Hey folks,
I'm still new here so, please pardon me if this is in the wrong spot. I sort of scanned the titles of all the possible places it could go but, I just didn't think it applied to any particular spot. So, with all that being said, here's my issue. I have two handy-talkies. One the Yeasu VX-170 and the other was just acquired, a Baofeng UV5R. I know, I know, many of you dislike the Baofeng. it's merely a backup in case the Yeasu decides to go south for some odd reason. So, a friend who has Chirp, downloaded a lot of frequencies for me onto the Baofeng.
But, I wanted to setup Chirp for myself so I could make adjustments/alterations etc. at any given time, even though I really don't mind the bit of a challenge it is to manually program either radio. Once you get used to it, I can actually get pretty fast in programming either one. So here's my issue. I get onto Chirps home page and try as diligently as possible, to follow at least one of the youtube videos that shows how to download Chirp. Well, in the many steps, I get to the one where it has a screen that shows the different platforms that each person is to use, base on the type of computer or system they have.
Mine is a lap top that uses Windows 8.1 as an operating system. So, I get to that screen that says to use the highlighted "Windows installer/exe." etc. Just like the gent on the youtube, I click on that but, this is where things go haywire. The gent on youtube clicks on that same line and the next screen shows a line at the very bottom of his screen that says something like "run.....Save....etc. But, after clicking on that highlighted line for me, my next screen does not display that line at th the bottom of my screen. all mine does is go to a box in the middle of the screen that wants me to allow for that program to make adjustments to my computer. I click on it and, for the umpteenth time, my screen automatically goes to my collection of downloads and, a dark blue line appears at the bottom, with something at the far left. If I click on it, the next screen shows the graph that progressed across the box 'till it's done. Then, all that's left when the green graph is done, in that same text box is "Close". I hit close and, THAT'S IT, PERIOD!
There is no Chirp program, no icon on the desk top, nothing accept for a spot in my downloads that indicates chirp is there. If I click on it, the process starts all over again. I got real frustrated last night trying to do, what, on youtube seems to be a really simple program to install. Can someone help here?
Scott
I'm still new here so, please pardon me if this is in the wrong spot. I sort of scanned the titles of all the possible places it could go but, I just didn't think it applied to any particular spot. So, with all that being said, here's my issue. I have two handy-talkies. One the Yeasu VX-170 and the other was just acquired, a Baofeng UV5R. I know, I know, many of you dislike the Baofeng. it's merely a backup in case the Yeasu decides to go south for some odd reason. So, a friend who has Chirp, downloaded a lot of frequencies for me onto the Baofeng.
But, I wanted to setup Chirp for myself so I could make adjustments/alterations etc. at any given time, even though I really don't mind the bit of a challenge it is to manually program either radio. Once you get used to it, I can actually get pretty fast in programming either one. So here's my issue. I get onto Chirps home page and try as diligently as possible, to follow at least one of the youtube videos that shows how to download Chirp. Well, in the many steps, I get to the one where it has a screen that shows the different platforms that each person is to use, base on the type of computer or system they have.
Mine is a lap top that uses Windows 8.1 as an operating system. So, I get to that screen that says to use the highlighted "Windows installer/exe." etc. Just like the gent on the youtube, I click on that but, this is where things go haywire. The gent on youtube clicks on that same line and the next screen shows a line at the very bottom of his screen that says something like "run.....Save....etc. But, after clicking on that highlighted line for me, my next screen does not display that line at th the bottom of my screen. all mine does is go to a box in the middle of the screen that wants me to allow for that program to make adjustments to my computer. I click on it and, for the umpteenth time, my screen automatically goes to my collection of downloads and, a dark blue line appears at the bottom, with something at the far left. If I click on it, the next screen shows the graph that progressed across the box 'till it's done. Then, all that's left when the green graph is done, in that same text box is "Close". I hit close and, THAT'S IT, PERIOD!
There is no Chirp program, no icon on the desk top, nothing accept for a spot in my downloads that indicates chirp is there. If I click on it, the process starts all over again. I got real frustrated last night trying to do, what, on youtube seems to be a really simple program to install. Can someone help here?
Scott
