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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Don,<br>What you are experiencing is not and issue with CHIRP, but rather your programming cable Drivers.<br><br>There is no reason to purchase a new cable. <br>A generic cable with Win7 or Win8 will work fine, but your driver cannot be newer than Prolific 3.2.0.0<br>Windows will try to load the latest and greatest driver. Unfortunately, it won't be compatible.<br><br>These drivers you need are available at <a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php">http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php</a><br><br>You may want to review the USER's GUIDE and FAQ found at <a href="http://www.miklor.com/UV5R">http://www.miklor.com/UV5R</a><br>They will save you a lot of start time and frustration. <br><br>Hope this helps. Enjoy your new Toy.<br><br>John K3NXU<br>http://www.miklor.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Don<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, March 15, 2014 3:38 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 63, Issue 8<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Don, K3DBW <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On 03/15/14, <a href="mailto:chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> wrote:</span></font><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Send chirp_users mailing list submissions to<br><a 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target="_blank">chirp.<span class=misspelled>cordless</span>@<span class=misspelled>xoxy</span>.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target="_blank">chirp.<span class=misspelled>cordless</span>@<span class=misspelled>xoxy</span>.net</a>><br>To: <a 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target="_blank">chirp.<span class=misspelled>cordless</span>@<span class=misspelled>xoxy</span>.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:chirp.cordless@xoxy.net" target="_blank">chirp.<span class=misspelled>cordless</span>@<span class=misspelled>xoxy</span>.net</a>><br>To: <a 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 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 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 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 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 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 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>******************************************<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div></body></html>