Hi all I'm fairly new to using radio reference with chirp so i setup a paid account here to use the database and just was so excited i just plugged in my user name and password on chirp did the download from source and after a few minutes i got well over 5000 radio stations and it will be a very painful task to go through the entire list and be able to program the 128 memories in my Baofeng radio can anyone here offer me advice on how to make this task much more simple for me as i just want a local weather station on the top and its skipped from scanning and then the 2 meter and 70 centimeter Ham station first a few simplex calling freqs then the repeaters after those then the GMRS/FRS and finally the police fire and public service and have those set in a way as so i don't transmit to them by mistake i did see a few videos on YouTube but must have shown a older version of chirp since in mine there is no way to filter out what radio refferance downloads to chirp thanks very much for all the help i can get.
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Baofeng Programming with Chirp
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I would suggest you watch a youtube video so you can learn - or read the howto guide
You can search further from there on what you're trying to do - use keywords not sentences for better results.
Every time I try to do a direct download from the chirp software I have the dilemma of getting the entire database on the zip code that I entered when I may only be looking for the ham radio 2 meter 70 center meter frequency or just Gmrs/from or Commercial for example and I am tired of having to spend a very long time going through 50 million different frequency and modes can anyone get me to a good faq
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You can only download the categories that Chirp offers, then it will download all possibilities and you need to sort through them. There is no way to modify the list of frequencies before download, it is all or nothing based on the group of frequencies you are requesting.
that's not at all helpful since all i am able to do is download the entire California database and it does not let you lets say for example just get 2 meter and 70 centimeter FM repeaters it gives everything for the state and every type of service and i have been going through it and so far has taken me well over 3 months to do and i still am not able to get just the 128 freq's i want and it will take a lifetime to go through it is there a way i can set it up on the website so when i go to chirp i will only have the exactly what i need when i go back to chirp with my user name and password so i dont have to download 50 million items and that would make life much easier for me thanks and 73s N2vgc
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Best to check here for help with Chirp:
Since it downloads based on zip code you aren't getting the entire California database.
Yes, it lets you download just the ham repeaters in the bands you want.
Perhaps you should type in the 128 frequencies you want into a CSV file and import them, rather than relying on one of the database imports if it has taken you 3 months.
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