<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV>I have three <SPAN class=misspelled>Baofeng</SPAN> transceivers: UV-5RA; UV-82X; GT-3. I have been unable to program any of them and I was wondering if there are CHIRP fixes or suggestions? I've purchased two sets of programming cables and deleted Windows 8 and installed Windows 7 Pro since Windows 8 did not seem to work on any of these radios. Will wait until I hear from Chirp for my next approach.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV>Thank you,</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Don, K3DBW </DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 03/15/14, <SPAN>chirp_users-request@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to<BR><A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A><BR><BR>To subscribe or <SPAN class=misspelled>unsubscribe</SPAN> via the World Wide Web, visit<BR><A class=parsedLink href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>http</SPAN>://<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>mailman</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>listinfo</SPAN>/chirp_users</A><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR><A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users-request@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A><BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR><A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users-owner@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users-owner@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A><BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of chirp_users digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR>1. PSA: Permanently disable <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep<BR>(<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target=_blank>chirp.<SPAN class=misspelled>cordless</SPAN>@<SPAN class=misspelled>xoxy</SPAN>.net</A>)<BR>2. Re: PSA: Permanently disable <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep (<SPAN class=misspelled>Milton</SPAN> <SPAN class=misspelled>Hywatt</SPAN>)<BR>3. Re: PSA: Permanently disable <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep (<SPAN class=misspelled>Silverfox</SPAN>)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: <SPAN class=misspelled>Fri</SPAN>, 14 Mar 2014 15:35:04 -0700<BR>From: <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target=_blank>chirp.<SPAN class=misspelled>cordless</SPAN>@<SPAN class=misspelled>xoxy</SPAN>.net</A><BR>Subject: [chirp_users] PSA: Permanently disable <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep<BR>To: <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A><BR>Message-ID: <8DF84871-7989-4E<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:0E-B44C-950F4B344F11@cox.net" target=_blank>0E-B44C-950F4B344F11@<SPAN class=misspelled>cox</SPAN>.net</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; <SPAN class=misspelled>charset</SPAN>=us-<SPAN class=misspelled>ascii</SPAN><BR><BR>I know this isn't directly Chirp related, but it's the right audience,<BR>and this information needs to get widely distributed. Nobody in<BR>my local ham circles knew about it.<BR><BR>If you don't know what the annoying <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep is,<BR>it's a <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN>-proprietary <SPAN class=misspelled>internet</SPAN> access feature. It's too easy to<BR>accidentally enable on most <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> radios, and it injects a DTMF<BR>tone at the start of every transmission that masks the start of the audio.<BR><BR>It turns out there's a way to silence the beep, even if you accidentally<BR>put the radio in Wires mode. There's a well-done description of<BR>the settings changes for a dozen <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> models, and an explanation,<BR>at <A class=parsedLink href="http://www.sbara.org/downloads/WIRES/" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>http</SPAN>://<SPAN class=misspelled>www</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>sbara</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>org</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>downloads</SPAN>/WIRES/</A><BR>which has both online <SPAN class=misspelled>html</SPAN> versions and <SPAN class=misspelled>downloadable</SPAN> <SPAN class=misspelled>pdfs</SPAN>.<BR><BR>Hope that helps some, and apologies for the noise to the rest of you.<BR><BR>-<SPAN class=misspelled>dan</SPAN><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: <SPAN class=misspelled>Fri</SPAN>, 14 Mar 2014 17:50:08 -0700 (PDT)<BR>From: <SPAN class=misspelled>Milton</SPAN> <SPAN class=misspelled>Hywatt</SPAN> <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:mhywattt@yahoo.com" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>mhywattt</SPAN>@<SPAN class=misspelled>yahoo</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A>><BR>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] PSA: Permanently disable <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep<BR>To: Discussion of CHIRP <<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A>><BR>Message-ID:<BR><139484460<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:8.89289.YahooMailNeo@web162601.mail.bf1.yahoo.com" target=_blank>8.89289.