TYT TH-9000D Mobile Car 60W Amateur Ham Radio Transceiver, 220-260MHz, 200CH +CHIRP

TYT TH-9000D 220mhz Amateur Radio [Amazon link]

I purchased this mobile radio over a year ago, it was used for the Virginia QSO Party last year.

I started looking at how to use Chirp to query the radio, I am happy to report that it works!

cable used:Yaesu Vertex Cable [Amazon link]
CHIRP version used: chirp-daily-20170222-installer.exe

Procedure:

• Connect the cable to the TYT radio in its front data port (radio should be OFF)
• Connect the USB connector to the computer, notice what COM port the computer assigns, you need this information for CHIRP
• Turn on the radio
• Open CHIRP, proceed per instructions for CHIRP to pull the current config from the radio
• Once you have downloaded the radios config save it to a .img file somewhere safe

You can now use CHIRP to read the current configuration and to query the internet to add additional frequencies or to manually add them per current CHIRP instructions available on the internet.

* If the radio's (silly) alarm turns on when connecting the data cable hold down the power button for two seconds to turn the radio/alarm off, press power button again to turn the radio back on.