CHIRP for Baofeng

[Nashua Area Radio Society]

Hello everyone,

In preparation for tonight’s chat on the N1IMO repeater, I made the mistake of erasing all of the presets on my HT.   Ugh…

Can anyone share with me a CHIRP file that contains the repeaters in our area to be used in configuring a Baofeng BF-F8HP?

Thanks,

Ryan

[Anonymous]

Hi Ryan,

After you download the radio to chirp so it know what radio you are using, just choose Repeater Book to import from. In Repeaterbook you can make some choices like band, geographic area to import. You can do some rearranging and choose which contacts you want and don’t want. It takes some practice but once you get the hang of it you’ll be fine.

Patrick W1YTT

[Burns FISHER]

If anyone wants the local repeaters and a few satellites pre-done for Chip, you can get my copy here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tp0ca39bsdmshgt/AABkTGBR18ox48UFXNPXUudWa?dl=0

This should be similar to the memories that the club sets up if you bring your radio to an event and ask to have it programmed.  As the previous reply said, in Chirp you first have to download your radio into Chirp, then import this CSV file, add it to the radio, and then write it back to the radio.

BTW, to save Fred the trouble, he recommends RT-Systems.  I had to buy a copy of that for my IC9700 and yes, it works fine, is a bit easier to use, and has more features; its biggest problem is that you have to buy a copy for each different radio, although when you buy it with the connector it is not much more than the connector alone.

I happen to have a number of radios as well as all the connectors, and I don’t mind a bit of fiddling, so Chirp is more economical for me.  Not to mention, it works on Linux 🙂  I use it on a Kenwood TS-2000, TH-F6, TH-D72, Baofeng F8-HP, and Yaesu FT-817.

73 de WB1FJ

[Nashua Area Radio Society]

Thank you for the replies.  My HT is back on the air.

 

 

[Anonymous]

Great to hear Ryan. An HT is always a handy thing (HT?) to have with you. The biggest difference  i see between HT’s is the extras it has beyond V/UHF. Those are the personal choices. 73 Patrick W1YTT

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