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CHIRP PROGRAMMING FOR SCANNERS HOW TO
Stick with the manufacturers software for your radio, Yes you will have to get it in English but that is not hard at all if you look online for instructions on how to do it. Every other CPS on the planet has fields for entering RX and TX data separate even old DOS driven software.Ĭhirp is also known for bricking radios in the past and being buggy AF, not working with some radios though the radio model is in the list. I don't like CHIRPs interface, You cannot enter a TX freq separately, you have to use offsets with is retarded AF. I mean, just 10 FRS frequencies, we're talking a difference of:Īt the end of the day, your time is worth something, and a $12 cable will save you MUCH more time than the money you spent on it. It will allow you to quickly program in all the FRS/GMRS/etc frequencies (to listen in). It will allow you to simply click on the menu and load all your local repeaters (by automatically downloading them from radio reference). It will NOT program in police scanner stuff (the radio won't do those anyway). So you can have one radio setup with stations for when you're at home, and a completely different one when you're on a trip, and be able to go back to the 'home' one without spending 4+ hours programming.
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It also allows you to save configurations. It reduces the number of errors you get while programming in stations, and lets you do it MUCH faster. (And it'd be nice to display a text name).Ĭhirp allows you to do all that from a computer, with a nice computer screen and an actual keyboard. Basically: It's really difficult to remember the right key combinations to program in frequencies, save a channel, set the offset, PL tone, etc.