On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 02:25 PM, <jmgroups.io-chirp@...> wrote:
Howdy everyone, just started using Chirp, latest version (20230810) under Win10 in case it makes a difference.??
As per the subject, can't see this menu option mentioned in the docs (nor anywhere else), and?selecting it and then the band plan for my region (IARU 2) apparently it changes nothing...
TIA!
What makes a difference is where in the world you are located. If you are in North America you want the North American Band Plan. It takes the IARU 2 band plan and adds data based on the ARRL band plan. Recently it has had included frequency data for the FRS, GMRS and MURS radios services.
What having the correct band plan selected does for CHIRP users that are amateur radio operators is that CHIRP will be able to preset some settings for you. For example when a ham in the USA keys in a 2 meter frequency such at 146.640 MHz, based on the North American band plan CHIRP will know that this is a repeater output and that the input offset is -0.600 MHz. CHIRP will use these values to preset the Duplex and Offset fields for you.
Jim KC9HI
