With the FT-60 Commander software, use the Alternate Write Method. It should work.
www.kc8unj.com Jardy Dawson WA7JRD Message sent by....Oh, who the heck cares, anyway? Could be my shoelaces, as far as I care! > 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 >>> -- >>> NX7O >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> chirp_users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >>> This message was sent to Mark at [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send an email to >>> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to W5NNH at [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> [email protected] > > > -- > --John E Kemker III > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Jardy at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected]
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