DB-20G now on Chirp

[GrouserPad]

I figured I would let everyone know, I updated Chirp tonight and saw the Radioddity DB20G is now on the supported radios list. Which Im sure means the other brands of this same radio likely work with it as well. Consider this a friendly heads up. I think we all prefer Chirp over most all oem software. 

[UncleYoda]

2 minutes ago, GrouserPad said:

Vote on each response?

Sort by vote is default for Technical Discussion section.  And it resets to that every time you open the topic.

[GrouserPad]

3 minutes ago, UncleYoda said:

Sort by vote is default for Technical Discussion section.  And it resets to that every time you open the topic.

Oh interesting, I've been using the forum for awhile and never realized this. Maybe I should have posted this thread somewhere else. My apologies.

[WRYS709]

1 hour ago, GrouserPad said:

Vote on each response? Please explain. I'm not sure I follow. I didn't think I put a voting poll above the thread?  I saw the up down carrot on the left of each post. If that is something I added to this thread it was totally by accident.

Yeah: it is from the format you chose to use for your original post. I suspected it was inadvertent!

its a true PITA!

I avoid most of the threads that use this style, but I am committed to following up on DB20-G support.

[UncleYoda]

I reset ch 22 and 38 to TONE and TSQL and that worked.  And then set to fake DCS values, which worked.  And then put the original DCS values back and it's still reading correctly.  So, it's OK for now but I can't be sure it won't reoccur because it did occur on new channels I added for testing.

[UncleYoda]

46 minutes ago, WSHH887 said:

I'll probably get it and play with it.

Chirp is quirky for DOS/Windows users.  Be sure to read the online help page.

[UncleYoda]

7 hours ago, amaff said:

Does it do it if you program in the DCS split tone through the OE software? If so, then it might be something weird with the radio. if not, then it'd be worth reporting the issue to Chirp so it can potentially be corrected/

That doesn't make any sense to me.  I'm not going to write to the radio until Chirp can read from it without errors.

[UncleYoda]

2 minutes ago, RoadApple said:

Interesting to hear, as I've had no issues with it on Windows 10 or 11.

By quirky I meant how it works, such as keys to press (CTRL-BKSP instead of DEL), and that it tries to anticipate what to put in some columns based on what you enter in others, and that it doesn't show RX DCS when tones are same, and so forth.

[UncleYoda]

31 minutes ago, WSHH887 said:

What does CHIRP software do with this radio that the OEM software won't?

I didn't see anything major at first glance.  I mentioned one thing, regarding ch. 8-14, that might be different (don't know yet).  One thing Chirp is typically better at compared to most CCR software is copying channels and moving channels in a block rather than one at a time.  But the DCS split problem could be important as more of the private repeaters are likely to go to split tones, though not necessarily DCS.

 

2 hours ago, WRYS709 said:

Is that the Redman1 repeater?

No, and I'm not getting specific as it is by permission.

[tcp2525]

10 hours ago, WRUU653 said:

It works on a Mac.

What the hell is a Mac, and why would anyone really want one?

[tcp2525]

10 hours ago, UncleYoda said:

Chirp is quirky for DOS/Windows users.  Be sure to read the online help page.

It's definitely worth exactly what you paid for it. Why would anyone complain about free software?