<div dir="ltr">OK this is not on the current topic but, what is going on with Windows 8 i still can not get that cable to work with the chirp<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Tom Hayward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esarfl@gmail.com" target="_blank">esarfl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Richard Dillman <<a href="mailto:ddillman@igc.org">ddillman@igc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I hope the CHIRP brain trust will forgive this most basic question from a new member:<br>
><br>
> Is a serial programming cable required for use with CHIRP?<br>
><br>
> I see that the logo is a DB9 connector and the program allows only a COM1 setting but I thought I'd ask anyway since I have only the USB cable for my Baofeng UV-5RA.<br>
><br>
> Can anyone recommend a source for a serial programming cable for the UV-5RA?<br>
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</div>That USB cable you have has a USB-serial converter inside it. The<br>
radio actually speaks serial, so Chirp does too.<br>
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Tom KD7LXL<br>
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