Radio Linux Software - CHIRP Transceiver Memory Programming Application

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

ATTENTION - Vinux Radio Amateurs - and others interested in radio software:

The Subject says most of it.  Off topic but useful.  Best of all to the "minority" operating system users, it supports Windows, Mac and Linux.

Have one of those new radios that needs to be programmed?  The small transceivers can be a real pain in the computer port <grin>.

This software gets a plug because it does the job for many, many radios and does it without cost to you.

CHIRP

http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

From the Web Site:

CHIRP is a free, open-source tool for programming your amateur radio. It supports a large number of manufacturers and models, as well as provides a way to interface with multiple data sources and formats.

Windows

Note that only Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 are supported

• Windows installer: chirp-0.2.2-installer.exe (Recommended)
• Windows standalone: chirp-0.2.2-win32.zip

Linux

Most modern distributions should have almost everything required to run chirp. Make sure you have python-serial and python-libxml2 packages installed.

• Source tarball: chirp-0.2.2.tar.gz
• Fedora users: d-rats-repo.rpm
• Ubuntu users: ppa:ubuntu-hams-updates/ppa

For more information about using CHIRP under Linux, see the Running Under Linux page

Mac OS

MacOS users must install the KK7DS Python runtime before the application will execute. This only needs to be installed once.

• Application package: chirp-0.2.2.app.zip

Supported Radio Models

Alinco

DR-03T
DR-06T
DR135T
DR235T
DR435T
DJ596T

Baofeng

UV-3R
UV-5R (in daily builds)

Icom

IC-2820H
ID-800H
ID-880H
IC-2200H
IC-91/92AD
IC-V/U82
ID-RPx000V/RP2x
IC-2100H
IC-2720H
IC-T70
IC-Q7A
IC-W32A
IC-7200
IC-7000
ID-31A

Jetstream

JT220M

Kenwood

TH-D7A/G
TH-D72
TH-F6A
TH-K2
TM-271A
TM-D700
TM-D710
TM-G707 (in daily builds)
TM-V7A
TM-V71A

Puxing

PX-2R (UHF)
PX-777

Yaesu

FT-60R
FT-817/ND
FT-857/D
FT-897
FT-2800M
FT-7800R
FT-7900R
FT-8800R
FT-8900R
VX-3R
VX-5R
VX-6R
VX-7R
VX-8R

Wouxun

KG-UVD1P/UV2D/UV3D

Wow, what a long list!  Nice.

David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA

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[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Vinux Users who like amateur radio could add this ppa for latest amateur radio programs.

In terminal past this line and when prompted press ENTER.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-hams-updates/ppa

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[jeremy]

Something that may be worth noting is how well it works with the different screenreaders, orca and speakup in linux, if this beasty is able to work via the command line and wen eyes, jfw or NVDA on windows. I can say that at least from what I've seen, it does not work well with NVDA, but that may be do to error on my part.

Take care.

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[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

OK, Jeremy,

Try it and tell us how it works.

Thanks for the suggestion and for volunteering.

DR

[jeremy]

Not sure if I'd call it volunteering, but I'll do my best. I can at least give it a shot on the linux side and as I've mentioned, with NVDA. I'm guessing that it works at least somewhat with jfw though, as I've come across articles on using it with a screenreader. All the same though, if it works on linux, either from the command line or what's available to us so far with orca, that's a huge plus.
As always, thanks David for pointing out yet another neat peace of software.

Take care.