<SPAN class=misspelled>YahooMailNeo</SPAN>@web162601.mail.bf1.<SPAN class=misspelled>yahoo</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; <SPAN class=misspelled>charset</SPAN>="us-<SPAN class=misspelled>ascii</SPAN>"<BR><BR>Done it dozens of times on the FT60 and FT8900. Was talking to<BR>someone just the other day who had a tone when he first transmitted.<BR>I told the guy he was using a <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> and he was surprised that I knew.<BR>I said he had wires enabled. He found the button and shut it off. There <BR>is a way to program the radio so wires will only work if certain criteria are met<BR>and under normal operation you would never meet it either. There is no<BR>way to enable it under normal or cross band mode. <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>________________________________<BR>From: "<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target=_blank>chirp.<SPAN class=misspelled>cordless</SPAN>@<SPAN class=misspelled>xoxy</SPAN>.net</A>" <<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target=_blank>chirp.<SPAN class=misspelled>cordless</SPAN>@<SPAN class=misspelled>xoxy</SPAN>.net</A>><BR>To: <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A> <BR>Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 6:35 PM<BR>Subject: [chirp_users] PSA: Permanently disable <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep<BR><BR><BR>I know this isn't directly Chirp related, but it's the right audience,<BR>and this information needs to get widely distributed. Nobody in<BR>my local ham circles knew about it.<BR><BR>If you don't know what the annoying <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep is,<BR>it's a <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN>-proprietary <SPAN class=misspelled>internet</SPAN> access feature. It's too easy to<BR>accidentally enable on most <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> radios, and it injects a DTMF<BR>tone at the start of every transmission that masks the start of the audio.<BR><BR>It turns out there's a way to silence the beep, even if you accidentally<BR>put the radio in Wires mode. There's a well-done description of<BR>the settings changes for a dozen <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> models, and an explanation,<BR>at <A class=parsedLink href="http://www.sbara.org/downloads/WIRES/" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>http</SPAN>://<SPAN class=misspelled>www</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>sbara</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>org</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>downloads</SPAN>/WIRES/</A><BR>which has both online <SPAN class=misspelled>html</SPAN> versions and <SPAN class=misspelled>downloadable</SPAN> <SPAN class=misspelled>pdfs</SPAN>.<BR><BR>Hope that helps some, and apologies for the noise to the rest of you.<BR><BR>-<SPAN class=misspelled>dan</SPAN><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>chirp_users mailing list<BR><A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A><BR><A class=parsedLink href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>http</SPAN>://<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>mailman</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>listinfo</SPAN>/chirp_users</A><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was <SPAN class=misspelled>scrubbed</SPAN>...<BR>URL: <A class=parsedLink href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/attachments/20140314/06b5ea51/attachment-0001.html" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>http</SPAN>://<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>pipermail</SPAN>/chirp_users/attachments/20140314/06b5ea51/attachment-0001.<SPAN class=misspelled>html</SPAN></A> <BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 3<BR>Date: <SPAN class=misspelled>Fri</SPAN>, 14 Mar 2014 18:13:45 -0700<BR>From: "<SPAN class=misspelled>Silverfox</SPAN>" <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:alan.r.hill@gmail.com" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>alan</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>r</SPAN>.hill@<SPAN class=misspelled>gmail</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A>><BR>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] PSA: Permanently disable <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep<BR>To: "'<SPAN class=misspelled>Milton</SPAN> <SPAN class=misspelled>Hywatt</SPAN>'" <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:mhywattt@yahoo.com" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>mhywattt</SPAN>@<SPAN class=misspelled>yahoo</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A>>, "'Discussion of CHIRP'"<BR><<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A>><BR>Message-ID: <5323a94<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:a.04c0440a.2691.3b5d@mx.google.com" target=_blank>a.04c0440a.2691.3b5d@<SPAN class=misspelled>mx</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>google</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; <SPAN class=misspelled>charset</SPAN>="us-<SPAN class=misspelled>ascii</SPAN>"<BR><BR>One can lock the keyboard and prevent it from happening. There is normally<BR>little need to use the keyboard.