Great news for Mac users who want to program their radios using CHIRP!!
Looks like you can be up and programming the radios supported by CHIRP in about 20 minutes.
This just in from my friend, Chris Kiouftis.
I just finished figuring out chirp on mac
Go here and follow CHIRP Instructions for MAC OS 10 Minutes
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download
Then go here and follow instructions for prolific driver 10 Minutes
http://www.xbsd.nl/2011/07/pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lion.html
I do not have anything to personally test this but Chris tells me that it works like a charm!
Versions of CHIRP also run on Windows and Lynux.
CHIRP Website: http://chirp.danplanet.com/
Chirp supports the following radios:
AnyTone
AT-5888UV (in daily builds)
Alinco
DR-03T
DR-06T
DR135T
DR235T
DR435T
DJ596T
DJ175T
Baofeng
F-11 (in daily builds)
UV-3R
UV-5R
UV-82 (in daily builds)
UV-B5/B6 (in daily builds)
BF-888 (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/281A
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
FT-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
Friday, October 4, 2013
CALIFORNIA QSO PARTY October 5-6, 2013
October 5-6, 2013
The California QSO Party (CQP) is the premier state QSO party held every year on the first weekend of October. The Northern California Contest Club (NCCC) has sponsored CQP since 1974. CQP has traditionally opened the annual contest season by providing an opportunity for contesters to prepare for the ARRL November Sweepstakes since the format is similar.
For all the details and resources check out their website at:
http://cqp.org/
Monday, September 30, 2013
A Blast From The Past: Vintage Film With Dick Van Dyke Hamming It Up.
Found this on YouTube and thought it fun to share with you:
Thursday, September 26, 2013
PROLIFIC 3.2.0.0 DRIVER GUIDE FOR WIDOWS 7 (not yet personally tested on Windows 8 but they say it works)
PROLIFIC 3.2.0.0 DRIVER GUIDE FOR WIDOWS 7 (not yet tested on Windows 8)
Must USB Programming cables for Wouxon and Boafeng (Kenwood style) come with a driver and software disk. The drivers may not work on all systems. Having a number of different systems I have had much success with the PROLIFIC 3.2.0.0 driver.
You can get it at the following site at no charge:
http://www.miklor.com/COM/software/Win_Driver_Prolific_3.2.0.0.exe
Additional help can be found at:
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
If you purchase a radio from The Ham Coach a resource disc is included with the driver as well as the latest version of CHIRP programming software.
How to install the Prolific Driver for MS WINDOWS SYSTEMS
Do not plug programming cable yet.
1 Load Prolific driver on to a folder of your computer.
The driver that seems to work without complications is version 3.2.0.0
2 Launch driver so it installs in your system by double clicking the icon. This will take a few minutes.
3 While the driver is loading and doing its thing pick a USB port for your programming cable and make a note of that. Putting a little piece of colored tape next to that port will serve as a reminder. Your programming cable needs to be put in the same USB port every time or else the COM port selection may not work.
Do not go any further until the driver is done loading.
4 Once the driver has loaded insert the programming cable – do not connect to radio yet
5 Allow your computer to configure the driver to the cable. This takes a few minutes.
Once the computer has finished this process you will probably see a notice on the bottom right corner that it is done.
6 Go to Control panel and in the System section locate and open your DEVICE MANAGER
7 Look for PORTS COM & LPT and CLICK it open.
8 Click PROLIFIC USB TO SERIAL COMM PORT (COM X)
9 Click port Settings
They should read
Bits per second: 1200
Data Bits : 8
Parity : NONE
Stop bits : 1
Flow Control : None
10 Click ADANCED
COM PORT should be set for COM 1 If your system COM 1 is used try to select a low number and make a note of that for when you configure your software for later.
Click OK when done and the ADVANCED window should be closed and you should be back to PROLIFIC PROPERTIES
11 CLICK DRIVER (this is the tricky part)
Driver should read VERSION 3.2.0.0
If not click UPDATE DRIVER
BROWSE MY COMPUTER FOR DRIVER SOFTWARE
click LET ME PICK FROM A LIST OF DEVICE DRIVERS ON MY COMPUTER
Select PROLIFIC 3.2.0.0
CLICK OK until you are back to DEVICE MANAGER Window
Close DEVICE MANAGER.
