I think this would be a big task, as currently CHIRP has no built-in support for any scanners from any manufacturer, based on a quick scan of the CHIRP homepage:
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home I am not aware of any publicly-available documentation on how to program a Uniden/bearcat scanner, though I suppose there's likely something somewhere. CHIRP architecture (as far as I can tell from the outside looking in) is not setup to handle trunking groups, digital modes, etc. I appreciate the desire to avoid windows, but the alternative would be front panel programming your frequencies into the scanner. I had no problem banging in about a hundred frequencies into a simple Whistler desktop scanner, but all that entailed was typing in each frequency and saving it to memory (no tone, no label, nothing, just frequency they the keypad) - your 'fancy' scanner would take a greater effort. It is a nice looking scanner - it has a nice feature set and covers ham bands from 10 meters to 23 cm - and reminds me of a radio shack scanner I have, the PRO-2051, but they are not the same. I was able to get the required cable and the appropriate windows software to program my scanner, I'd encourage you to do the same. https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanners/0780.html Maybe ask a windows-running friend to help, programming scanners is, in my experience, typically a "one and done" kind of thing, where once programmed, they are never touched again (or at least very rarely). Good luck! Ken, N2VIP > On May 17, 2022, at 08:18, KB6LWN - Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Group, > > Just received delivery of a new-old Uniden BC-780XLT > Trunk Tracker III Scanner, and I'd like to be able to > program it with my PC (Linux Mint Desktop), and I'm > wondering if there is a 'module' available for Chirp > that will allow me to do this. > Just updated to the latest FlatPak. (Linux Mint 20.4) > > Since I use Linux - I don't have access to run the MS- > Windows version of the software specifically written > for this receiver. Which reminds me 'rigctl' seems to > read the receiver and I have gotten a list of the cmd- > capabilities using that tool, if that is needed... > > If there is not a module specifically FOR this receiver, > perhaps I could get a copy of a module for another unit > that I might be able to modify for my use. > Anything is better than going back to Windows, or trying > to get Wine to work under Linux... > A Linux native (port) is really needed for scanner Ops... > > At this point I use Chirp to program my various BTech, > Bao's, Leixen, and a couple more, and it makes the task > so much easier. Hope to do the same with the scanner... > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Ken Hansen at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected]
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