I am using my 817 again. I've had it since a year or two after they came out. Gets used in spurts but I have never used programing software such as CHIRP.? Main reason is that once upon a time I read that chirp(and others) had a habit of bricking certain Yaesu radios.? Was this a thing? has it been addressed?? I don't mind entering things from the keyboard but starting up in a new area with a dozen or so rptrs, new HF nets, M17 etc, it would be nice to do it by cptr. And, if not chirp are there any proven apps?
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Thanks for any thoughts
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Larry
