[chirp_users] Baofeng HP9+ won't read

[Jim Unroe]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 6:23 PM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn at ervin.email> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a Baofeng HP 9+, and I'm using Chirp on an older Ubuntu live on a
> thumb drive, that I've booted to before and used to program the same radios.
> I was just able to first read and write to my UV 5R with the same cable that
> I'm trying to use on the 9+.
> I worked and worked on the connection, making sure it was tight into the
> radio.
> I reset the radio with menu 40 and #1, which is a full reset, it went to
> Chinese, and then I set it to English again, but it still won't read from
> the radio.
> Does anyone have any ideas why it won't read?
> I'm pretty sure the 9+ uses the same cable as the UV5R.
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Glenn

The Baofeng BF-F9{tack on any additional letters/numbers/symbols as
needed} is a Baofeng BF-F8HP variant (basically a UV-5R with 3 TX
power levels). So assuming that you have a working CHIRP installation
and a working programming cable, you would make the following
selections to program it with CHIRP:

Port: {match what was as assigned by your operating system}
Vendor: Baofeng
Model: BF-F8HP

Jim KC9HI