="mailto:cavanadd@gmail.com">cavanadd@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <br></div><blockquote>I just received the above radio and am having a bit of trouble with the <br> way CHIRP (or the radio) is handling the channels after programming.  <br> The radio seems to work fine, the programming cable connected right away <br> without any driver drama, and the factory software even loaded up and <br> will upload and download to and from the radio, but it's otherwise <br> mostly useless**.  Chirp seems to work fine as well as far as reading <br> and writing to the radio, and I was able to import UV-5R files without <br> any problem.  The problem I'm having is the order of the channels is <br> scrambled when uploading or downloading.  I THINK it has something to do <br> with the separate A and B memory banks.  I made sure I selected the "A" <br> bank on the Settings screen,  but it still seems to scramble the <br> channels.  Earlier today I manually entered twelve local repeaters and <br> numbered them channels 1 through 12, all in Bank A, but when I <br> downloaded the radio to CHIRP, the #1 channel was now #4.  I also <br> deliberately didn't give any of the manually entered channels names, but <br> there were channels with names scattered in with the other unnamed <br> channels, apparently from Bank B. <br> <br> If anyone has any ideas I'd like to hear them. <br> <br> ** The factory software has two separate screens for Bank A and B, and <br> seems to work fine moving files to and from the radio.  The problem is I <br> can't see any way to enter repeater offset frequencies or -/+ values; <br> apparently it's necessary to calculate and enter offsets manually. <br> <br> thanks <br> Dave <br> _______________________________________________ <br> chirp_users mailing list <br> <a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> <br> <a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a> <br> This message was sent to Dennis Wage at <a href="mailto:dwage@dwage.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dwage@dwage.com</a> <br> To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> <br></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________ <br>chirp_users mailing list <br>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <br>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users <br>This message was sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at nigel@ngunn.net <br>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</blockquote><p><br></p><div class="io-ox-signature"><p>Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032<br>Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail nigel@ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net <br><br></p></div></body></html>