Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-27 Thread benton
On 2020-12-25 11:31, Jim Unroe wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 2:11 PM Martin Cooper wrote: > >> I'm not sure which issue you're referring to, but there are many >> alternatives to Excel, whether you're using Windows, Mac or Linux. It seems >> unlikely that all of them have t

Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread GLEN TERRY
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INFO. SUCH GREAT HELP. MERRY CHRISTMAS. GLEN Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Jim Unroe Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 10:50 AM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet Hi Glen, On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:27 PM Glen

Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread GLEN TERRY
THANK YOU, I’LL TRY THAT. MERRY CHRISTMAS Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Martin Cooper Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 11:12 AM To: Discussion of CHIRP Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet I'm not sure which issue you're referring to, but ther

Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread GLEN TERRY
THANK YOU MERRY CHRISTMAS. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 12:00 PM To: Discussion of CHIRP; Martin Cooper Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet Several have reported that Excel can insert extra random

Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Several have reported that Excel can insert extra random characters into empty cells which Chirp then rejectd. I use Libre Office which seems OK. The other problem is people having difficulty getting the columns and their labels in the right order. Safer to stick to the Chirp editor. > On

Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread Jim Unroe
Hi Martin, On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 2:11 PM Martin Cooper wrote: > > I'm not sure which issue you're referring to, but there are many alternatives > to Excel, whether you're using Windows, Mac or Linux. It seems unlikely that > all of them have the same problem. > > Martin. > KD6YAM > For some

Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread Martin Cooper
I'm not sure which issue you're referring to, but there are many alternatives to Excel, whether you're using Windows, Mac or Linux. It seems unlikely that all of them have the same problem. Martin. KD6YAM On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 11:02 AM Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: > Because of a known iss

Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Because of a known issue with MS Excel, I never recomment the use of spreadsheets with Chirp. > On 25/12/2020 13:48 Jim Unroe wrote: > > > Hi Glen, > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:27 PM Glen Terry wrote: > > > > Good morning, MERRY CHRISTMAS. In programming my Baofengs, I'm wondering > >

Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread Jim Unroe
Hi Glen, On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:27 PM Glen Terry wrote: > > Good morning, MERRY CHRISTMAS. In programming my Baofengs, I'm wondering how > to convert pre done lists into the chirp to download to the radios. > To expand on Nigel's advice, enter a few known to be working channels into the CH

Re: [chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
You type them in to the Chirp editor. > On 25/12/2020 12:25 Glen Terry wrote: > > > Good morning, MERRY CHRISTMAS. In programming my Baofengs, I'm wondering > how to convert pre done lists into the chirp to download to the radios. > > Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone >

[chirp_users] Using premade cvs or execl spreadsheet

2020-12-25 Thread Glen Terry
Good morning, MERRY CHRISTMAS.  In programming my Baofengs, I'm wondering how to convert pre done lists into the chirp to download to the radios. Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone___ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com htt