Hi Juergen, > if I understand you properly it means that I have to download a file > from the radio first and then start to modify it and upload the > updated file back to the radio again. Is this true?
That's correct. Since the ID-800H (like the rest of the mobile radios) are clone-types, if I were to provide a way for you to create a blank ID-800H file from scratch, programming your radio with it would wipe out all of your other settings, which is probably not what you want. > This would mean that I could not generate a new file from scratch as > I was trying to do (but without success). Well, you can create a virtual radio file (with File->New), write a bunch of memory information, and save it as a .chirp file. From that, you can then import it into your radio's image when you clone it. This will let you build some stuff ahead of time, but you do have to clone the radio from a real clone image at some point. You might consider joining the CHIRP mailing list (as linked from the main CHIRP page) for more discussion, help, and information about beta versions with more features. Good luck! -- Dan Smith dsmith#danplanet.com, s/#/@/ www.danplanet.com KK7DS
