How to program multiple radios using CHIRP

Chirp is a wonderful program that supports a number of different radios.
The software is located at: http://chirp.danplanet.com on the Internet.

As of Feb. 27, 2014 these are the radios supported by the software.
They are adding radios on a regular basis.

AnyTone AT-5888UV (in daily builds) Also includes the Intek HR-2040 Also includes the Polmar DB-50M Alinco DR-03T DR-06T DR135T DR235T DR435T DJ596T DJ175T Baofeng F-11 (in daily builds) UV-3R UV-5R and variants UV-82/82L/82X (in daily builds) UV-B5/B6 (in daily builds) BF-888 (in daily builds) Baojie BJ-UV55 (in daily builds) Icom IC-80AD IC-2820H ID-800H ID-880H IC-208H IC-2200H IC-91/92AD IC-V/U82 ID-RPx000V/RP2x IC-2100H IC-2720H IC-T70 IC-T7H IC-T8A IC-Q7A IC-W32A IC-746 IC-7200 IC-7000 ID-31A ID-51A (in daily builds) Jetstream JT220M

Kenwood TH-D7A/G TH-D72 TH-F6A TH-F7E TH-G71A (in daily builds) TH-K2 TK-7102/8102/7108/8108 (in daily builds) TM-271A TM-281A (in daily builds) TM-D700 TM-D710 TM-G707 TM-V7A TM-V71A Puxing PX-2R (UHF) PX-777 TYT TH-UV3R TH-UVF1 Yaesu FT-60R FT-90R (in daily builds) FT-817/ND FT-857/D FT-897 FT-1802M FT-2800M FT-7800R/7900R FT-8800R FT-8900R FTM-350R (in daily builds) VX-2R (in daily builds) VX-3R VX-5R VX-6R VX-7R VX-8R Wouxun KG-UVD1P/UV2D/UV3D KG-UV6D/UV6X

Note that not all functionality is supported on all radio models. Take a look at overview of what features are supported for each model.

Other Data Sources

File Formats Comma Separated Values (.csv) Comma Separated Values generated by RT Systems (.csv) (in daily builds) EVE for Yaesu VX-5 (.eve) Kenwood HMK format (.hmk) Kenwood commercial ITM format (.itm) (in daily builds) Icom Data Files (.icf) ARRL TravelPlus (.tpe) (in daily builds) VX5 Commander Files (.vx5) VX7 Commander Files (.vx7)

Internet RadioReference RepeaterBook przemienniki.net (in daily builds) RFinder

I suggest loading the Daily Build version of the software to give you all the recent radios that Chip can work with.   The Daily Builds are located at http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/   and it is always best to load the ZIP version.

There are versions of Chirp that support the Macintosh as well.


I found this wonderful demonstration on how to run the software and program multiple radios using Chirp:

Baofeng Model Comparison Chart

I found this very handy comparison chart posted by BAOFENG TECH.

For best viewing you can RIGHT-CLICK the Image and save it on your hard disk to view with Microsoft Picture Manager.

It outlines all the features of the different Baofeng radios available.    

Check out the UV-82 as right now it is the best bang for the buck and is supported by Chirp.

The new GT-3 is the second generation of the the UV-5 but it is not yet supported by Chirp.

How to Build a Fox Hole Radio

With a  few parts and a little creativity people used build fox hole radios out of a coil of wire, a transistor radio earphone, paperclips, thumb tacks, a pencil and a few feet of wire.  

Back in the 1960's my father and I built one of these and it actually worked.

I found this great video on how to make a radio on YouTube:

Click this link to see how it is done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skKmwT0EccE#t=203