<BR><BR>73,<BR><BR><SPAN class=misspelled>Alan</SPAN> - W6ARH<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>From: <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users-bounces@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A><BR>[<A class=parsedLink href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>mailto</SPAN>:chirp_users-bounces@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A>] On Behalf Of <SPAN class=misspelled>Milton</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=misspelled>Hywatt</SPAN><BR>Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 5:50 PM<BR>To: Discussion of CHIRP<BR>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] PSA: Permanently disable <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep<BR><BR><BR><BR>Done it dozens of times on the FT60 and FT8900. Was talking to<BR>someone just the other day who had a tone when he first transmitted.<BR>I told the guy he was using a <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> and he was surprised that I knew.<BR>I said he had wires enabled. He found the button and shut it off. There <BR>is a way to program the radio so wires will only work if certain criteria<BR>are met<BR>and under normal operation you would never meet it either. There is no<BR>way to enable it under normal or cross band mode. <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_____ <BR><BR>From: "<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target=_blank>chirp.<SPAN class=misspelled>cordless</SPAN>@<SPAN class=misspelled>xoxy</SPAN>.net</A>" <<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target=_blank>chirp.<SPAN class=misspelled>cordless</SPAN>@<SPAN class=misspelled>xoxy</SPAN>.net</A>><BR>To: <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A> <BR>Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 6:35 PM<BR>Subject: [chirp_users] PSA: Permanently disable <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep<BR><BR><BR>I know this isn't directly Chirp related, but it's the right audience,<BR>and this information needs to get widely distributed. Nobody in<BR>my local ham circles knew about it.<BR><BR>If you don't know what the annoying <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> Wires beep is,<BR>it's a <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN>-proprietary <SPAN class=misspelled>internet</SPAN> access feature. It's too easy to<BR>accidentally enable on most <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> radios, and it injects a DTMF<BR>tone at the start of every transmission that masks the start of the audio.<BR><BR>It turns out there's a way to silence the beep, even if you accidentally<BR>put the radio in Wires mode. There's a well-done description of<BR>the settings changes for a dozen <SPAN class=misspelled>Yaesu</SPAN> models, and an explanation,<BR>at <A class=parsedLink href="http://www.sbara.org/downloads/WIRES/" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>http</SPAN>://<SPAN class=misspelled>www</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>sbara</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>org</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>downloads</SPAN>/WIRES/</A><BR>which has both online <SPAN class=misspelled>html</SPAN> versions and <SPAN class=misspelled>downloadable</SPAN> <SPAN class=misspelled>pdfs</SPAN>.<BR><BR>Hope that helps some, and apologies for the noise to the rest of you.<BR><BR>-<SPAN class=misspelled>dan</SPAN><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>chirp_users mailing list<BR><A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A><BR><A class=parsedLink href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>http</SPAN>://<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>mailman</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>listinfo</SPAN>/chirp_users</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was <SPAN class=misspelled>scrubbed</SPAN>...<BR>URL: <A class=parsedLink href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/attachments/20140314/8930431d/attachment-0001.html" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>http</SPAN>://<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>pipermail</SPAN>/chirp_users/attachments/20140314/8930431d/attachment-0001.<SPAN class=misspelled>html</SPAN></A> <BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>chirp_users mailing list<BR><A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target=_blank>chirp_users@<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN></A><BR><A class=parsedLink href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target=_blank><SPAN class=misspelled>http</SPAN>://<SPAN class=misspelled>intrepid</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>danplanet</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>com</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>mailman</SPAN>/<SPAN class=misspelled>listinfo</SPAN>/chirp_users</A><BR><BR><BR>End of chirp_users Digest, <SPAN class=misspelled>Vol</SPAN> 63, Issue 8<BR>******************************************<BR></DIV></div>