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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=msipheadera92e061b style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0078D7'>[AMD Official Use Only - Internal Distribution Only]</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>So, the answer to the question seems to be: “there’s not any documented cases of CHIRP bricking a YAESU radio”. Lots of speculation, concern, etc. but nothing actually concrete.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> josef <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com <chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com>; John Dodd <jump12k@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [chirp_users] Yaesu<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Your money, your paranoia. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>RT gets expensive when you've got several different radios. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>It's twice the price of a cheap radio. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>On 17 March 2020 at 13:34 John Dodd <<a href="mailto:jump12k@gmail.com">jump12k@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I recommend everyone use RY Systems Software.... You pay a little for it but it’s well worth the investment... <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I Don’t use chirp for my expensive Yaesu.... <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>