Hi all, I've been working on a tool that aims to accomplish the following goals:
- Program as many ICOM radio models as possible with a single app - Be open-source - Be cross-platform - Support open data formats The result is CHIRP (CHIRP Handles Icom Radio Programming) and is reasonably functional at this point. It supports the following radios: - IC-2820H - IC-2200H - ID-800H - IC-91AD - IC-92AD Currently, it just imports/exports the memory contents to a CSV file, with attributes like Name, Frequency, Tone, and Duplex. More will come in the future, but I think this is a good start. It's very rough, and probably very buggy. I have reverse-engineered the clone protocol and memory formats by just sniffing the wire, so I'm sure there are plenty of errors at this point. However, if you'd like to give it a try and report back, it would be much appreciated. If you have the ICOM-supplied program for your radio, it wouldn't hurt to make a backup before you play. It's not much yet, but I feel confident that I can turn it into a reasonable replacement for the jumble of commercial options available. If you're interested, check it out here: http://chirp.danplanet.com I'm posting this here because people have expressed a desire for this functionality in this forum. If you know of other places that would be appropriate for an announcement, please let me know. Thanks! -- Dan Smith dsmith#danplanet.com, s/#/@/ www.danplanet.com KK7DS
