Actually,digital radios ARE supported by CHIRP. Been using CHIRP for the past 6.5 years with my FT-1D. If you look at the wiki page https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home the FT-2D and FT-3D are also listed among others.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 15:22 D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n...@arrl.net> wrote: > Jeff, > > No progress can be made until a volunteer has offered to loan a radio. > > That's the best answer that can be given. > > Also many radios, especially those that are not extremely popular take > years if they even finally get supported at all. > > Ken N2VIP says the coding process is much shorter than "years", and > that is true, but getting someone to take the development of code sometimes > takes years, but after someone volunteers, it usually goes quite quickly. > > > I have no problem with it taking years, this is a volunteer project, I and > several others proposed the Wouxun KG-UV8E in 2016, and we were overjoyed > when a developer took it and made it work with CHIRP, some of the delay was > finding someone who had a loaner radio who would be able to ship the radio > to the developer who was located in Cuba, USA still has an embargo with > that island nation, so a volunteer from Canada actually arranged for the > radio to be hand delivered in airplane luggage to the developer. That's > first class service. > > But things cannot move until a volunteer radio is offered. > > Also I just looked up the FT5DR and it seems to C4FM radio, and unless my > memory is unreliable, digital radios as a class aren't supported by CHIRP. > > I hope someone of the developers can comment on that, I didn't realize it > was a C4FM radio in the beginning. > > Regards, > > DR > N1EA > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 2:18 PM 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. 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