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I had to increase it on mine when it wouldn't program. I had to do a little
research to find out what to do.


Donald KX8K



On Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:30:48 -0700, "Jim Unroe" <jru.groupsio@...> wrote:

I never intentionally increase the volume any higher than what it takes to power on the radio. I have never encountered a situation where it necessary to increase it any higher.

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Some ham radio groups you may be interested in:
/g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas
/g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng
/g/CHIRP

Okay, I have become successfull in manually programming the UV-5R and have 6 channels in the radio. One is NOAA wx on 162.550 mhz and it works. Others are repeaters within 40 miles and one works solidly. Others not sure they are even active but they came from SERA (South East Repeater Association).?

Now the point is how to program chirp. I have it downloaded and even got on the screen to enter all the station data. That turned into a nightmare because when I got data loaded for one repeater, loading data for the next obliterated or changed the first! Trying to access forum type info on the chirp site made no sense whatsoever.

1. How to get chirp on the screen of Win 10 laptop?
2. How to enter repeater data?

Thank you in advance....

73
Karl
KI4ZUQ

On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 04:37 PM, Karl wrote:

Okay, I have become successfull in manually programming the UV-5R and have 6 channels in the radio. One is NOAA wx on 162.550 mhz and it works. Others are repeaters within 40 miles and one works solidly. Others not sure they are even active but they came from SERA (South East Repeater Association).?

Now the point is how to program chirp. I have it downloaded and even got on the screen to enter all the station data. That turned into a nightmare because when I got data loaded for one repeater, loading data for the next obliterated or changed the first! Trying to access forum type info on the chirp site made no sense whatsoever.

You simply download from your radio to create a tab that is compatible with your radio. Then you fill out/modify your channel data row-by-row.

1. How to get chirp on the screen of Win 10 laptop?

After CHIRP-next has been fully installed, I type "chirp" in the Windows 10 "Type here to search" box until I see the CHIRP shortcut and then click the shortcut to launch CHIRP.

2. How to enter repeater data?

Many ways.

- manually entered, one row at-a-time
- copy-and-paste from another tab created by another radio, the current radio, or a "stock config" file.
- from the "Query Source"
- copy-and-paste from other sources. For example you can copy-and-paste the bracketed text below (including the brackets) into CHIRP-next to program the WB9TLH near Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana repeater that is local to me.

[146.640000/-0.600/136.5/136.5]

Jim KC9HI

Thank you, Jim. But first, how do I get the chirp to show on the screen once it is downloaded?

On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 07:39 PM, Karl wrote:

Thank you, Jim. But first, how do I get the chirp to show on the screen once it is downloaded?

It really isn't any different from any other Windows application.

1. Download CHIRP-next from the downloads page linked to here:
2. Download the "installer.exe" version (it should be highlighted) and save to a convenient location on your computer (the Downloads folder, for example)
3. Use the Windows File Explorer application to find the downloaded file
4. Right-click the file and choose "Run as administrator" to launch the installer and complete the installation. Note: CHIRP-next requires Windows 10 64-bit or later. It will not run on a 32-bit version of Windows 10.

Assuming that CHIRP-next was successfully installed on your computer, do either of the following to run it.

1a. Find the CHIRP shortcut in the Start menu and click it to launch CHIRP-next

1b. Begin typing "chirp" in the "Type here to search" box until you see the CHIRP short listed, then click the shortcut (this is my recommended method)

That's it. CHIRP-next is running.

Got it! The search window bottom left>>type chirp>>click open new>>enter line by line SERA repeater list after figuring what each heading means....

Later...thanks!

BT

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 06:36 AM, Karl wrote:

Got it! The search window bottom left>>type chirp>>click open new>>enter line by line SERA repeater list after figuring what each heading means....

Later...thanks!

BT

You don't want to click File -> New to start out because that opens a CSV format tab. A CSV format tab cannot be directly uploaded to "clone mode" radios. Your first steps should be

1. Download from your radio to create a tab that is compatible with your radio.
2. Save the first successful download from your radio, unedited, to a native CHIRP Radio Images (*.img) file to be kept in a safe place as a backup.

So if you did a lot of work in your CSV type tab, just take a pause to do the steps above. Then copy-and-paste the work you did on the CSV type tab to the IMG type tab that was created from your radio.

COM5 responds but radio fails to respond

Tiny fraction mic/phone plug "click" did the trick! Radio cloned!
Thanks, Don!