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VanceVagell / kv4p-ht

Open source handheld ham radio project KV4P-HT
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[Android] Serial protocol for programming using CHIRP #31

Open pedjas opened 1 month ago

pedjas commented 1 month ago

CHIRP is open source app for programming memories and settings for number of radios. it would be cool if kv4p-ht has protocol that allows it be supported by CHIRP.

VanceVagell commented 1 month ago

Thanks for the idea! I'm going to close this for now because a goal of the project is to not require people to use "programming" tools to get repeaters into their radio. I'm actually hopeful we can do this automatically in the near future (see issue #8 ) so they don't need to add them at all.

But I understand CHIRP is a popular tool, so if there's enough interest we may consider this in the future.

pedjas commented 3 weeks ago

It is not just about repeaters (there are repeaters that are not listed in public databases) but any other frequencies users need to memorize in their radios.

If one already has his own prepared list of frequencies he uses in other radios, why not allowing him to use the same list to set kv4p-ht? My suggestion comes from the fact that large number of people use Chirp for that. Actually, if radio is supported by Chirp is very often important factor that decides if one would get some radio or not.

VanceVagell commented 3 days ago

Reopening this, it's been requested by a few people. Anyone who wants to help implement this is welcome to.