On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 1:32 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pretty safe bet this is all operator error but this thing is eating my lunch! > I downloaded and installed the most recent version (20210416) first thing > this morning. I tried following the steps in the help documentation – > download from radio, export to img file, etc. When I upload the very same > image file, with no edits, to the radio it populates both banks with 676.948 > Mhz, changes language to Chinese, locks the radio and produces this error: > > “Edit > Properties” in Chirp does nothing. I’ve been able to unlock the > keyboard and do a reset then change language back to ENG but everything (even > FM broadcast if I reset “All”) is gone. > > > If I open the exported spreadsheet file I get “Unable to Detect Model” every > time so I always choose Radioddity UV-5RX3 as directed by several sources. > > > I edited the spreadsheet, adding a few local repeaters (saved with different > filename so still have the original) but, when I open that file I get the > attached error plus the “Radio > Upload to Radio” menu option is greyed out. > > > And I never have been able to enter any channels in the 1.25 M band even > though the aforementioned upload fills a few memories with channels around > 300, 400, 500 & 600 Mhz. > > > I got my first HAM license in the 70’s. I was a techy for years (retired now) > so this is as embarrassing as it is frustrating but this project is running > out of fun! I keep thinking of that old help desk joke where the tech tells > the user “You’d better just box that up and send it back to the factory.” > “Oh, is it broken?” asked the client. “No” replied the tech, “You’re just too > #@%! stupid to use it!” (I feel like that user right now!) > > > Thanks all! > > > Bob > > N0zfv >
Do you have the original, unedited, successful download from the radio? Attach it. Jim KC9HI _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list [email protected] http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to [email protected] at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
