CHIRP

Actually the CHIRP import doesn't perfectly match the export in this case; I just noticed the asterisks in chirp become equal signs ("=") in the radio, instead of hyphens ("-").

The full set of documented characters allowed in the channel name for IC-208H, aside from A-Z and 0-9 are:
" +-=*/()|" (space,plus,minus,equal,asterisk,parentheses,pipe). These chars can be directly entered into software from RT Systems and pushed to the radio, where they appear correctly (Side note: The Pipe looks more like a "<" or a slash+underscore on the radio display).

When downloaded from the radio to CHIRP the original character set

• " +-=*/()|" is translated to
• " -**+(89="