With the FT-60 Commander software, use the Alternate Write Method. It should 
work. 

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> On Mar 17, 2020, at 20:42, John Kemker <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Mark, I can certainly understand why you're sticking with what you have.  
> Makes lots of sense.  However, your description doesn't sound like your radio 
> was bricked.  That version of CHIRP just didn't want to talk to it.  It may 
> work, now, but there's no reason for you to switch, since you already have 
> working software.  Am I right?
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 11:13 PM Mark Lassman via chirp_users 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I tried Chirp and some other program I think it was called FT60 Commander? 
>> Anyway, could never get it to work, the Chirp software and the radio could 
>> not “speak” to each other. I’ve been using the ADMS software for the last 
>> ten years with both the FT60 and the FT-7900 with absolutely NO problems. 
>> Sure, it’s $50 as opposed to “free” (Chirp), but it works, I’m familiar with 
>> it, and it does what I want it to do.
>> 
>>> On Mar 17, 2020, at 7:04 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2020-03-17 08:52, Dennis Wage wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> Is there any documented cases of Chirp bricking a radio so badly it had to 
>>>> be sent back for a factory restore.
>>>>  
>>>> I see so many Yaesu users bring this up that they're afraid to use Chirp 
>>>> because it will break a radio bad enough to void warranty etc. etc...
>>>>  
>>> I've used Chirp many times with my FT-60 w/o so much as a sneeze.
>>> 
>>> Back in the day, speculation was these stories were circulated by Yaesu due 
>>> to their partnership with RTS.  I know HRO sold bare 'Kenwood' cables but 
>>> for my FT-60 I had to buy a cable with the RTS software for $40 - $50.  SW 
>>> was useless to me, me being a Linux guy (and back then w/o a Win VM.)
>>> 
>>> And at that, I later found the cable wouldn't work with one of the 
>>> wx-resistant Yaesu models -- the overmolding wouldn't fit down into the 
>>> programming socket.
>>> 
>>> Benton 17mar2020
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