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| howto:chirp [2020/10/07 09:13] – [CHIRP] va7fi | howto:chirp [2021/07/09 20:31] (current) – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation va7fi |
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| - Connect your radio to your computer and open CHIRP. | - Connect your radio to your computer and open CHIRP. |
| - Under ''Radio'', select ''Download From Radio'': {{ :howto:chirp1.png }} | - Under ''Radio'', select ''Download From Radio'': {{ howto:chirp:chirp1.png }} |
| - Select the right ''Port'' (which is probably wrong by default), ''Vendor'' and ''Model'' and press ok. It's good to download what's already on your radio even if you don't have anything because in addition to frequencies, it also downloads settings specific to your radio. {{ :howto:chirp2.png }} | - Select the right ''Port'' (which is probably wrong by default), ''Vendor'' and ''Model'' and press ok. It's good to download what's already on your radio even if you don't have anything because in addition to frequencies, it also downloads settings specific to your radio. {{ howto:chirp:chirp2.png }} |
| - Before you go and program frequencies, have a look at the ''Settings'' to see if you can configure anything there. See below for screenshots of VA7FI's Baofeng settings: {{ :howto:chirp3.png }} | - Before you go and program frequencies, have a look at the ''Settings'' to see if you can configure anything there. See below for screenshots of VA7FI's Baofeng settings: {{ howto:chirp:chirp3.png }} |
| - To enter frequencies, you can either type them manually, or copy and paste from another CHIRP file. Never upload someone else's CHIRP file directly though because the radios might have different firmware that can cause issues. It's pretty easy to open a second CHIRP file in a second tab, and copy and paste the frequencies you want into your tab. See VA7FI's [[references/radioprogramming#frequencies | CHIRP files]] for example. {{ :howto:chirp4.png }} | - To enter frequencies, you can either type them manually, or copy and paste from another CHIRP file. Never upload someone else's CHIRP file directly though because the radios might have different firmware that can cause issues. It's pretty easy to open a second CHIRP file in a second tab, and copy and paste the frequencies you want into your tab. See VA7FI's [[references/radioprogramming#frequencies | CHIRP files]] for example. {{ howto:chirp:chirp4.png }} |
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| <hidden Baofeng Settings> | <hidden Baofeng Settings> |
| A little Googling led me to [[https://dw1zws.com/how-to-install-chirp-on-ubuntu-20-04/ |this work around]], which is basically to: | A little Googling led me to [[https://dw1zws.com/how-to-install-chirp-on-ubuntu-20-04/ |this work around]], which is basically to: |
| - point the repository to ''xenial'' instead of ''focal'' | - point the repository to ''xenial'' instead of ''focal'' |
| - install the {{ :howto:chirp-dep-20.04.tar.gz |dependencies}} manually | - install the {{ howto:chirp:chirp-dep-20.04.tar.gz |dependencies}} manually |
| - try the install again:<code> | - try the install again:<code> |
| sudo aptitude install chirp-daily | sudo aptitude install chirp-daily |
