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    • #1812
      neilm
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        Having the correct lead and showing in device manager, does anybody know how to connect an Alinco DJ-W70 transceiver to WIN 11 running Chirp?

        Is there any other software that the radio works with?

        Thanks

        Regards,

        Neil.

      • #1815
        M0PWX
        Participant

          so long as you don’t have a yellow exclamation mark against the USB Serial port you should be good

          i don’t know the alinco specifically, but the Baofengs i have you select the serial port then turn the radio on and on the baofeng the volume level is fairly critical (about 1/2 – 2/3 volume i find, but my chirp is on win 10

          you may also find you either have to right click chirp and “run as admin” or go into the shortcut properties and select a “compatibility mode” for win 7 or win 10 due to all the extra security settings on win 11

          73
          Peter
          M0PWX (not pete M0PSX who runs this site)

          • #1816
            neilm
            Participant

              Peter,

              Thank you for your post.

              I got the requisite serial lead from Moonraker and it worked ‘out of the box’ but Chirp would work with the Alinco radio due to there not being available a necessary ‘plug-in’ file for the W70.

              Some kind soul pointed me to a Maastrict retailer’s web site where the Alinco bespoke application was downloaded from.

              Regards,

              Neil.

              (Newbie with no licence yet)
              73.

          • #1817
            M0PWX
            Participant

              glad you got it sorted

              do you know your local repeater sites / frequencies?, if not look at https://ukrepeater.net/repeaterlist.html?filter=2M

              if you have trouble working it out post back and i will help

              the other frequency to listen out for is 437.800mhz the ISS Space station when its overhead, it has a cross band repeater (2m uplink with 70cm downlink) and you hear a lot of ham activity on it, look at https://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=25544 it will show you where the ISS is, if you set you location (latitude and longitude) it will also give you predicted times the ISS is above the horizon, with a handheld and stock antenna outdoors when line of site you can normally hear the ISS when higher than about 40deg elevation above the horizon

              hope this helps
              73
              Peter
              M0PWX (not Pete M0PSX who runs the site)

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