Bug #8203
Baofeng GT-3WP Channel Name Limited to 6 Characters
| Status: | Closed | Start date: | 08/25/2020 | |
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| Priority: | Normal | Due date: | ||
| Assignee: | Jim Unroe | % Done: | 100% |
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| Category: | - | |||
| Target version: | chirp-daily | |||
| Chirp Version: | daily | Platform: | All | |
| Model affected: | Baofeng GT-3WP |
Description
When using Chirp to program Baofeng GT-3WP, the name for the channel is limited to 6 characters while the radio supports 7 characters. This is caused by the incorrect assignment of class variable "LENGTH_NAME" in "chirp/drivers/baofeng_wp970i.py". Simply adding "LENGTH_NAME = 7" in the "GT3WP" class in "chirp/drivers/baofeng_wp970i.py" (after line 899) fixed this problem. The result works well with GT-3WP radio.
Associated revisions
[GT-3WP] Add support for 7-character channel names
This patch adds support for 7-character channel names to the Baofeng GT-3WP.
related to issue #8203
History
Updated by Jim Unroe 5 months ago
- Assignee set to Jim Unroe
- Target version set to chirp-daily
Hi Young,
Not all models support 7 characters so 6 is the default assignment until known otherwise. If the default is set to 7, then those with a radio that will only support 6 characters complain that they programmed 7 characters and only 6 showed up. So it has to be set on a per-model basis as the correct number of characters is discovered. Thanks for reporting this.
Just add...
LENGTH_NAME = 7
...under...
MODEL = "GT-3WP"
...(similar to how it is done for the UV-9R lower at the end of the driver code) until I can get a patch submitted and approved.
Jim KC9HI