<div dir="ltr">Bruce,<div> FYI, I run a program called Freescan (under windows) that works well with my BCD329P2.</div><div>I see in the RR site it also runs under Linux, but I don't use Linux much.</div><div><br></div><div>ere is a lionk to the page: <a href="https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Freescan_Install_Under_LINUX">Freescan Install Under LINUX - The RadioReference Wiki</a></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>John Cooley<br></div><div><a href="mailto:wb8wbn@arrl.net" target="_blank">wb8wbn@arrl.net</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 9:04 AM Ken Hansen <<a href="mailto:ken@n2vip.org">ken@n2vip.org</a>> 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">I think this would be a big task, as currently CHIRP has no built-in support for any scanners from any manufacturer, based on a quick scan of the CHIRP homepage:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home" target="_blank">https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home</a></div><div><br></div><div>I am not aware of any publicly-available documentation on how to program a Uniden/bearcat scanner, though I suppose there's likely something somewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>CHIRP architecture (as far as I can tell from the outside looking in) is not setup to handle trunking groups, digital modes, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>I appreciate the desire to avoid windows, but the alternative would be front panel programming your frequencies into the scanner. I had no problem banging in about a hundred frequencies into a simple Whistler desktop scanner, but all that entailed was typing in each frequency and saving it to memory (no tone, no label, nothing, just frequency they the keypad) - your 'fancy' scanner would take a greater effort.</div><div><br></div><div>It is a nice looking scanner - it has a nice feature set and covers ham bands from 10 meters to 23 cm - and reminds me of a radio shack scanner I have, the PRO-2051, but they are not the same. I was able to get the required cable and the appropriate windows software to program my scanner, I'd encourage you to do the same.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanners/0780.html" target="_blank">https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanners/0780.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Maybe ask a windows-running friend to help, programming scanners is, in my experience, typically a "one and done" kind of thing, where once programmed, they are never touched again (or at least very rarely).</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Ken, N2VIP</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 17, 2022, at 08:18, KB6LWN - Bruce <<a href="mailto:kb6lwn@qso.com" target="_blank">kb6lwn@qso.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Hello Group,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Just received delivery of a new-old Uniden BC-780XLT</span><br><span>Trunk Tracker III Scanner, and I'd like to be able to</span><br><span>program it with my PC (Linux Mint Desktop), and I'm</span><br><span>wondering if there is a 'module' available for Chirp</span><br><span>that will allow me to do this.</span><br><span>Just updated to the latest FlatPak. (Linux Mint 20.4)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Since I use Linux - I don't have access to run the MS-</span><br><span>Windows version of the software specifically written</span><br><span>for this receiver. Which reminds me 'rigctl' seems to</span><br><span>read the receiver and I have gotten a list of the cmd-</span><br><span>capabilities using that tool, if that is needed...</span><br><span></span><br><span>If there is not a module specifically FOR this receiver,</span><br><span>perhaps I could get a copy of a module for another unit</span><br><span>that I might be able to modify for my use.</span><br><span>Anything is better than going back to Windows, or trying</span><br><span>to get Wine to work under Linux...</span><br><span>A Linux native (port) is really needed for scanner Ops...</span><br><span></span><br><span>At this point I use Chirp to program my various BTech,</span><br><span>Bao's, Leixen, and a couple more, and it makes the task</span><br><span>so much easier. Hope to do the same with the scanner...</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a></span><br><span>This message was sent to Ken Hansen at <a href="mailto:ken@n2vip.org" target="_blank">ken@n2vip.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br><span>To report this email as off-topic, please email <a href="mailto:chirp_users-owner@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-owner@intrepid.danplanet.com</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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