12 Load CHIRP and/or Baofeng programming software.
Set COM port to the correct COM PORT, which you have set in your Prolific Driver
Note: When using your CHIRP or BOAFENG Software always READ FROM THE RADIO first. That writes the image of the radio onto your hard disc so your computer will recognize it for programming.
Must USB Programming cables for Wouxon and Boafeng (Kenwood style) come with a driver and software disk. The drivers may not work on all systems. Having a number of different systems I have had much success with the PROLIFIC 3.2.0.0 driver.
You can get it at the following site at no charge:
http://www.miklor.com/COM/software/Win_Driver_Prolific_3.2.0.0.exe
Additional help can be found at:
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
If you purchase a radio from The Ham Coach a resource disc is included with the driver as well as the latest version of CHIRP programming software.
How to install the Prolific Driver for MS WINDOWS SYSTEMS
Do not plug programming cable yet.
1 Load Prolific driver on to a folder of your computer.
The driver that seems to work without complications is version 3.2.0.0
2 Launch driver so it installs in your system by double clicking the icon. This will take a few minutes.
3 While the driver is loading and doing its thing pick a USB port for your programming cable and make a note of that. Putting a little piece of colored tape next to that port will serve as a reminder. Your programming cable needs to be put in the same USB port every time or else the COM port selection may not work.
Do not go any further until the driver is done loading.
4 Once the driver has loaded insert the programming cable – do not connect to radio yet
5 Allow your computer to configure the driver to the cable. This takes a few minutes.
Once the computer has finished this process you will probably see a notice on the bottom right corner that it is done.
6 Go to Control panel and in the System section locate and open your DEVICE MANAGER
7 Look for PORTS COM & LPT and CLICK it open.
8 Click PROLIFIC USB TO SERIAL COMM PORT (COM X)
9 Click port Settings
They should read
Bits per second: 1200
Data Bits : 8
Parity : NONE
Stop bits : 1
Flow Control : None
10 Click ADANCED
COM PORT should be set for COM 1 If your system COM 1 is used try to select a low number and make a note of that for when you configure your software for later.
Click OK when done and the ADVANCED window should be closed and you should be back to PROLIFIC PROPERTIES
11 CLICK DRIVER (this is the tricky part)
Driver should read VERSION 3.2.0.0
If not click UPDATE DRIVER
BROWSE MY COMPUTER FOR DRIVER SOFTWARE
click LET ME PICK FROM A LIST OF DEVICE DRIVERS ON MY COMPUTER
Select PROLIFIC 3.2.0.0
CLICK OK until you are back to DEVICE MANAGER Window
Close DEVICE MANAGER.
12 Load CHIRP and/or Baofeng programming software.
Set COM port to the correct COM PORT, which you have set in your Prolific Driver
Note: When using your CHIRP or BOAFENG Software always READ FROM THE RADIO first. That writes the image of the radio onto your hard disc so your computer will recognize it for programming.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Long Beach, CA: Technician License Class
The Association of Radio Amateurs of Long Beach will be hosting a Technician License Class
The class begins Saturday, September 14 from
9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon and runs
7 weeks with exam on the 8th week.
Class will meet in Classroom 2 at the Long Beach American Red Cross located at
3150 E. 29th St. Long Beach, CA Click here for map
For more information
Bill Bradley, WD6FON by email: WD6FON@arrl.net
If your club or organization is having a class or event and you would like to advertise it here at no charge please email me the details at KI6DZV@GMAIL.COM
HAM RADIO EVENTS COMING SOON!
Thanks to my friend Jason (W6AUX) for this great compilation:
http://w6aux.bl
http://w6aux.bl
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Ham Nation Celebrates One Hundredth Show
As Ed Sullivan might say, "A really big show!"
Congrats to the crew of Ham Nation on your 100 program.
Thanks for bring great news and informative programming to the Amateur Radio world.
Congrats to the crew of Ham Nation on your 100 program.
Thanks for bring great news and informative programming to the Amateur Radio world.
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