<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Most of the Baofeng and Wouxun do not need a programming mode. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>And if the UV-6B follows tradition, the guts are likely very similar or identical </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>to the UV-5R. And that radio does not need a programming mode. I have one UV-5R,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>two Wouxun UV-6D and two Anytone AT-5888UV none require a
programming mode.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>There are recommended drivers for Prolific based cables. You can find them at Miklor.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Make sure you use them as they are tried and true. You may have trouble with other driver</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>builds either earlier or later than what we all recommend. And make sure your cable is</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span>plugged firmly into the radio. That issue has come up from time to time. And when you </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>unplug the cable. grasp the plug and stay away from the cable, they have been known to</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>fail after awhile. Some external mics have a warning tag saying pull the plug only. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>But from my reading I'd say having the correct driver version is 99% of the problems</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>people have. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Milton</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> eMyListsDDg <emylistsddg@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, October 4, 2013 5:49 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [chirp_users] UV-B6 : howto get into programming mode<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Hello ,<br><br>totally new to this world, so hang with me a bit.<br><br>i purchased the UV-B6 the other day. never could get the PL-2303 driver to work on Win7. the cd that came with the cable didn't only had drivers for XP & Vista. tried Vista driver too. downloaded 1.1.19 driver, that didn't work under Win7 either.<br><br>so i fired up an old XP notebook, and poof, the XP PL driver installed and is working and i have Chirp installed on that machine too.<br><br>i'm trying to initiate a download so i can create my first template. didn't even know to do that if i hadn't gone to this site: <a href="http://www.miklor.com/UVB5/UVB5-CHIRP.php"
target="_blank">http://www.miklor.com/UVB5/UVB5-CHIRP.php</a><br><br>of course now the Chirp sw is returning the radio didn't ack programming mode. my eyes just don't see anywhere in the manual that came with the UV-B6 what key-combo? needed to put this unit in programming mode.<br><br>is there like a wiki for "uv-b6 dummies" or something that would help me get started?<br><br>tia<br><br>-- <br>Bill<br>Key fingerprint = DB4D 251B FE8A BDCD 2BE4 E889 13F1 78D0 A386 B32B<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>