CHIRP is a radio programming application designed to replace the separate manufacturer utilities often required to configure amateur radio equipment. It supports radios from numerous manufacturers through a common interface, making it particularly useful to operators who own several different handheld or mobile transceivers.
The normal workflow starts by reading the radio’s current configuration, editing memory channels and associated settings on the computer, and then writing the revised configuration back to the radio. CHIRP also makes it easier to reuse channel information between supported devices instead of entering the same frequencies manually on each radio.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Program memory channels on a wide range of amateur and commercial radio models.
- Download the existing memory configuration from supported clone-mode radios.
- Edit frequencies, names, duplex settings, offsets, tones and other memory properties in a spreadsheet-style interface.
- Upload modified memory data back to supported radios.
- Work directly with live-mode radios where changes are applied without a separate clone operation.
- Copy and paste memory channels between rows and compatible radio images.
- Import channel information from supported files and external data sources.
- Export memory information for reuse outside CHIRP.
- Maintain reusable collections of frequencies rather than re-entering channels for each radio.
- Expose radio-specific settings where the relevant driver supports them.
- Use a driver-based architecture that allows support for additional radios to be developed independently.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS and Windows while providing the same general programming workflow.
Website: chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home
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Developer: CHIRP
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
CHIRP is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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