<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><base href="x-msg://160/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks. I did get the cable working using a driver from <a href="http://www.409shop.com">www.409shop.com</a> (as suggested in the CHIPR documentation).<div><br></div><div>Richard</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 22, 2014, at 10:20 AM, "John LaMartina" <<a href="mailto:JohnLa@usa.net">JohnLa@usa.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Correct drivers can be found at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php</a><br><br>John K3NXU<br><a href="http://www.miklor.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.miklor.com</a><br><br><br></span></font><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; "><br>From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:chirp_users-<a href="mailto:bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Milton<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:48 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Discussion of CHIRP<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [chirp_users] Cable<br></span></font><font><br></font>You should be using the driver at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.miklor.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">www.miklor.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>whether you run XP or Win 7 / 8.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></p><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Nate Perkins <<a href="mailto:perkins.nc@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">perkins.nc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">I would suggest just tossing the idea of using whatever driver you got on the supplied CD. I ordered a cable and disc set off of Amazon, threw the disc out, downloaded everything off of CHIRP, plugged in my cable, and it went flawless. Not one hitch. This was a Baofeng UV-82. CHIRP rocks!<br><br><br>Nate, KL3NP<br>Nome, Alaska<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br>On May 20, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Richard Mogford wrote:<br><br>> I am new to this list and probably am making mistakes that are already well<br>> known!<br>><br>> I bought a cheap cable running the 2303 chip, which I found later is not so<br>> good.<br>><br>> The drivers on the supplied CD seem to work OK, but when I go to use CHIRP,<br>> I get an "Error Occurred" message saying "could not open port COM3: [Error<br>> 2] The system cannot find the file specified."<br>><br>> Is there anything I can try here, or should I just shop for a better cable?<br>><br>> Richard<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> chirp_users mailing list<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>