<div dir="ltr">Ouch, hope you are recovering well Tom.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 4 May 2021 at 21:36, Tom Henderson &lt;<a href="mailto:Tom@henderson4.us">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>OK, I&#39;ll admit being a complete dunderhead on this one. Wow. <br>
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    <p>Suffice it to say there were pain medications involved. Passing a
      kidney stone.<br>
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    <pre cols="72">Tom Henderson</pre>
    <div>On 5/4/21 3:15 PM, Frederick R.
      McDougall wrote:<br>
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        <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>
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        <div dir="auto">Can we please drop this hijack and get back to
          the question.</div>
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        <div dir="auto">Fred VA6FRM</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue., May 4, 2021, 07:50
          Tom Henderson, &lt;<a href="mailto:Tom@henderson4.us" target="_blank">Tom@henderson4.us</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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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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            <pre cols="72">Tom Henderson</pre>
            <div>On 5/2/21 7:11 PM, Chaplain Dave Sparks wrote:<br>
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                <div dir="ltr">Well, you know what they say about the
                  metric nerds:
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                    <div><font color="#ff0000">&quot;Give them 25.4 mm. and
                        they&#39;ll take 1.6 km.&quot;</font></div>
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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" target="_blank">kp4djt@gmail.com</a>&gt;
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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" 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" target="_blank">n1ea@arrl.net</a>&gt;
                            wrote:<br>
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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">73</div>
                                <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" target="_blank">mooksmd@gmail.com</a>&gt;
                                  wrote:<br>
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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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