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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>THANK YOU</p><p class=MsoNormal>MERRY CHRISTMAS.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nigel@ngunn.net">Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, December 25, 2020 12:00 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">Discussion of CHIRP</a>; <a href="mailto:mfncooper@gmail.com">Martin Cooper</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Several have reported that Excel can insert extra random characters into empty cells which Chirp then rejectd. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I use Libre Office which seems OK. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The other problem is people having difficulty getting the columns and their labels in the right order. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Safer to stick to the Chirp editor. <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 25/12/2020 14:10 Martin Cooper <mfncooper@gmail.com> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm not sure which issue you're referring to, but there are many alternatives to Excel, whether you're using Windows, Mac or Linux. It seems unlikely that all of them have the same problem. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Martin. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>KD6YAM <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 11:02 AM Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <<a href="mailto:nigel@ngunn.net">nigel@ngunn.net</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Because of a known issue with MS Excel, I never recomment the use of spreadsheets with Chirp. <br><br><br>> On 25/12/2020 13:48 Jim Unroe <<a href="mailto:rock.unroe@gmail.com" target="_blank">rock.unroe@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <br>> <br>> <br>> Hi Glen, <br>> <br>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:27 PM Glen Terry <<a href="mailto:ACETECH1@cox.net" target="_blank">ACETECH1@cox.net</a>> wrote: <br>> > <br>> > Good morning, MERRY CHRISTMAS. In programming my Baofengs, I'm wondering how to convert pre done lists into the chirp to download to the radios. <br>> > <br>> <br>> To expand on Nigel's advice, enter a few known to be working channels <br>> into the CHIRP spreadsheet style memory editor. Export these channels <br>> to a CSV file. The CSV file saved from CHIRP is now your template for <br>> how a CSV file must be formatted to be compatible with CHIRP. <br>> <br>> Jim KC9HI <br>> _______________________________________________ <br>> chirp_users mailing list <br>> <a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> <br>> <a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a> <br>> This message was sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at <a href="mailto:nigel@ngunn.net" target="_blank">nigel@ngunn.net</a> <br>> To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> <br><br>Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366 <br>Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail <a href="mailto:nigel@ngunn.net" target="_blank">nigel@ngunn.net</a> www <a href="http://www.ngunn.net" target="_blank">http://www.ngunn.net</a> <br>_______________________________________________ <br>chirp_users mailing list <br><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> <br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a> <br>This message was sent to Martin Cooper at <a href="mailto:mfncooper@gmail.com" target="_blank">mfncooper@gmail.com</a> <br>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at nigel@ngunn.net To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366<br>Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail nigel@ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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