CHIRP

The description touches on the outcome when Chirp is used on a V1.08 VV898E. If the radio options are configured to your anticipated use, written with factory software, they are etched in stone after the first Chirp Upload (Write) to the radio. You can still use Chirp to import from repeater and defined services, but none of the configuration items I tried to change are affected. The factory software will never read or write to the radio again. It recognizes the comm port; initiates the write and errors out with a check your connections. Many Menu items are disabled (around 50 %) Microphone buttons redefined and P1 - P3 functions cannot be modified. I do understand the experimental nature of user supported definition files and feel it is a thankless tack, so this is a heads-up. V1.07 Leixen CPS is the best version for the V1.08 radios. The Leixen tech considers it to be imperative in order to work with the changes in the V1.08 radios. I am not sure this will be addressed, I use Chirp often, but I have to take a hard pass when a new radio was rendered a semi-functional paperweight inside of the first 30 minutes of ownership. It has provided hours of entertainment trying to get the factory software to read or write to the radio.