<div dir="auto">Back in the 90s I wrote many of the programs ....... for the new idaho Driver&#39;s License,  anticipating Y2K. <div dir="auto">....The programs were written in Metrc and Imperial, and by setting a flag in the programs, could run in either system. There was a possibility at the time that US would switch. </div><div dir="auto">.... I wish we had .... Metric is a much better system.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Skip</div><div dir="auto">KL7IXX</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 4, 2021, 1:39 PM Tony Ling &lt;<a href="mailto:tonyg7txu@gmail.com">tonyg7txu@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">&quot;Can we please drop this hijack and get back to the question.&quot;?<br>No we can&#39;t as long as the North American gallon remains a completely different gallon to the British gallon lol</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 4 May 2021 at 21:17, Frederick R. McDougall &lt;<a href="mailto:frmcdo@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">frmcdo@gmail.com</a>&gt; 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"><div dir="auto">Tom<div dir="auto">25.4 mm = 2.54 cm = (aprox) 1 English inch</div><div dir="auto">This is also very close to 1 American inch.  The main problem in the imperial system besides the very arbitrary unit sizes is the problem of every country using THEIR standard unit.  As a Canuck I grew up knowing that precision measurements required specifying the standard.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Can we please drop this hijack and get back to the question.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Fred VA6FRM</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue., May 4, 2021, 07:50 Tom Henderson, &lt;<a href="mailto:Tom@henderson4.us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Tom@henderson4.us</a>&gt; 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">
  
    
  
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    <p>Odd that you have to give them 10 inches before they take the
      mile in Metric. In Imperial you only have to give them an inch
      (2.54 mm).<br>
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    <div>On 5/2/21 7:11 PM, Chaplain Dave Sparks
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 3:27
            PM Chuck Hast &lt;<a href="mailto:kp4djt@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kp4djt@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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            <div dir="ltr">Yep but getting them to change is like
              pulling hens teeth,
              <div>or get the metric thing done. On the second one, my
                car</div>
              <div>is metric, my radios are metric, my appliances are 
                metric,</div>
              <div>but go to the hardware store and buy metric
                hardware...</div>
              <div>They have it but it is just 3x more than SAE... </div>
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              <div>So getting rid of the term codeplug falls in that
                area...</div>
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              <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 2, 2021 at
                4:50 PM Tony Ling &lt;<a href="mailto:tonyg7txu@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">tonyg7txu@gmail.com</a>&gt;
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                <div dir="ltr">The rather unhelpful term &#39;codeplug&#39;
                  originates from an EPROM based hardware key which
                  AMTRAK train drivers inserted into a Motorola radio in
                  the cab. This term pre-dates digital radios by
                  decades.<br>
                  It is the source of much confusion, and I much prefer
                  the term &#39;configuration file&#39; which is much more
                  descriptive and far less obfuscating. </div>
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                  <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 24 Apr 2021
                    at 20:31, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. &lt;<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">n1ea@arrl.net</a>&gt;
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                        <div style="font-size:small">The 
                          Baofeng UV-82 doesn&#39;t use &quot;codeplugs&quot; as it is
                          an analog radio, also CHIRP isn&#39;t for digital
                          radios, just analog.</div>
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                        <div style="font-size:small">Michal are you
                          using the incorrect terminology, or are you
                          talking about a different model which IS
                          digital?</div>
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                        <div style="font-size:small">David N1EA</div>
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                        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr
                          24, 2021 at 8:32 AM Michal Smialowski &lt;<a href="mailto:mooksmd@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mooksmd@gmail.com</a>&gt;
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                            <div>I have a Baofeng UV-82 that was
                              programmed, I downloaded the codeplug,
                              added a frequency then uploaded the new
                              codeplug to the radio.</div>
                            <div>When I went to turn the radio back on,
                              there was only a faint display visible on
                              the top line.</div>
                            <div>It looks like a series of black
                              rectangles. Doesn&#39;t go beyond that, no
                              channel, no frequency, none of the keys
                              respond. I tried taking the battery out
                              and turning it back on... no help.</div>
                            <div>Tried downloading front the radio...
                              nothing.</div>
                            <div>Is the radio bricked or is there
                              something else that I can try ?</div>
                            <div>tnx</div>
                            <div>Mike VE7SML<br>
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