<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Apr 30, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Don <<a href="mailto:dbwjr1949@verizon.net">dbwjr1949@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; "><div>I have the <span class="misspelled">Baofeng</span> UV-5RA transceiver with firmware BFB297. I have the programming cable, but the <span class="misspelled">cd</span> is for other than Windows 8. If there is anyone who owns this radio that have been able to program it using windows 8?</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>If you can get the Prolific chip recognized, it will work fine on Windows 8, but I've heard that the programming cables that are often sold with these radios use a counterfeit Prolific chip, so there are really convoluted steps to get them working: <a href="http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Drivers.html">http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/UV5R-Drivers.html</a>. I just use a serial programming cable with a USB->serial adapter with a genuine Prolific chipset (mostly because I already had the required cables from an old radio).</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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