I 100% defer to Dan, what I described is the story I had heard, nothing more.
That said, I own (and like) my FT-7250, but I programmed it long ago with RT-Systems software, I never tried CHIRP. I think if it as the mobile version of the FT-70DR HT, but it does have a reputation of being a problem/odd-ball radio according to its owners. I've owned FT-817/818 radios, but never programmed them with CHIRP. Hope this helps, Ken, N2VIP > On May 13, 2025, at 21:21, Dan Smith via Users <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> >> I have an FT817ND and an FTM7250DR, both of which are listed as supported >> radios. However, I have seen a number of posts on the internet from Yaesu >> stating that using Chirp with Yaesu radios may damage them. >> On the 7250, Chirp uses the clone mode of the radio which, to my mind, is a >> very safe way to go. I am not sure how it works with the 817. >> I would like to use Chirp with both but I am, of course, worried by the >> Yaesu statements. Are these statements still valid? Or have they been >> invalidated by progress within Chirp? Or were they not valid in the first >> instance but a reflection of some other issue? > > Of your options, I'd say "not valid in the first place". Yaesu has never > reached out to the project to complain (or help), but I've heard the same > rumors of passive-aggressive bashing. The 817 has been in use by tons of > CHIRP enthusiasts for a very long time, and even provided the first (only?) > solution to fix their 60m channel memories when the details needed changing. > > That said, I will say that Yaesu radios are the least-robust of really any > radio I've ever worked on. Their programming protocols and memory formats are > more fragile than $25 chinese handhelds, with no good excuse for why. They're > the only radios that (still) require a silly dance of coordinated > button-pushes and software clicks, they don't actually reset their memories > when you ask them to (they just mark all the channels as deleted), and they > don't do much checking of the content you send them over the wire. It's > totally inexcusable for an expensive computer-programmable device in 2025 to > claim that sending something bad over the wire could cause it physical harm, > but that's the implication of their claims. > > I feel like you're probably in good company with other 817 users. The 7250 > was a hot mess that is now discontinued, IIRC. There were apparently some > silently-incompatible firmware version discrepancies floating out there, so > your mileage with CHIRP may vary. I can definitely say you'd be better off > replacing your Yaesu radios with something better and then you don't have to > worry about it :) > > --Dan > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > List archives: > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] List archives: https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
