Repeater Book

[KC5JIM]

I have a duplex hotspot on the way as we speak.

[KB8YKF]

Repeater book file for GD77 is not for OpenGd77 it's for the official CPS

I’m a first time OpenGD77 user. Just today I exported my local repeater list from RepeaterBook and had no issues using OpenGD77 CPS to import the CSV file to my Retevis RT3S running firmware 20231119.

I don’t know if it mattered that I used the Proximity Search 2.0 feature - but the menu option explicitly says OpenGD77. I was also logged into the website which unlocks some features I believe.

[SA0BUX]

The export format is for Radioddity GD-77, I guess you could use the data in the CSV file as input to create a CSV for OpenGD77 with som
hands on work.

[VK3KYY]

The export format is for Radioddity GD-77, I guess you could use the data in the CSV file as input to create a CSV for OpenGD77 with som
hands on work.

The Radioddity files are intended for the official CPS, they are not directly compatible with the OpenGD77CPS even though the OpenGD77CPS was originally created by reverse engineering the official CPS files

Repeater book has some other generic CSV formats which contain more information, which you would be better off using in order to convert them into the CSV export / import files that the OpenGD77CPS now uses

[KB8YKF]

This is what Repeaterbook Channels.CSV gave in in terms of fields:

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Channel Number,Channel Name,Channel Type,Rx Frequency,Tx Frequency,Bandwidth (kHz),Colour Code,Timeslot,Contact,TG List,DMR ID,TS1_TA_Tx ID,TS2_TA_Tx ID,RX Tone,TX Tone,Squelch,Power,Rx Only,Zone Skip,All Skip,TOT,VOX,No Beep,No Eco

This is Channels.CSV fields exported from OpenGD77 CPS:

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Channel Number,Channel Name,Channel Type,Rx Frequency,Tx Frequency,Bandwidth (kHz),Colour Code,Timeslot,Contact,TG List,DMR ID,TS1_TA_Tx,TS2_TA_Tx ID,RX Tone,TX Tone,Squelch,Power,Rx Only,Zone Skip,All Skip,TOT,VOX,No Beep,No Eco,APRS,Latitude,Longitude

The only differences are Repeaterbook has fields "TS1_TA_Tx ID,TS2_TA_Tx ID" and OpenGD77 CPS omits the "ID" from the first column calling it just "TS1_TA_Tx" instead without "ID". Additionally, OpenGD77 has fields for "APRS,Latitude,Longitude" that Repeaterbook is missing.

To use Repeaterbook CSV, I opened the Channels.CSV from my export, and copy/pasted in all the lines (minus header) from Repeaterbook CSV into that file - I didn't modify them at all. It Imported fine and I ended up with 46 "Analogue" Channels that seemed correct. All had correct RX/TX frequencies, bandwidth, RX/TX tones configured, channel names, etc. Leaving "APRS,Latitude,Longitude" columns blank didn't seem to matter.

Just thought it might be helpful to get people going for any Analogue repeaters near them. My only nearby DMR repeater wasn't in Repeaterbook, so I added that via CPS myself after importing the Analogue repeaters.

[SA0BUX]

Hmm, my repeaterbook CSV export has these columns

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Output Freq,Input Freq,Offset,Uplink Tone,Downlink Tone,"Location",lat,long,Call,Use,Op Status,Mode,Digital Access,EchoLink,IRLP,AllStar,Coverage,Last Update

Anyway, it's possible to do some copy paste and create a channels.csv that can be imported.

But for Swedish repeaters we have some more problems like national characters and encoding that must be corrected.

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145.300000,145.300000,0,118.8,,"Lidköping / Kållandsö",58.66000000,13.15000000,SM6YRB,OPEN,On-Air,Analog/analog,,,5517,,,2021-04-16

Seems to be some funny rounding error for offset too.

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145.600000,145.000000,-0.59999999999999,79.7,79.7,"Algutsrum",56.68281700,16.56464800,SK7RFL,OPEN,On-Air,Analog/analog,,353167,,,,2022-08-10

[KB8YKF]

Hmm, my repeaterbook CSV export has these columns

You are right!! I didn't expect there to be a difference between North America and Worldwide.

If I pick North America (where I am), and do an Export I can select Radioddity -> "OpenGD77 Channels FIle" as my file format and get the output above that I can import easily.

If I pick Worldwide and select a random country outside North America, the Export option says Radioddity -> GD-77 - doesn't mention OpenGD77 and the file format is totally different.

It's unfortunate Worldwide can't export to OpenGD77 format - I'm curious the reason behind this difference.

[SA0BUX]

Hmm, my repeaterbook CSV export has these columns

You are right!! I didn't expect there to be a difference between North America and Worldwide.

If I pick North America (where I am), and do an Export I can select Radioddity -> "OpenGD77 Channels FIle" as my file format and get the output above that I can import easily.

If I pick Worldwide and select a random country outside North America, the Export option says Radioddity -> GD-77 - doesn't mention OpenGD77 and the file format is totally different.

It's unfortunate Worldwide can't export to OpenGD77 format - I'm curious the reason behind this difference.

Seems that they use different PHP scripts.

For US the path is https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/Display_SS.php

But it's https://www.repeaterbook.com/row_repeaters/Display_SS.php for rest of world.

I tried to modify the URL but it seems that the page use a different database for rest of world.

[i5ekx]

Hello all!
I've been trying to find a way to load a codeplug to my radio. I see that repeaterbook has an option to export as a OpenGD77 file under Radioddity, but the CPS doesn't seem to want to play nice with it or any other .csv I can find. I have 101 analog repeaters alone in my other radios not to mention the added DMR info the MD-UV390 would use. Has anyone figured out ANY WAY to load data besides manual entry. Any help would be appreciated!
KJ5CIM

https://www.iz8wnh.it/ Try this site, it has excellent functions also dedicated to OpenGD77

[KD0RK]

I contacted the admin at RepeaterBook and sent my current code plug indicating the differences (APRS, Lat/Long and another field) and he seemed interested in helping change their format. We'll see what happens; the Lat/Long are in the GPX export so I took the time to grab the coordinates and put them in my file.