Agreed. If you can, use Libre Office rather than a Microsoft product. Excel messes with the empty comma seperated fields at the end of each row.
> On 23/03/2021 11:37 Glenn K0LNY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well from the perspective of a screenreader user, I find editing things > much easier to make changes in a spreadsheet program outside of Chirp and > import them after the changes were made, so I would call that, the better way. > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF mailto:[email protected] > To: Eric Oyen mailto:[email protected] ; Eric Oyen via chirp_users > mailto:[email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 7:45 AM > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] I get an "unknown file format" when importing > > The best way is not to use CSV files at all. > > > > On 23/03/2021 02:08 Eric Oyen via chirp_users > <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > > One good way I have found to edit CsV files is to use a spreadsheet > > program like Microsoft excel or one of the linux free variants. Simply > > import as a cSV, do your editing, then export back to a CSV file. Compare > > the original to the new edited version to make sure the same number of > > commas are in place on the right lines. BTW, I have already tried this on > > my windows box using excel and a program specifically designed for the > > Baofeng radio. So, it should work the same way with chirp as both that > > program and cHIRP should read or write CSV files in the same way. > > > > DE n7zzt Eric > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 20, 2021, at 11:39 AM, Jim Unroe > > <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 1:25 PM Steve Vecchiarelli via > > > chirp_users > > > <[email protected] > > > mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > ’m trying to import a csv file > > > into CHIRP to upload back to my radio. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steps I’ve taken: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Connected radio to CHIRP and downloaded the memories to > > > > CHIRP > > > > Exported memories to a CSV file > > > > Added the new frequencies to the CSV file > > > > Saved CSV and tried to import back to CHIRP bur getting > > > > an unknown file format message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What am I missing? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > KF0CPV > > > > > > > > > > > How did you edit the CSV file? > > > What did you change? > > > Did you compare the new CSV file to the original file CSV > > > file using a > > > text editor? > > > Attach both the before and after CSV files to this > > > conversation so > > > that they can be reviewed. > > > > > > The most common cause of trouble is... > > > > > > - The data format of a cell was changed. > > > - The number of commas required at the end of a data row was > > > changed. > > > > > > Jim KC9HI > > > _______________________________________________ > > > chirp_users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > mailto:[email protected] > > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > > > This message was sent to Eric Oyen at [email protected] > > > mailto:[email protected] > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to > > > [email protected] > > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing > > list [email protected] > > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was > > sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email > > to [email protected] > > > > > > > Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366 > Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail [email protected] www > http://www.ngunn.net > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Glenn 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 Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail [email protected] www http://www.ngunn.net
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