To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software:

Please do not make requests for copies of radio programming software which is sold (or was sold) by the manufacturer for any monetary value. All requests will be deleted and a forum infraction issued. Making a request such as this is attempting to engage in software piracy and this forum cannot be involved or associated with this activity. The same goes for any private transaction via Private Message. Even if you attempt to engage in this activity in PM's we will still enforce the forum rules. Your PM's are not private and the administration has the right to read them if there's a hint to criminal activity.

If you are having trouble legally obtaining software please state so. We do not want any hurt feelings when your vague post is mistaken for a free request. It is YOUR responsibility to properly word your request.

To obtain Motorola software see the Sticky in the Motorola forum.

The various other vendors often permit their dealers to sell the software online (i.e., Kenwood). Please use Google or some other search engine to find a dealer that sells the software. Typically each series or individual radio requires its own software package. Often the Kenwood software is less than $100 so don't be a cheapskate; just purchase it.

For M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola).

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Support for CHIRP. They have their own mailing list.

Thread starter AK9R
Start date May 15, 2020

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AK9R

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May 15, 2020

This is cross-posted from the Amateur Radio Equipment forum for the benefit of users who haven't looked there:

ka3jjz said:
I see a number of requests both here and on the budget transceivers forum re questions about CHIRP.

If no one answers here, it has its own dedicated mailing list, and I'm sure the developers are over there, not here. Here's the link -

chirp_users Info Page

There are also archives that you can search without being a member of the list. Might be another source of information if you are having an issue with a specific radio.

Mike