If you have a Kenwood TM-D710G you’ll be happy to know that CHIRP supports it for programming its memories. You may encounter a mostly silent error when trying to read/write to the radio which I’ll outline here.
If you are using CHIRP and see that the radio silently fails on reading or writing, one of the main causes is that you have the Serial cable connected to the face plate instead of the main radio unit.
Here is how to troubleshoot:
You can use the packet radio TNC fine with your serial cable on your machine.
- Your serial settings are correct
- You try to use CHIRP and select the radio but the dialog flashes and disappears.
- Check the debug.log file in ~/.chirp directory
In this file you will find an error message similar to the following:
Exception: Radio reports TM-D710GP (not TM-D710G)
This issue is reported in the CHIRP defect#1287
https://chirp.danplanet.com/issues/1287
Solution to this: Use the serial port on the back of the radio main unit, not the serial port on the face plate.
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