Very simple solution that was in post 2. Enter your username/pw. What are we missing here ?
Everything.
Some sharp people in the CHIRP group answered my questions.
CHIRP IMPORT DOES NOT CURRENTLY WORK WITH RADIOREFERENCE.COM DATABASES FROM CANADA.
A patch is required to fix the software. I have dome some programming, but haven't used Python, which is required to modify the patch for to make it usable in Windows OS:
Chirp users replied:
#1: "The solution has been requested by boatloads of folks, and I would love for folks to be able to get their hands on it...
I have recently added this feature for Canada/RadioReference and I submitted the patch on Nov 29th (for the stable branch - py3). If you're savvy, you can used the attached patch file to add support for importing from any province in Canada.
#2: "The Chirp software is written in the Python programming language and the patch file was created by its author using the 'diff' tool. The diff tool compares the modified copy of the source (.py) file(s) (in this case x3 files) to the original source files and creates a 'patch file' that records the differences. This is useful because those differences can then be applied by anyone who has an unpatched version of the source files on their computer by using the 'patch' tool. This is a common approach among open source developers for distributing patches so its worth being aware of how they work. In this instance someone has kindly shared a list of changes they to their copy of Chirp in a form that can be applied automatically by anyone with the appropriate tool.
However, there is a caveat. You do not mention whether you are using Windows, Mac or Linux? This patch file applies to the original Python (.py) program files. On most Unix based systems, Python is installed by default and as it is commonly used by various system tools. The Chirp program is supplied as a series of .py files along with various other supplementary files. On my computer I found the Chirp directory at:
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chirp
The patch file would need to be copied there and then the patch tool would be run. The most basic invocation is:
patch -i addRadioRefCanadaSearch.patch
This would apply modifications to the three .py files listed at the start of the patch file. Before applying the patch, it is usually good to first make a copy of the contents of the original directory in case something goes wrong. This will work for Linux and probably on Mac, although you will need to find the location for the program directory on the Mac.
However, on Windows, Chirp is supplied as a binary (.exe) program and its dependencies (required supplemental packages) including Python 2.7 are packaged into a series of .dll files. The program is provided in a very different form so that it will run in Windows. That patch file will unfortunately not work with the Windows version, neither the installer nor the .zip version. I do not have sufficient knowledge of how Chrip has been packaged for Windows to be able to help. Maybe someone else does or you will have to wait for the author to include the patch in the next official version.
So, I guess that we will have to wait for the bulk dump & will manually add the main ones that are required.
Is there a link to a good reference for for manually configuring CHIRP Memory (ie: which Properties are required)?
