They could, perhaps, read the message footer in any message and then click on the "Searchable archive" link. :-)
Martin. KD6YAM On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 8:11 PM <pizzi....@gmail.com> wrote: > How does one (easily) search the archives for a question? > > Surely, you don't expect people to download the archive files and grep > them? > Nor, I hope, do you expect someone to open each month's archive to see if > any of the threads or subjects match the question? > > Joe Pizzi > KI5LST > > -----Original Message----- > From: chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com > <chirp_users-boun...@intrepid.danplanet.com> On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn > G8IFF/W8IFF > Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:28 PM > To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com>; Al Jones > <a...@aljones.us> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Windows 11 > > It surprises me, although it shouldn't, the number of people who ask the > same question that's been asked and answered numerous times and is in the > group archives, but then it's easier to be lazy and ask it again than do > your own research and look to see if someone in the past has had the same > question answered. > > > On 05/04/2023 20:39 GMT Al Jones <a...@aljones.us> wrote: > > > > > > Nigel, et al, personally it gets to be insulting to me (and others, > > probably) when you all come back with "Get a real FTDI" chip. I've been > > around ham radio since I was a teen (more as a SWL) but when I bought my > > first cable it was, of course, a counterfeit chip and I needed to > > install the older Prolific driver ... I didn't find out anything about > > the chips and the drivers till Windows did an update and wiped out the > > driver loaded by the company software. > > I'd guess that most of the people who are asking "Why doesn't this > > work?" already have spent money on a cable and are only now finding that > > things aren't as straightforward as it should be ... if they'd bought > > the right cable in the fist place. It's a lot more pleasant experience > > to help them solve their problems rather than infer they didn't do their > > homework before they even knew there was a problem. > > > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > >From "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <ni...@ngunn.net> > > To "Dave B" <g8kbvd...@googlemail.com>; "Dave B via chirp_users" > > <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> > > Date 4/5/2023 15:18:42 > > Subject Re: [chirp_users] Windows 11 > > > > >You don't need to look else where. > > >Buy direct from the FTDI website. > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 05/04/2023 19:26 GMT Dave B via chirp_users > <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote: > > >> > > >... > > >> > > >> Buy a proper "Genuine" FTDI based cable. No more problems after that. > > >> > > >> If your supplier/seller cannot guarantee a genuine FTDI based > product, > > >> look elsewhere. (Or build the cable assembly yourself.) > > > > > >Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366 > > >Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail ni...@ngunn.net www > http://www.ngunn.net > > >_______________________________________________ > > >chirp_users mailing list > > >chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > > >http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > >This message was sent to Al Jones at a...@aljones.us > > >To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > > >To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > > >Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@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 Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at ni...@ngunn.net > > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > > Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366 > Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail ni...@ngunn.net www > http://www.ngunn.net > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Joe Pizzi at pizzi....@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@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 Martin Cooper at mfncoo...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >
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