[chirp_users] Can't program BF-888s

[Jim Unroe]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Ken Palmer <palmerken77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you download the 888 software from Baofeng web site?  That's what I use
> on mine. It has the scramble option and all. Never could get chirp to work
> with it either.
>

Someone sent me one of the BF-888S radios that won't program. It
programs just fine for me. The only way I can get it to not program
was to intentionally install and select an incompatible device driver
for the programming cable.

Also, CHIRP supports the scramble option.

Jim KC9HI