The "months and years" was about how long it can take to get a loaner/donated radio into a developer's hands.
I think the coding process is much shorter than "years". Ken, N2VIP > On Dec 19, 2021, at 14:18, Jeff K3JRZ <k3jrz.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I think missed that part from the original issue. And, no, I have not thought > about volunteering my brand new radio for “months or years”, mostly because > *I’ve* been burned badly before by similar situations with people I know or > knew. I’m not saying the developers can’t be trusted, I’m sure they can, but > *I* do not trust others I do not know, due to *MY* *personal* experiences. > And those are my problems to deal with. > > I know it’s all volunteers and stuff. I’m part of several such ham radio > communities that are the same way. I was just asking if there’s been any > update (“Has any progress been made…”) since it’s been 3 months that have > passed. Really I just wanted a simple answer of yes or no. But I’ll take all > of that as a “no”. > > Thank you for the reply. > > >> On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 13:47 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n...@arrl.net> wrote: >> Jeff, >> >> The issue you posted says "equipment loan not offered". >> >> Until someone either offers a loan to the development team, or someone buys >> and gives a radio to the development team, nothing can be done. >> >> Even when equipment is offered for loan, a developer has to be interested in >> the project to volunteer. This can take months or even years. >> >> I have a feeling that an offer to buy the radio for a developer would get >> them VERY interested in supporting development for this radio. >> >> Remember this is a totally community effort that is given away to users >> without charge. >> >> Have you thought about volunteering the loan of your radio? >> >> Best wishes, >> >> David N1EA >> Just a CHIRP user >> >> =30= >> >>> On Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 12:23 Jeff K3JRZ <k3jrz.j...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I know it's been a while (over 3 months since the Yaesu FT-5D radio has be >>> released and just as long as the info/issue (#9365) about using CHIRP with >>> the FT-5D (https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/9365) dated 09/11/2021. I >>> also do not see the radio listed on the CHIRP site. Since then RT Systems >>> and Yaesu both have applications to program the FT-5D. I've used the Yaesu >>> ADMS14 through my Win10 VM and in my honest opinion it's complete garbage. >>> It's the first Yaesu app that I've used to program a radio. CHIRP is by far >>> THE best that I've used, AND userit works on my Mac. >>> >>> Has any progress been made to have CHIRP be able to program the FT-5D? >>> Even if it's just writing to a micro SD card that could be read by the >>> radio it would be great. >>> >>> Thanks & 73. >>> >>> Jeff >>> K3JRZ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> chirp_users mailing list >>> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >>> This message was sent to D.J.J. Ring, Jr. at n...@arrl.net >>> To unsubscribe, send an email to >>> chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to Jeff K3JRZ at k3jrz.j...@gmail.com >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Ken Hansen at k...@n2vip.org > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com
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